{"id":1662,"date":"2010-09-20T07:41:59","date_gmt":"2010-09-20T13:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/paganportal\/?p=1662"},"modified":"2010-09-20T07:41:59","modified_gmt":"2010-09-20T13:41:59","slug":"christine-odonnell-dabbled-in-witchcraft-reagan-used-psychics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/pantheon\/2010\/09\/christine-odonnell-dabbled-in-witchcraft-reagan-used-psychics\/","title":{"rendered":"Christine O’Donnell Dabbled In Witchcraft and Reagan Used Psychics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

In the past, I\u2019ve dabbled in Christianity. I was seeing this Pentecostal<\/a> man and I just sort of got sucked into it briefly. I mean, I didn\u2019t handle snakes or speak in tongues. But yeah, I dabbled. It involved a guy. Big deal.<\/p>\n

This anecdote from my life isn\u2019t all that interesting. It certainly wouldn\u2019t prevent me from running for office or be held against me when seeking employment. It\u2019s a non-issue. So why is Christine O\u2019Donnell dabbling in Witchcraft any different?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/iframe>\nIn fact why is any political candidate\u2019s religious views and\/or history applicable at all? I am not voting them into office to give me moral instruction. I am not expecting them to stand up in the Senate and deliver a homily on the Beatitudes. In fact, I have every reasonable expectation that regardless of their religion, they will do their job as best as they can and preserve the rights and freedoms of all Americans to religious expression. So no, I don\u2019t think a past involvement with Witchcraft has any bearing on her ability to perform the duties of a Senator.<\/p>\nThe idea that Witchcraft or Wicca is a negative for a political candidate shows what a sad state of affairs our electoral process is in. It shows how ignorant the American public is to fall for the \u201cscary boogeyman\u201d tactics of the media. \u201cChristine O\u2019Donnell once briefly in her teens did something we don\u2019t quite understand and we don\u2019t think she quite understands what it was either, but she made it sound weird and we despise anything weird and unfamiliar.\u201d<\/p>\nPoliticians like Barack Obama and Bobby Jindal have to deal with crap constantly because ignorant people are terrified they might secretly be praying to Allah or Krishna. Really? Who cares? It\u2019s what they do that\u2019s important, not what they believe. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.articlesbase.com\/spirituality-articles\/the-shocking-truth-about-ronald-and-nancy-reagans-use-of-psychic-help-839408.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ronald Reagan used psychics<\/a> and Republicans revere him for what he did, not because he believed in obtaining occult guidance.<\/p>\nQuite frankly the whole thing annoys the crud out of me. O\u2019Donnell is obviously ignorant of Witchcraft, intimating it\u2019s a dubious practice associated with Satanism, blood, and midnight picnics with men. Sounds more like she went for the dark mysterious dude in high school who figured a midnight picnic full of spooky tales was likely to make her clingy and amorous.<\/p>\nIn my wildest dreams the media would interview Selena Fox, Margot Adler, Patrick McCollum and other experts on Witchcraft, Wicca and Paganism. The world would listen to them and realize not only is Witchcraft not a detriment for a political candidate but that O\u2019Donnell knows little to nothing about it. Which really means she dabbled in the mystique<\/em> of Witchcraft instead. Which may make people wonder \u201cIs she just dabbling in the mystique<\/em> of the Tea Party now?\u201d THAT is the real story. THAT is what\u2019s interesting.<\/p>\nIf you want something to use against Christine O\u2019Donnell then how about the fact that she\u2019s anti-abortion, anti-masturbation, anti-premarital-sex, anti-stem-cells, anti-gay-marriage Palin-esque whack job who <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/blogs\/firstthoughts\/2010\/09\/18\/odonnell-the-dabbler\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">would sell out Anne Frank to the Nazis rather than tell a lie?<\/a> No self-respecting Witch would make such a statement, I assure you.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the past, I\u2019ve dabbled in Christianity. I was seeing this Pentecostal man and I just sort of got sucked into it briefly. I mean, I didn\u2019t handle snakes or speak in tongues. But yeah, I dabbled. It involved a guy. Big deal. This anecdote from my life isn\u2019t all that interesting. 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