"The emphasis on the worship of nature in virtually all variations of Pagan faith, and the embrace of a female divinity in many, situated the religion to mesh with the environmental and feminist movements that swept through the United States in the 1970s.
Of course, the popular culture of the Harry Potter books, the television series 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' and the current zombie vogue have defanged Pagan religion for a mass teenage audience."
-- Samuel G. Freedman, trying not to remind us that when "crazy Christians" were originally saying these connections existed (most prominently between, say, Harry Potter and Witchcraft) the suggestions were shouted down as outlandish - while, now, it was all admittedly a lead-in to "Pagan religion for a mass teenage audience" - which is exactly the lying-ass reason why I can't advocate putting trust in the lying-ass words of Hollywood, stupid nature-worshiping Pagans, or The New York Times.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
They Can't Hide It Forever
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Labels: buffy the vampire slayer, cultural subversion, environmentalism, feminism, Harry Potter, lying, paganism, religion, the new york times, witchcraft, zombies
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