PAGAN ANTI-DEFAMATION NETWORK
(AFFILIATED TO SAFF)
JANUARY 1998ev.
BIG SETBACK FOR GORMLESS PAGAN INTERFAITH BUNNIES AS LEADING CHRISTIAN CLERGY CLAIM THAT PAGAN WORSHIP LEADS TO MASS GENOCIDE
PAN/SAFF, as most of the Pagan community now know, have been warning the naive about the gross stupidity of liaising at Interfaith gatherings with Christian clergy for several years. The current Pagan fashion of seeking Christian approval/permission for one's method of worship by, "sharing" spiritual experiences and exchanging rosary beads/crucifixes for a set of tarot cards etc. seems like a lovely idea to many face-value Pagans.
We live in a country where many of our family members and friends are actually Christian so what's wrong with sharing the Pagan faith with others? How true it is that we live in a culture where the majority pays 'lip-service' to Christian belief and heritage. The trouble rests with the ruling theocracy that oversees those liberal minded clergy seeking Pagan/Christian Interfaith. At the end of the day all information gleaned from Interfaith events with green-minded Pagans finds its way back into the hands of the dictatorial Xtian leaders.
Time and time again throughout history little groups of soft peddling clergy have been brought to task (burnt/hung) by the church junta for stepping out of line. Today's fluffy/Pagan-friendly vicars have met and will meet similar censorship and opposition from their masters.
Numerous Church high rollers like Dr. George Carey have expressed their opposition to Interfaith worship many times. Well financed/respected Christian organisations spend millions of pounds of supporters' cash each year on anti- pagan propaganda. Fundie groups with "loads of money" hand out their filthy literature to parents, teachers, police, social services et al every day to mislead the masses about our Pagan faiths. Much of the data they use is corrupted from Pagan material gleaned off WELL-MEANING (but naive) Pagans who are intent on "sharing" (Xtian hit-word) their spirituality with the smiling, liberal-minded churchmen. The bad news for these Pagan traitors is that Christian teaching recognises only 'one' valid path to the Godhead and that is THROUGH JESUS CHRIST!
This prime Xtian theological concept is NOT open to conjecture. It is a Christian's first duty to spread the gospel and convert others. If they don't they are not practicing their faith and put their own soul in danger. History confirms that one of the best ways to do this is through so-called Interfaith. What Christianity cannot convert it ALWAYS SUPPRESSES. So why do thick Pagan dunderheads wish to liaise with this monotheistic monster which will eventually (if we let it) set us back to the dark-ages? Sure, Interfaithing with religions that do 'not' wish to convert everything that moves is just swell - but this Christo/pagan notion is plain crazy!
Share experiences with Hindus, Buddhists and other more tolerant paths but NOT with "Iron-Fist, convert/suppress" doctrines which aim to usurp and evangelise the globe. If you know of anyone involved in this Christo/Pagan Interfaith madness then ask them just how they intend to change the Christian credo of "spreading the gospel?" Ask them if they seriously believe that the church is ever going to allow a bunch of callow Pagans the right to worship in their "CHRISTIAN COUNTRY?"
PAN members have criticised the Pagan Federation for their silly Interfaith policies for ages.
Hard working PF members have been EXPELLED by their own leadership for even daring to question this madness. The PF was a great idea at first but now it is in the hands of a rampant dictatorship intent on having its own way at ANY cost! It refuses to work with the most effective anti-defamation groups and thus puts its members at dire risk. If after reading this you still think that Interfaith with the unapologetic successors of the mediaeval witch-burners is a grand idea that dwell deeply on the following.
LEADING CHRISTIAN COLUMNIST AND CLERGY MAN, FR. FRANCIS MARSDEN STATED THIS MONTH IN THE PRESS AND WE QUOTE:
"Pagans like to present themselves as harmless tree worshippers, communing with Mother Earth and in revolt of the excesses of technocratic 20th century society. Their amorphous creeds are conveniently free of cumbersome moral dogmas. One can almost invent one's own religion."
Marsden continues: "Of course that is just what one leading pagan of our century did, subtly blending ancient Teutonic myths with the racist concept of Aryan superiority."
Here of course Marsden is seeking to link contemporary Paganism as a danger to society via Hitler's evil actions. Marsden goes on to mention that this "Pagan" started the last world war that resulted in the deaths of 50 million. Marsden finishes his diatribe by stating: "Paganism may seem to be innocent pantheism, but the dark powers stand by, ready to twist it into something more sinister."
