Posted by Vixen at ac8deadf.ipt.aol.com on August 24, 2000 at 16:04:37:
In Reply to: Yo D. Stratford -- about "Dogma" & "Blair Witch" posted by Isis on August 24, 2000 at 14:55:37:
I agree that they shouldn't call it Book of Shadows.. That is the equivelence of making something like "Murderous Christian: THE BIBLE". They probably wouldn't even be able to show that movie in most places.
That thing about wiccans and pagans having no political power is a very, very good point... You can get these fuckers that'll do anything to call all pagans and wiccans satanists and say they're all evil, they're all wrong.. But if just ONE of them publically said something like that about one of the major religions, they'd probably wind up dead within the week--it would look like an accident, of course.
I don't practice any sort of religion, but I do stick up for some of the ones frowned upon. I used to sit at this table at school with this really christian girl... She was a pretty good friend. But one day some guy with a Godsmack shirt walked by, and she sneered and said "Look at him. He's got a devil sign on his shirt!" and muttered something about satanists... It pissed me off, to say the least. I said to her "The pentagram is like a cross to the wiccans. Godsmack is wiccan, so their shirts have that." And she says "It is a devil sign! Research it!" I was about to say something pretty nasty to her, but instead I just walked off...
In fact, in my town some christians tried to ban Godsmack from having a concert here for the same ignorant reasons. They didn't succeed, thankfully.
That was a roundabout way of stating my point, but basically, I agree with you, Isis. There are so many ignorant people that don't accept Wiccans and Pagans, that to try to incorporate realistic aspects of those religion into a movie that has nothing to do with either of them and also show it in a bad light is a bad idea. (shit, I worded that badly.)
They should have just had the purely fictional aspect, like the last movie.
I predict that in less than an hour you're probably going to have an irate christian replying your post screaming "YOU'RE GOING TO HELL, YOU HEATHENS!" at you and all the people that agree with you. (I know most aren't like that, but there are a few ignorant ones out there that'll make a reply with no supporting facts other than they've heard it's all evil.) Just wait.
Vixen~