BURNING TIMES SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT

Greetings,

In response to your inquiry about our 'intentions', let me set the record straight: Our group developed as a response to Wicca and Pagan sites posting the graphic "Never again the Burning Times".   All those associated with the Burning Times On-line don't think the fires are out yet.  We want to bring attention to the modern Burning Times as much as the historic......  The
burning times exist as long as Pagans are persecuted.... and Christians
persecute all alternate religions.
We are bringing Pagans up to date about their culture and oppression.  If
your publication could help us get this message out, it would be most
appreciated.

Our method is based on A Master's theory that Pagans including Wiccans who spend time supporting the historic Burning Times, then it sidetracks them
from dealing with the persecution which goes on still today.  Pagans need
to observe their victimization just like our ancestors and fight for their
freedom, just like our ancestors tried to.
Our goal is to make sure our ancestors did not die in vain.
We are continuing were they left off.  If Pagans live in the past, they are
blind to the present and future.  THE BURNING TIMES  ARE NOT OVER.  Our on-line movement is the action headquarters for the modern Burning Times........ The day we take our site off-line is the day that Pagans can celebrate their holidays in the streets and towns.
Not in secret, in hiding.  WE ARE NOT FREE until all Pagans recognize that
the Burning Times are not over.  We don't know if they will burn us on
crosses until we demand recognition in society.

Our mission is to produce public events such as Pagan Awareness Week and
the Vigils on Halloween..... We are the headquarters for the Unholy War -
The Pagan Revolution.   Our purpose is to bring together people's from all
religions.  We want to develop a fund for poor pagans who are persecuted,
so they can hire constitutional lawyers.

I suppose, my point being, there are thousands of Pagan (Wicca ect.) sites
and organizations.  Do you remember the Pagan March on Washington?  A few years ago, a few of us felt like society needed to acknowledge the victims
of the historic Pagan holocausts which includes witch hunts.  But, when we
approached the leading Pagan groups in the world and Wiccan and pagan
sites - we were devastated with the lack of support.  We realized that most
pagans and wiccans focused on their practices, ambiance and each other.
Women, Gays, Jews, African-Americans and other oppressed groups did not win their freedom by keeping to themselves.  They stormed the streets, they got arrested, they fought legal battles, they demanded their ancestors be
honored, they demanded their holidays be respected on the national
calendar.  As victims of oppression, they fought for their freedom.  But,
we discovered that most Wiccan and Pagan groups told us that a revolution
was negative.   So, guided by A Master, we developed the Burning Times
On-line. Action Headquarters for the UNHOLY WAR.   The war between
Christianity and Paganism which began over 2000 years ago.  The first major
Pagan holocaust was in the fourth century A.D.  It was led by the Romans
and Christians who allied.   They tore down Pagan sacred tablets and made
roads for the Roman soldiers out of them.
Set (Satanism) was an Egyptian pagan religion which was one of the many
Pagan religions attacked and destroyed.
The witch burnings, a.k.a.'The Burning Times' was a period of Pagan history
which has the most documentation and evidence of its existence.  As you
know, the Salem trials are the most advanced documented incidents of
Christian persecution upon the Pagan people.  The point I'm making is - we
call the Pagan/Christian war, "The Unholy War".  The sad part being,  over
the centuries, Pagans have been so oppressed and persecuted that they
quiver and hide in the dark.  Fearing to be recognized.   Our ancestors
built Pagan temples, they had public holidays and celebrations.
If those Pagans existed today - they would make Pagan films, t.v shows,
music, build temples, fight the supreme court for their constitutional
rights.  Alas, what would our ancestors think if they knew that when the
day comes when Christians are not allowed to murder Pagans in public, the
Pagan population would sit and do nothing.  Why did they die?  For the
first time since the Unholy War began, the Christians can no longer order
the governments and kings to send their armies and soldiers out to
slaughter us.  And how to Pagans repay the blessing of a
politically-correct era?  They act as if the soldiers are waiting outside
for them.

The Burning Times On-line is the resurrection of the Burning Times.
But, this time, we shall win our freedom.  We shall be able to build our
temples, honor our deities, celebrate our 'holy' days.  We shall be able to
see Pagan videos on MTV,  see Pagan sitcoms, mourn as a nation for our
ancestors holocausts.   All we need to do as a Pagan nation is 'go for it'.
What is Clinton going to do?  Call in the National Guard?
I don't think so.  So what are Pagans so afraid off?  Loosing face with
their associates?  Getting fired from work?   Getting arrested?
That's nothing compared to what our ancestors risked.  Anyway, do Pagans
think Christians will build a temple to Isis or Diana or Set?

The Burning Times On-line is a community of people from all over the world.
You, me, and so many others.  Together, we can put an end to the Unholiest
War in modern human history.  Together, we can march the streets proudly
wearing our Pentagrams.  Together, we can dance in our towns square on the
Solstice and the community respects our celebration and presence.

We don't provide spells, rituals, beliefs or even comic relief.
We provide Freedom - Martin Luther King had a dream for his people.
We have a dream for our people.

I suppose I spouted all this out so you have a very clear idea of what we
are about.   At this point, on an environmental stance in history, society
would benefit from Pagan participation.
So many Pagan groups are Spiritual Environmentalists.
What good are they if they whisper their wisdom instead of singing it out
aloud for the masses to hear.

PAGAN BLESSINGS, Hoskins (Burning Times REP)

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THE BURNING TIMES FALSE DEFINITON COMES FROM......

Do not get me wrong...I myself am a Pagan and do feel the pain of present day persecusion, but I feel that you have been too hasty in thinking that the burning times of witches of the past have anything to do with us.  Yes, it was a nasty gynocide but after further investegation into the reasons behind and lives of those killed I came to discover they had little to do with the "witches" of present day.  The term "witches" back then meant nothing like it does today.  It was a woman of sin (though she usually wasn't).   The burning times was a governmental or church structured play on getting land and wealth from others.  Elderly women who have lost their husbands, and therefore, owned land were targeted in order to get the land away from them.  Women herbalists and mid-wives were targeted for their direct threat to "modern" medicine and doctors.  Most of them were christian or just believed in the folklore that surrounded the area (some from pagan-like beliefs and some not).   It conserns me that you claim that this is your religious history; that we have had an underground pagan movement during the christian control.  This makes it sound like these women caught as "witches", though they claimed themselves a good, devout christians, were having secretive coven meetings with passwords and tatooes to identify themselves.  This is not the case.    I worry simply because that claiming this to be our past is discrediting us among the intellectuals of the world.  I am in college and have heard this to be the complaint against our people.  They have proved that these women were not the witches we thought them to be and have used it against us.  If we have a past it was before the christians' time during the goddess religion phase of history.  But even if we do not have a past, that does not make us any less of a religion; we make our own roots.   I only ask of you to do your research in an unbiased, clear mind and you might come to the same conclusion I have.  I still think that their lives need to be fought for.  They went through horrible, undeniably evil pain and death.  And for no reason what so ever...they were christian women trying to serve and be dutiful to their christianity and people.  It is just that if you continue on the path of believing and quoting this lie...it will destroy all our credibility, and therefore, any support from the intellectual and learned classes will be gone.   Thank you for your time, Genevieve Lynne Toon cheshire@worldfront.com morgain@seattleu.edu  

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