Now what Pagan in their right mind would try to join hands with such a misleading dirt-monger as Marsden? A SMILE AND A WINK AND HUNDREDS LIKE HIM CAN INFILTRATE INTERFAITH WHENEVER THEY WISH, THERE IS NO DEFENCE!
The Odinic Rite (Edda) in their Nov 96 press release reminded us that Hitler wrote that National Socialism "must not take the form of a revival of the worship of Wotan." Edda also stated that under the Third-Reich all Odinist societies were prohibited and Odinic teachers/writers interned in concentration camps. The current fundie attempt to demonism Paganism by claiming that it leads to rampant fascism is an urgent matter that puts all Pagans at risk. Splits in the Odinic religion must be tackled if this faith is going to make it into the next century. Marsden's article and others will ensure that a great swath of the populace now believe that Paganism is synonymous with nationalism. If the Xtian power brokers in parliament pull the right strings, laws can be passed to give us all a very hard time and eventually prohibit all Pagan/Heathen paths as a future danger to public safety etc. There are serious analogies here with the SRAM and its misleading effect against occultism on the general population of this country!
The enemies of Paganism are alive and well, contrary to what is believed by many leading Pagan groups who refuse to work with PAN/SAFF. On one front we are fighting the SATANIC RITUAL ABUSE MYTH and on the other we face the spectre of the fundie allegation of PAGANISM RESULTING IN NAZISM. The public in their blind innocence accept whatever their smiling clergy tell them about the dangers of the Occult and Paganism. We do have our rights enshrined under the UN DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS and we must fight for them by pressing those in authority to acknowledge them.
We must never allow Goofballs like the current leading (or more properly misleading) PF Archbishops to sell us down the river by Interfaithing with monotheistic forces of subversion. PAN is shouting loud and clear about the damage we believe that the PF is set to do to Paganism with Interfaith. They cannot stand any criticism over their crazy Christo-Pagan policies, that's why they kicked out Cath and Pat Regan (long standing PF members) for questioning their farcical stance on this situation.
PAN has received much kindness and support from many well-wishing/genuine Pagans following the PF dictatorship's totalitarian actions against it's own members. "A BIG THANKS TO YOU ALL." We are however well aware of you silent SHEEP out there who expect others to do your dirty work on anti-defamation and refuse to help your brothers/sisters defend the old faiths-"thanks for nothing!" You may be reading this piece with disdain and cry, "oh such BITCHCRAFT" whilst sipping wine at your cosy local moot. Well the fact is that if it wasn't for all the essential voluntary work done by PAN/SAFF members across the land, then you pal wouldn't have the luxury of calling yourself Pagan and attending that fashionable gathering in the first place! Our words are hard and sometimes abrasive.
Our tough style is dictated by the dangers that surround Paganism and we need to wake up apathetics from their slumber. If you consider yourself a genuinely committed Pagan then liven-up and join in the campaign. STOP LEAVING THE VIATL CAMPAIGN FOR OUR RIGHTS TO OTHERS!
It's no good trusting to fate with Interfaithing dictatorships that censor/expel their own concerned members without proper reason or even a right to appeal. We are talking about the future of Paganism here, so if you (like us) value it then please in the names of the Old-Ones help in any way you can. ALL PAN WORK IS DONE ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS. We are always in need of stamps, envelopes, paper, office/copying equipment and anything else that can lighten our heavy load. Please always enclose a SAE when expecting a reply. We respond to tons of enquiries every week and each one requires a postage stamp/envelope that is paid for out of our own pockets. We do this vital work because someone must. If for any reason you cannot help as a practical PAN activist then please consider contributing to the cause in other materialistic ways.
THE PF HAD OBVIOUSLY HOPED THAT PAN WOULD BE KNOCKED INTO SILENCE FOLLOWING THE APPALLING EXPULSION OF THE REGANS. SORRY PF, YOU'VE GOT THIS DEAD WRONG!
PAN WILL NEVER EVER ALLOW YOU TO TRASH PAGANISM WITH YOUR WACKY CHRISTO/PAGAN INTERFAITH POLICIES!
Apathy is a contagious disease that is still affecting mainstream Paganism. Please help PAN/SAFF to administer the Surgery needed to remedy the condition now!
Disclaimer:
PAN realises that the vast majority of Christians are not fundamentalist or evangelical in make up and we only criticise religious extremists who seek to disenfranchise other faiths whilst bolstering their own. PAN does not in any way condone violence against any persons or property and we must state that we have always worked towards a more tolerant and equal society.
