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[Grakelin]

Really? Where at? I spent the last two years of High School in Oromocto. My ex-girlfriend was a pseudo-Wiccan at one point before I met her.

@_@

I'm about five minutes outside of Oromocto, pretty close to Geary. It's a seriously damn small world. Very likely we actually never met even though I've been here for about thirteen years because I was homeschooled, but yeah.

You're one of those Home Schooled Pentecostal kids, eh? You would have gone to high school with me otherwise, assuming you're old enough.

Well, maybe you HAVE heard of me. I'll PM you my real name, we'll compare notes.

Since you're in the Pentecostal scene, do you know Chris and Kaitlyn Comeau?

I'm almost 25, so it's been a little while since High School.

It's entirely possible I've seen them, but I can't say as I run in the same circles they do. My dad's church is one of the smaller, lesser-known ones with a group of about 7-10 families, and we've been meeting at the old oddfellows hall. You probably wouldn't recognise it now since we managed to get rid of most of the graffiti (it will be back of course, since it's right between the school and the mall...) (and by we, I don't mean me, because I was at work that day, sweet justice)

I used to walk by their all the time on my way to the mall during the lunch hour, dude. You actually have religious gatherings in there? Every time I went by, it was just people smoking pot and having sex. Last time I remember paying attention to the graffiti, it was about how much God loved me, though.

Thinking of the other Christian kids in the area, what about Christina Entz?

I can't really think of many more. There are a few, but those were the ones that stick out in my mind as being memorable. Everybody else I know/knew weren't part of a churchgoing crowd.

EDIT: Did you know that OHS was featured in High Times Magazine as one of the top 10 places in Canada to score marijuana?

[RedKing]

it's like walking up to every Catholic you see and screaming "PEDOPHILE" as though the entire religion condones it.

I thought that was pretty much default behavior by now. At least for the clergy.

[Jackrabbit]

Of course you're making a joke. I have to believe that because I still have my faith in humanity.

[Willfor]

I used to walk by their all the time on my way to the mall during the lunch hour, dude. You actually have religious gatherings in there? Every time I went by, it was just people smoking pot and having sex. Last time I remember paying attention to the graffiti, it was about how much God loved me, though.

Thinking of the other Christian kids in the area, what about Christina Entz?

I can't really think of many more. There are a few, but those were the ones that stick out in my mind as being memorable. Everybody else I know/knew weren't part of a churchgoing crowd.

EDIT: Did you know that OHS was featured in High Times Magazine as one of the top 10 places in Canada to score marijuana?

At first our church decided that as long as there was graffiti we were going to make it our own, but it seemed to make the whole place look worse. More is expected, and there's little to be done about it.

I DO know Christina Entz actually.

I wouldn't doubt that OHS is very near the top of that list. When I took Driver's ED, there was more talk about pot than driving. Even from the instructor.

[Grakelin]

That's because Gerard is a dick.

He was fired last summer, though.

[Eagleon]

I'd just like to chime in that wicca isn't really what every 'witch' is. Suffice it to say there's any number of occult traditions, both recent and ancient, which a self-described 'witch' may partake in. They range from off-the-wall non-scientific bullshit to more meditative/shamanistic beliefs, and any particular individual will usually put their own spin on things.

I have a high tolerance for new-age stupidity vs. dogmatic stupidity. The former inevitably expresses a certain degree of creativity once a person has stuck with it for long enough, regardless of whether they entered into it as a fad or as a personal belief, because there isn't really much in occultism (besides Golden Dawn and more historical stuff) that will try to say that one set of practices is the only thing that could possibly work, by divine edict.

No one's getting past thermodynamics, but talking about gaelic, self-hypnosis, simulationism, etc. with an occultist is a lot more interesting to me than arguing about whether I'm going to hell or not for my porn collection.

Edit: Also, I just realized that this tab has been up for days and I haven't bothered to check the last posting date. Derp. xD

[Josephus]

No one's getting past thermodynamics, but talking about gaelic, self-hypnosis, simulationism, etc. with an occultist is a lot more interesting to me than arguing about whether I'm going to hell or not for my porn collection.

Yahweh IS the first law of thermodynamics. The immutable physical laws are the commandments. We are matter and energy's bitch.

[smigenboger]

Some wiccans may argue that you'll go to hell because your porn collection isn't hardcore enough

[Bohandas]

MSN has an article about how Americans believe in silly things, and lists 'witches' as a silly thing to believe in. I'm sure my Wiccan neighbors appreciate being considered fictional constructs of superstition. I wonder if druids are also fictional constructs, because I'm sure my college roommate would love to hear that.

I'm sorry for necroing this thread, but I have to speak up on this.
Saying that saying that not believing in "witches" is the same as not believing in Wiccans is roughly equivalent to saying that not believing in "Yetis" is the same as not believing in members of the Church of The SubGenius

There are very few people who associate Wicca with Witchcraft who are not either wiccans themselves or intentionally making the connection to be annoying.

[G-Flex]

I'd just like to chime in that wicca isn't really what every 'witch' is. Suffice it to say there's any number of occult traditions, both recent and ancient, which a self-described 'witch' may partake in. They range from off-the-wall non-scientific bullshit to more meditative/shamanistic beliefs, and any particular individual will usually put their own spin on things.

There's also the type of "witch" that was basically made up as a scare tactic by Christians (possibly the Catholic Church?). You know, the scary old lady who'll boil your unbaptized babies and turn them into a salve so she can fly on brooms, and that sort of thing.

[Bohandas]

I'd just like to chime in that wicca isn't really what every 'witch' is. Suffice it to say there's any number of occult traditions, both recent and ancient, which a self-described 'witch' may partake in. They range from off-the-wall non-scientific bullshit to more meditative/shamanistic beliefs, and any particular individual will usually put their own spin on things.

There's also the type of "witch" that was basically made up as a scare tactic by Christians (possibly the Catholic Church?). You know, the scary old lady who'll boil your unbaptized babies and turn them into a salve so she can fly on brooms, and that sort of thing.

That is of course, in fact, the standard definition of the word "Witch" (BTW, IIRC the word literally means "twisted" in German); an evil mythological being.

I lay the blame squarely on L. Frank Baum for the popularization of the bullshit new age definition of the word.

[G-Flex]

I sincerely doubt that the appropriation of the word "witch" by the New Age/neopagan/Wiccan community has anything to do with the "good witches" in The Wizard of Oz.

In fact, the word "Wicca" is pretty much the same damn word (well, a much, much older version) as "witch". Judging from what possible etymologies I can find, it doesn't come from anything meaning "twisted"; most etymologies just have to do with the practice of witchcraft/sorcery, as well as things like necromancy and herbalism.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Bohandas, what is it with you and the Church of the SubGenius? You mention it almost every day.

[Bohandas]

Bohandas, what is it with you and the Church of the SubGenius? You mention it almost every day.

Technically every day if you count the screen name and the avatar (Look closely; it's NOT the Yellow Sign of H*stur)

[G-Flex]

And the signature.