From: Michael Smith ([email protected])
   Subject: Raven has no Power no magic!
   Newsgroups: alt.religion.wicca
   Date: 1997/06/23
   

DragonLady MKB ([email protected]) wrote:

: For the record everyone, RBB has stated very much so that she plans to
: disrupt and destroy this newsgroup.  She has no respect for anyone here
: and cares nothing for anyone other than herself.  In other words, she's a
: bad teacher.  Do you want to learn anything from a bad teacher?

Actually, not only would Raven make a bad teacher *if she were for
real*, but Raven is a fake. A total, unqualified fraud. Check for
yourself- ask Raven any number of questions that:
1) should be simple to scry if Raven can really scry
2) are not public knowledge or obtainable by sifting through posts
3) are not answerable by reading your email or by wading through your
network account
4) you would not be embarrassed to have answered (so that Raven does
not have that excuse).

Examples: "What color shirt am I wearing" "what novel is sitting on my
desk right now" "how many Coke cans are there in my room"

Counterexamples: "What is my password" (#4), "I'm thinking of a number
now, what is it?" (#1), "What is my address" (#2), "Now many games do I
have on my NT account at school" (#3)

I've been challenging Raven Blackbane with these questions for two
months now, and so far he's only answered six. He got four wrong.

Also, every once in a while, Raven Blackbane will make some wilda**
claim about having some other kind of bizzarre power. Most recently,
Raven claimed to have the power to fly by "manipulating antigravitons"
and using a broom for "spacial linearity;" and also claimed to be able
to use magick to manipulate computers. There is an easy way to prove
that this claim is false. It's called "calling his bluff." Offer Raven
Blackbane money to demonstrate this effect. I offered Raven $100 just
to land on my front porch, whenever he wanted, so long as he didn't use
technological methods. He didn't take the bet, and offered some lame
excuse along the lines of "you'd just bow at my altar."

One great way to call Raven's bluff is to call him a liar, a fraud and
a fake, and to dare him to sue you. He never will. Why? Because he
knows that he'll lose. This could be very devastating, if you
countersue with WADL on your side.

Have fun!

Blessed Be,
        Mike Smith

"Rise, hold fast your faith. To lie dormant is certain death."
                -Slayer, "At Dawn They Sleep"

DISCLAIMER: My opinions do not necessarily, or even remotely, reflect
those of Loyola University, Chicago.