Bad Advice and Goat’s Blood (atheist, quote, marriages, Christianity)

[reed067]

I thought this was an intresting post it came across my desk the other day I thoguht I'd share it. More religous intolerence.


Yesterday, Slate.com’s advice columnist, journalist Emily Yoffe (aka “Dear Prudence”), tackled the issue of a Christian woman married to an “atheist” who has recently embraced Wicca. Here’s what she had to say.

There are several troubling aspects in Yoffe’s advice to the “devout” Christian wife, starting with the assertion that her husband has “radically underwritten the rules” of their relationship because he’s shifted from atheism/agnosticism to a theistic belief system (albeit not Christianity). Despite the fact that “Kent” is described as “sweet, attentive, and loving” Yoffe seems to sympathize with the wife’s concern, describing Kent’s newfound Wiccan beliefs as “sacrilegious incantations” and that if Wicca has become the “organizing principle” of his life he may have broken the “spell” of the marriage. Alongside this advice are satirical animations that portray the co-worker who introduced Kent to Wicca as a devil pouring out “goat blood,” implying a Satanic or cultish tone to the change.

Bad Advice and Goat’s Blood

[whoppers]

Originally Posted by reed067

I thought this was an intresting post it came across my desk the other day I thoguht I'd share it. More religous intolerence.


Yesterday, Slate.com’s advice columnist, journalist Emily Yoffe (aka “Dear Prudence”), tackled the issue of a Christian woman married to an “atheist” who has recently embraced Wicca. Here’s what she had to say.

There are several troubling aspects in Yoffe’s advice to the “devout” Christian wife, starting with the assertion that her husband has “radically underwritten the rules” of their relationship because he’s shifted from atheism/agnosticism to a theistic belief system (albeit not Christianity). Despite the fact that “Kent” is described as “sweet, attentive, and loving” Yoffe seems to sympathize with the wife’s concern, describing Kent’s newfound Wiccan beliefs as “sacrilegious incantations” and that if Wicca has become the “organizing principle” of his life he may have broken the “spell” of the marriage. Alongside this advice are satirical animations that portray the co-worker who introduced Kent to Wicca as a devil pouring out “goat blood,” implying a Satanic or cultish tone to the change.

Bad Advice and Goat’s Blood

That's very interesting...

I think the best advice you could ever give someone, however, is: don't take advice from newspaper or internet advice columnists. Do you know how many marriages of mine Dear Abby and her sister Ann Landers wrecked for me? I think it was their sick little game! Yeshhh......

Little known trivia fact: Both sisters had advice colums, yet hated each other's guts. How's THAT for irony?

[LargeKingCat]

Amazing that people don't know how to think for themselves and work out their own issues. Of course I should be glad, it is a type of professional job security for me. But how many people seriously run to some book advice column, shrink, guru or Sacrificed Goat for answers? Are people really trained to be that dependant, or does it come natural to some?

[Fred314X]

Way too many phrases in quotation marks to be taken seriously.

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Originally Posted by Fred314X

Way too many phrases in quotation marks to be taken seriously.

That's because he's quoting them, and indicating where. It's not like the usage when someone uses them with their fingers up in the air. Like when you refer to someone sarcastically as an "expert".

[busterkeaton]

The title of this thread would be a kick-azz name for a metal band....just sayin

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Originally Posted by busterkeaton

The title of this thread would be a kick-azz name for a metal band....just sayin

Ha - better trademark it!

[reed067]

One thing that impressed me was the amount of Pagan who wrote into this women's show & voiced thier concern's.

[OwlKaMyst]

Wow- The attitude of the columnist (the manner in which she speaks) is so cold and scripted.
Obviously she has NO clue about Wicca.
If anything this change that the woman's husband has taken would likely bring them closer together.
He went from believing in nothing to believing in something.
Had 'Prudence' done her homework, she would have found that much of Wicca has the exact same founding principals as Christianity...just a few extra gods.

ETA: eye of newt, toe of frog? Who does that anymore?

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Originally Posted by OwlKaMyst

ETA: eye of newt, toe of frog? Who does that anymore?

Old Skool! <insert guitar riff from above-mentioned metal band>
Get on your brooms and ride! <cover song of Queen by same above-mentioned band>