Gosh, it's flattering to see one's name in print. So you can imagine how touched I felt, really, as I read these words in an article in which my name appeared prominently :



" CHRISTO-PAGAN INTERFAITH BUNNIES TARGET PAN! Christo-Pagan agitators seek converts via PAN website guestbook. Will YOU be next? "


Sends shivers up your spine, doesn't it? Just in case the reader didn't know how scary this was going to be, the author thoughtfully included a graphic of a skeleton doing the "come here" gesture with its index finger.

this image, identical to the one 'Sidney' used, comes courtesy of Leo Arce's Image Gallery. Click on the Graphic and you'll get there

Reading on, I found that the author did not seem to understand that the words "Pagan", "Wiccan" and "Witch" were not synonomous, and that he seemed to feel that I was targeting Pagans/Wiccans/Witches for conversion! My own position on evangelism has not been a vague one - I've been openly and vocally opposed to the practice, and as a Metaphysical Empiricist I would have to be. So, what makes him feel that I would adopt a practice which would be tantamount to a rejection of one of the foundation stones of my own religion? The author tells us :



" This pseudo-pagan even states on his site -
'WICCANS ARE NOT WELCOME AS GUESTS ANY MORE.'
Point proved - Xtian troublemaker exposed! What lengths will they go to target pagan folk?


Small point, that I'm a little confused on ... if I was targeting Wiccans for conversion, which would be news to me, then why would I exclude them from the Shrine as visitors? Wouldn't I want them to come? How could I convert somebody who wasn't even within earshot, as I was speaking? Perhaps this wise author and his fan club could enlighten us on this mystifying point?

But I'm getting ahead of myself, as I haven't even told you how it was, that the writer of these words of wisdom became part of my life.