Episode 160: Lessons of the WBC

Regular Hosts:
Amber, Dave
Guest Hosts:
Lamyka of Lamyka’s Wiccan Podcast, Barbara, Gary, Scurvy Dog, Son_of_Pan of the Satyr’s Thicket Podcast
05:42
Giving credit where credit is due
06:01
Scurvy’s disclaimer
07:08
Valid observations
07:30
Problematic reactions
08:07
WBC views on Hinduism
08:54
Shirley Phelps Roper
09:11
WBC as an advertising campaign
09:33
WBC simplistic, not simple
10:19
WBC: Salvation is pre ordained
10:33
Full time douchebags
10:47
WBC as an extreme sounding board for christians
11:04
Christianity too diverse for WBC to be a true soundboard
12:03
The “enablers”
12:27
The T.O.O.L acronym
13:08
Permanent salvation
13:36
WBC’s feelings on other Christian denomination preachers
14:38
WBC bringing out a different facet of the bible
15:05
Not just quoting the bible, but the execution
16:15
WBC not the first hateful christsians, just the latest and the loudest
16:41
Ethnic cleansing!?!?! You don’t say!
16:47
Barbara FTW
16:57
Christianity and Islam have extreme ethno bias
17:16
WBC: bringing to the mouth whats in the heart for christians
17:26
The WBC be about it yo!
18:05
Newsflash: WBC has no respect for others
18:14
The point is moot-ed
18:22
Judeo-Christian faiths unable to play well with others…without mass slaughter
18:39
….except for Judaism
19:01
Learning off the WBC: their beliefs don’t matter
19:26
Debating the christianity of other christians on a pagan podcast is kinda pointless
19:49
Point is missed and tangent runs amok
20:02
Patriot Guard Riders
20:21
Too many pronouns in the kitchen
20:46
Amber’s question, will it finally get answered? Find out next time on P….C…P!!!
21:16
Respect: its all in your f*cking head. Take that Aretha!
21:26
Keeping it practical
21:49
Dealing with Pagan extremists
22:08
Children raised in fundamentalism
22:30
Children are taught this is how the world works
22:57
Breeding future Pagan WBCs, what do we do about it?
23:12
The importance of the general population in schools
24:02
Attaining the self critical eye
24:23
Barbara’s badger medicine story
25:38
Human ego conflicts with self reflection
27:01
The human flaw of arrogance
27:49
And this relates to the pagan community how???
28:21
Amber finds the original point
28:53
Examples we leave
30:31
Lamyka translates Gary’s point
30:55
Taking advantage of technology
31:49
Developing communication skills
33:54
Why talk to them? Because crazy sells baby.
34:27
Explain the WBC to your kids
34:52
Hate filled media
35:06
Hate based media’s been around the block….a few thousand times…
35:22
Holier than thou complex
35:37
Evil secret cheerleaders
36:09
Contextualizing your hate
36:41
Corrolation between learning WBC doctrine and language in children
37:04
Another WBC lesson: Get a job!!
38:35
Son of Pan makes a cameo appearance
39:25
WBC: Homophobic fucktards getting shit done!
41:19
Dangers of groupthink
42:00
Barbara’s Will Rogers quote
42:22
The Pagan community’s sedientary approach to politics
44:19
Giving it out for free vs. not
44:34
Adding exclusivity to Pagan groups
46:15
Rituals for nothing and the circles are free (ten points if you can get that reference)
46:34
Competing with “free”
47:26
Proving your Pagan through participation
48:05
Need for qualifications
48:26
Importance of identifying WHAT kind of group you are
48:54
Show that you want to participate
49:00
Identifying the purpose of the group
49:49
Being Pagan is based on beliefs, not organizations
51:27
Pagan groups: people just want a badge
52:22
Disgruntled Pagan Leaders of North America
52:45
The genisis of P.C.P
54:01
Habitat for Paganism
54:38
Gary’s experiences with counciling
55:50
Positive points of the WBC
57:03
Difficulties of organizing
58:21
The Cook Forest trip of fail
58:49
Finding the right motivator
59:16
How do we “not be like them?”
Credits

Post-produced by: Ashlee
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Originally Published: Sunday, July 18, 2010
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