I love this movie so much I own it. That probably doesn't surprise you, either.
When I considered myself a Pagan, I too felt weirdly possessive of it. A lot of people who are Pagan who are my age or older are anti-Christian because it was not cool to be Pagan when we were growing up. Some of them didn't even hear about it until they were in their 20s. I agree that the last thing Pagans need is for people to think that they suck on frogs to get rid of sore throats (though, honestly, from a sympathetic magick perspective, it couldn't hurt to suck on a frog as long as it's not poisonous--it might help and it's way better than taking antibiotics if you have a virus that they won't cure) and practise human sacrifice. But if you are a baby Pagan have had some genuine bad experiences at the hands of actual Christians, what the movie does for you is to put the shoe on the other foot--imagine, if instead of you being in danger of losing your children or your job (this still happens in places and was very common then) if you were the majority and you had one of Them at your mercy.
And people wonder why I think theocracy is a bad idea, period, and that pagans wouldn't be any better than Christians or Muslims...
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delicious schadenfreude for the neo- or ex-pagan soul...
Date: 2005-10-30 09:36 pm (UTC)When I considered myself a Pagan, I too felt weirdly possessive of it. A lot of people who are Pagan who are my age or older are anti-Christian because it was not cool to be Pagan when we were growing up. Some of them didn't even hear about it until they were in their 20s. I agree that the last thing Pagans need is for people to think that they suck on frogs to get rid of sore throats (though, honestly, from a sympathetic magick perspective, it couldn't hurt to suck on a frog as long as it's not poisonous--it might help and it's way better than taking antibiotics if you have a virus that they won't cure) and practise human sacrifice. But if you are a baby Pagan have had some genuine bad experiences at the hands of actual Christians, what the movie does for you is to put the shoe on the other foot--imagine, if instead of you being in danger of losing your children or your job (this still happens in places and was very common then) if you were the majority and you had one of Them at your mercy.
And people wonder why I think theocracy is a bad idea, period, and that pagans wouldn't be any better than Christians or Muslims...