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 | | From: | Rev. Daniel Nephilim | | Subject: | Caution Urged Over Portrayal of Wicca in Popular Teen Magazine | | Date: | 20 Jan 2005 16:22:24 -0800 |
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 | http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/1/192005g.asp
Caution Urged Over Portrayal of Wicca in Popular Teen
Magazine
By Mary Rettig and Jody Brown
January 19, 2005
(AgapePress) - The February edition of Seventeen
magazine has a feature in its religion section about a
girl who abandoned Christianity to practice Wicca. A
Christian doctor is warning of the subtle appeal of
the so-called "religion."
In the article, entitled "My Religion Isn't Evil," the
girl describes how she became disillusioned after her
parents started attending an evangelical Christian
church that, according to the article, "railed against
homouals and taught ... that people of different
religions were damned." Doubting such teachings -- and
wondering why her parents would want to ascribe to
them -- "Jessica" sought fulfillment in Wicca. As
noted in the article, Wiccans "worship male and female
deities, empower themselves through magic, and
celebrate nature's cycles."
Dr. Walt Larimore, a spokesman for the Christian
Medical Association, acknowledges the growing
popularity of Wicca. It is often presented, he says,
as "white magic" or "natural magic" -- but in fact is
"Satanism or occultism at its very worst." He recalls
a personal experience.
"I remember one of the first patients I saw in private
practice who had entered into this secret society
thinking that it was 'white magic' or that it was
'good magic,'" he recalls. "It wasn't until she had a
face-to-face encounter with an evil spirit guide that
literally scared her to death that she realized she
was playing with some really bad medicine.
Fortunately, she was able to escape."
In the Seventeen article, Jessica says she found a
book called Exploring Wicca and began practicing
"spells and rituals" behind closed doors. The result,
she claims, was a "calming energy" that would flow
through her. "It was the feeling I'd always imagined I
should be feeling when I was in church -- but never
did."
The young girl says she knew full well her parents
would not approve of her exploration of Wicca -- and
that after an altercation with her mother over a piece
of Wiccan jewelry, a "rift" developed between her and
her parents. In fact, she says she found such "solace"
in Wicca that she chose it over her parents. She
eventually "escaped the tension" at home, she says,
when she left for college.
Larimore says since the beginning of time, evil has
disguised itself as good -- but he points out that
Christians are commanded by scripture to test the
spirits. He says when that is done, Wicca's true
nature of Satanism is revealed.
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| | From: | Seven | | Subject: | Re: Caution Urged Over Portrayal of Wicca in Popular Teen Magazine | | Date: | Sat, 22 Jan 2005 20:12:48 -0800 |
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| The voice of "Rev. Daniel Nephilim" was heard
in the cyber, through the void, saying on 20 Jan 2005 16:22:24 -0800 :
>Larimore says since the beginning of time, evil has
>disguised itself as good -- but he points out that
>Christians are commanded by scripture to test the
>spirits.
Good article - love the way they try to twist in the agenda. Since
Larimore claims evil disguises itself as good, is he actually saying
that the Christ was evil? As a witch, I just can't believe in that.
I love what JC did for inner empowerment.. it's just a shame the
powers of the day twisted and hid scriptures to fit their agenda. the
whole need of the church to reach god (once there was a church), and
the ignorance of ignoring JC's words about the inmost light, the
powers come from within... if He came around today, he would just be
thought of as being New Age.
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