Aé - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, February 3, 1999 CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE TERRACE STANDARD The Mail Bag Church’s dark side Dear Sir: T have a problem with Mr. Tom Brophy’s recent letter to the cditor attempting lo dis- credit Ms. De Lecuw’s Hallowe’en column. He first insults her, then demonizes all bul the followers of ‘JP2’ (Jesus wasn’t even mentioned), while brushing off the atrocities of the ‘Age of the Church’ with claims that those people were just “masquerading as Catholics,’ . The Catholic church did claim that all non-Christians worship false gods, This was their justification to disrupt domestic peace by imposing their beliefs system onto others. The banning of potlatches and sweat lodges shows that such practices were alive and well in more recest times, When the Roman Empire became the Holy Roman Empire, European culture was already imposed upon. With (his addition, the society of healers (predominantly made of women) was driven into secrecy by the exclusively male church. This was done because, like the shamans of this area, these medicine people, and spiritual workers, did not seek, or seem to- need, Christ’s assistance in their work, Be- cause these healers were held in high regard in their culture, it was necessary to discredit their work in order to make inroads into the Spiritual lives of the populace. The church made it illegal to practice healing without a formal education (the healers, like the smiths, and tanners were trained in an apprentice system.) It was il- legal, as well, for women to attend school. The Catholics believed these people to be wieducated heathens by refusing to ac- knowledge, or understand, the learning pro- cesses being used, and by nol making the connection between the central creative fig- ure of the populace with their own trinity, due to issues of gender, language, and terminology. : Lands key to future. Dear Sir: I’m writing to correct the misinformation contained in Mr. ‘Les Watmough’s letter to the editor: published in your January 20, 1999. edi- tion. I don’t know where the “$400 million boundary ex- pansion” figure comes from. Perhaps it was a print- ing error. In any case the ac- tual cost of the expansion process has been very mini- mal, The cash outlay has not been more than a few hun- dred dollars; the only other cost has been a few hours of city administrative time. Assuming the boundary expansion goes through, the city will acquire a large amount of much needed land for commercial and in- dustrial expansion as well as an important — additional revenue source for the air- port operation. There is also a potential in the future for significant increase in the tax base. It is true that to realize the potential in the additional land some up-front financial input may be required. However, any develop- ment would be done through the Official Community ‘ Plan and other community input processes where the public will have ample op- portunity to express their wishes. _ Regarding the relationship - with the regional district, the application for the boundary expansion was formally presented to the regional district before it was submitted to Victoria. The Area C representative was also consulted prior to submission. No objections . were expressed at that time, Val George, Counelllor, City of Terrace Looking Dear Sir: I am locking for my brother, His birth name was Howard Benzil Washburn.’ He was bom to Loretta Washburn Sept. 1, 1952, possibly in Prince Rupert. hospital and may have been | given up for adoption. Reply to: Janet. Goheen, RRA Telkwa, B.C. VOI 2X0. Janet Goheen, Telkwa Like the secret potlatches, sweat lodges, and other ceremonies of the local coastal cultures, these healers secretly gathered to teach, to heal, and to advise. When caught, these women Were put on trial, As Mr. Brophy writes, “‘they were given the opportunity to repent and confess their sins.’’ Mr, Brophy seems to be a man who stands behind his beliefs, so he shouldn’t be . surprised. .when. these. women . said. they - would sooner die than tell the populace that the traditional knowledge, and the way of life that had created their healthy thriving culture, Was Wrong. Unfortunately for the modern Catholic These healers secretly gathered to teach, to heal, and to advise. When caught, these women were put on trial. church, it does bear these scars. Un- fortunate also is that the Catholics, accard- ing to Mr. Brophy, still view al] non- Christians as people who worship false gods; with hat as a foundation, all of the church’s recent apologies, and urges for unity will seem weak at best. The word pagan, Mr. Brophy, is derived from the Latin base meaning country folk. Since the beliefs of those people were so strongly rooted in the earth, and the yearly and monthly cycles of Creation, rather than in the church, the term came to mean faith- less. Since the first dictionaries were printed by the church, it was logical to print their definition of the word, J use the word pagan to mean those people who believe that the ways of Creation are not in | contradiction to the ways of Jesus, Robert Mercereau, Terrace, B.C. Declining morals bring kiddie porn Dear Sir: Recently Canadian courts decided that ‘‘simple” possession of kiddie-porn is legally acceptable in Cana- has to occur. In 1981 a convention calling itseif the Witches Inter- national. Coven Council Association (WICCA) listed Safety to put out a warning conceming the list, which included the usual sex, drugs, rock and roll stuff as seen through the entertainment media of Hollywood Babylon. One of the hot new trends of 1999 listed by Maclean’s is the discovery of the Cabala — and an- mediaeval mysticism — by such Hollywood notables as Madonna. The Wiccan convention also included the legalization of all pomography, including kiddie porn; gaining. ac- cess to all people’s backgrounds and vital information by use of computers; removing children from the home environment and placing them in Wiccan foster homes: the unification of black and white witchcraft, and, the sanctioning of human sacrifice, according to a Texas sheriff in 1986, humour. Thirty years aga a branch of Wicca known as Witch (Women’s Intemational Terrorist Corps From Hell), was formed, which has been busy altering con- sciousness among housewives through feminist covens. Perhaps this is why most anti-poverty groups today find little difference between left-wing and right-wing groups. As the Wiccans gain victory, the distinctions between left and right become displaced by fascist, Fabian theosphist teachings now prevalent throughout North America. original name of Satan, runs the only religious chapel at the United Nations; and Satanism has been recog- nized for decades by the U.S. armed forces as a legiti- mate religion. The only way kiddie porn could be legalized was for our society to the point where people now shrug in- differently at the news. Brian Gregg, Terrace, B.C. da, forgetting that to make the pomography child abuse seven goals, prompting the Texas Department of Public cient Babylonian sorcery that evolved into Judaic One cannot accuse feminists of not having a sense of Lucis Trust, based on the wership of Lucifer, the’ the Wiccan-hijacked media to crode the morai fiber of 1999 GRAND AN SE INJECTED WITH LOTS OF GOOD IDEAS... AND A HEALTHY DOSE OF ADRENALINE, - YOUR RELIABLE DRIVING EXCITEMENT COMES COMPLETE. Did You Know? there’s a FREE educational opportunity for children entering Kindergarten or Grade One. FRENCH IMMERSION registration begins this week at Kiti Kshan Primary. 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