Jennifer's Alternative Religions Blog April 2007 Archive

"I'm Not Making This Up." (Someone Else Did)
So repeated the “Fox & Friends” morning show anchor as he reported with faux outrage that a middle school suspended a student for placing a ham sandwich in proximity to ... Read More

Monday April 30, 2007 | permalink | comments (0)

Utah Republican: Satan To Blame For Illegal Immigration
It's not really news when a Utah politician waxes on about Satanic plots, but it's not often that they try to introduce resolutions decryuing them to the floor, either. ... Read More

Friday April 27, 2007 | permalink | comments (7)

Here We Go Again? Satanic Panic in Italy
Three grandmothers are among several people arrested today on accusations they sedated and sexually abused fifteen young children in their charge for more than a year. The story as ... Read More

Wednesday April 25, 2007 | permalink | comments (6)

The Pentacle Hits the Fan
It was inevitable that there would be negative reaction from some camps to the news that the Veteran's Admninistration finally did the right thing after ten years of stonewalling and ... Read More

Tuesday April 24, 2007 | permalink | comments (16)

A Victory and a Villain in Pentacle Controversy
After nearly a decade of fighting to have a pentacle approved for use as a grave marker symbol for vets buried in government cemetaries, Pagan/Wiccan activists can finally breathe a ... Read More

Monday April 23, 2007 | permalink | comments (3)

Altered Consciousness Not Welcome in the US
Andrew Feldmar is a popular psycgotherapist who resides in Vancouver, Canada, and frequently visits friends in nearby Seattle- or, at least, he used to. While making a routine crossing, ... Read More

Monday April 23, 2007 | permalink | comments (3)

Is God laughing? I'm Not.
There are literally hundreds of pundits and talking heads in 24-hour rotation laying blame for the Virginia tech massacre on a multitude of causes, from gun control (or lack thereof) ... Read More

Friday April 20, 2007 | permalink | comments (6)

Rock Like an Egyptian? (Link Added)
The last couple of years have seen a lot of wrangling over religious monuments in public places. These are almost invariably displays of the biblical "Ten Commandments," and almost ... Read More

Thursday April 19, 2007 | permalink | comments (5)

AntiChrist Ban?
It would seem there are astill places left in the world where criticizing the Catholic Church will get you in trouble. Well, that and threatening property damage. El Salvador, ... Read More

Wednesday April 18, 2007 | permalink | comments (7)

Joliet Police Commit Race Crime?
SALDEF, a Sikh advocacy group, reports an episode chilling ignorance and brutality, not to menbtion an enourmous abuse of the public trust. Kuldip Singh Nag is a Sikh American, a ... Read More

Thursday April 12, 2007 | permalink | comments (4)

Witch School on Ebay
Over the last couple of years, I've become accustomed to seeing breathless, self-referential press releases lauding the "Witch School" website, which sells automated online courses, as a real life Hogwarts ... Read More

Wednesday April 11, 2007 | permalink | comments (2)

The War on the Easter Bunny
Ah, here we go again. It seems the "War on Christmas" schtick was so profitable, it had to become a year-round operation. I get the idea that this ... Read More

Tuesday April 10, 2007 | permalink | comments (9)

Controlling the Message (China Vs. Falun Dafa)
I have to admit I've never quite understood exactly what it is about the Falun Gong that makes the Chinese government so crazy, or why they would go so far ... Read More

Thursday April 5, 2007 | permalink | comments (1)

Family Values?
The critical reaction of to an (excerpted) East Bay Express story (Raising Pagans) about an ecumenical Pagan/Catholic family is, unfortunately, fairly typical of Freepers: "Which says that his wife’s happiness is ... Read More

Wednesday April 4, 2007 | permalink | comments (6)

Satanic Panic, or "I was a Satanic Witch (No, Really, I Could Fly and Everything!)"
Michael Nenonen of the East Vancouver Republic writes about the predictible regularity of the Satanic Panic cycle, with some interesting theorizing about why people are so accepting of these wild ... Read More

Tuesday April 3, 2007 | permalink | comments (8)

Which is the Cult?
Last Sunday, thousands of Utahns awoke to find slickly packaged DVDs sporting the likeness of LDS Church founder Joseph Smith had been surreptituously placed on their doorsteps. While many ... Read More

Monday April 2, 2007 | permalink | comments (3)