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[Witchyjoshy]

Funny how, during the Satanic Panic, the accusors believed more in magic than the accused. 

Exactly.

Of course, most of the accused weren't really Satanists to begin with.  Not even LaVeyan.

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[Vypernight]

In the first one, both were called terrorists.

In the second, Conservative women spend more time talking about Jesus while Conservative men talk about women's reproductive organs.  Liberal women are just defending themselves.

The third is just stupid.

[Meshakhad]

It is incongruous to both hold that there is no magic, while believing in a being whose very existence can only logically be due to magic.  Its not "there's no Wiccan magic" or "there's no Voodoo magic," but "there's no magic, at all."  Yes, this is a phenomenon I've encountered exclusively in the Abrahamic faiths' practitioners.  If one kind of magic exists, then magic exists, in at least one form.

That may be what Christians say they believe, but what they really believe is "There's no magic except GAWD!"

Speaking from a former-Christian current-pagan perspective, a lot of what they do is magic, even if they deny it.  I'm not just talking about the liturgical churches such as Catholicism (which is more likely to believe in magic than any other denomination, I think) but also the evangelical churches, such as baptists.

And while this technically doesn't fall under "magic use" (though there's some debate about that), they'll certain use prayer like it's magic.

Incidentally, the closer a fundie was to the "Satanic Panic", the more likely they are to believe in magic, though they tend to view all non-Christian magic as being from Satan, so every witch/voodoo/hoodoo/eastern monk/whatever has made a deal with demons to achieve their magic.

Of course, this is speaking from someone familiar with both the concept of magic as applied in paganistic circles, and someone familiar with how fundies use prayer and faith.  Your mileage may vary.

I'm one of those "only G-d can do magic" believers. I should add that I see holding deities to the laws of physics to be rather silly. If there were other gods, they would also be able to do "magic".

[RavynousHunter]

It is incongruous to both hold that there is no magic, while believing in a being whose very existence can only logically be due to magic.  Its not "there's no Wiccan magic" or "there's no Voodoo magic," but "there's no magic, at all."  Yes, this is a phenomenon I've encountered exclusively in the Abrahamic faiths' practitioners.  If one kind of magic exists, then magic exists, in at least one form.

That may be what Christians say they believe, but what they really believe is "There's no magic except GAWD!"

Speaking from a former-Christian current-pagan perspective, a lot of what they do is magic, even if they deny it.  I'm not just talking about the liturgical churches such as Catholicism (which is more likely to believe in magic than any other denomination, I think) but also the evangelical churches, such as baptists.

And while this technically doesn't fall under "magic use" (though there's some debate about that), they'll certain use prayer like it's magic.

Incidentally, the closer a fundie was to the "Satanic Panic", the more likely they are to believe in magic, though they tend to view all non-Christian magic as being from Satan, so every witch/voodoo/hoodoo/eastern monk/whatever has made a deal with demons to achieve their magic.

Of course, this is speaking from someone familiar with both the concept of magic as applied in paganistic circles, and someone familiar with how fundies use prayer and faith.  Your mileage may vary.

I'm one of those "only G-d can do magic" believers. I should add that I see holding deities to the laws of physics to be rather silly. If there were other gods, they would also be able to do "magic".

I hold all things to the known laws of the universe and of science.  Science has explained the world in a way that is, for me, much more satisfactory than what one gets with religion, which boils down to "god(s) did it."  Personally, I find it odd that people believe in a being that has yet to objectively prove that it exists, or for whom we've found objective proof of its being.  All "evidence" for gods that I've ever encountered boils down to "I just feel like there is one."  If that's how it is for you, that's all well and dandy, but I honestly...just don't get it.  I only believed in it when I did because I was a child and that's how things were, according to the adults in my life.

Unless proof that reality-bending powers are indeed possible comes to light, then I'll continue to hold so-called gods to the laws of the universe as I understand them.

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[booley]

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Who called cruz a terrorist?

Bloviating idiot.  But not terrorist.

It's like some cons aren't' even trying anymore.

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Who called cruz a terrorist?

Bloviating idiot.  But not terrorist.

It's like some cons aren't' even trying anymore.

Googling says someone from msnbc called him a political terrorist.

[kefkaownsall]

Well the Tea Party is the American Taliban.

[Witchyjoshy]

Yeah, one thing to note as well... calling someone a "political terrorist" means something rather different than calling them an actual "terrorist".

Then again, that's actually expecting some amount of accuracy from them.  Conservatives got pissed over Bashir saying "someone should shit in Palin's mouth" when he said no such thing.  He said that she should experience what it was like to be a black person in slavery (or was it the Jim Crow era?) before she so casually dismisses their experiences.  He mentioned that one such experience was the above.  And of course, conservatives, in their grand, reactionary glory, got pissed off.

And yet they have the gall to get indignant when a fake redneck says something bigoted towards gays and blacks and gets suspended.  Not fired.  Suspended.

[I am lizard]

lolatprolife responded best:

Do you actually think of this as something noteworthy that makes a point because it is a steaming pile of shit.

I have to call Poe.

[I am lizard]

Conservative woman are only able to think if the talking points are handed to them by Fox News whereas liberal women are concerned about stopping discrimination based on their reproductive organs.
A good post.

[chad sexington]

That's a parody.

[Cerim Treascair]

... okay, I can't draw and *I* can do better than that!

[Witchyjoshy]

It may be parody, but it still belongs here because it's less amusing and so badly drawn that it makes my eyes bleed memories.