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Title: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: Pb on December 07, 2021, 09:49:02 PM
Imagine, if you will, a world where the Left is controlled by demonic forces... and ask yourself, what would they be doing differently than they are right now?

Here is a "writing prompt" published by Campbell Union High School that is clearly not inspired by Satan:

"Hexing people is an important way to get out anger and frustration. Make a list of specific people who
have been agents of police terror or global brutality. This list can be wide-ranging, from small micro
aggressions to larger perpetrators (i.e., people who say “all lives matter” to the police officers who
arrest non violent protestors to George Zimmerman). Pick one of those people on your list. Read
Martin Espada’s poem “For the Jim Crow Restaurant in Cambridge Massachusetts Where My Cousin
Esteban was Forbidden To Wait Tables Because He Wears Dreadlocks.” Write your own hex poem,
cursing that person."

Here is the source document:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/17k6_6f44zxTogeEG_-wH2UpgG6CGy3EH/view

Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: Perd Hapley on December 08, 2021, 12:03:46 AM
Party of science.
Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: WLJ on December 08, 2021, 02:58:12 AM
Party of science.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tVuxZCwXos
Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: 230RN on December 08, 2021, 06:43:35 AM
British and Irish occultists claim that their concentrated nationwide mental efforts put enough impediments in Hitler's extensive plan to invade Britain that his "Operation Sealion"* was postponed indefinitely.

I'm just reporting this FWIW and its relevance to the OP, not claiming its validity.

Here is a mundane version of the events leading up to the postponement / cancellation:

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/operation-sealion-hitlers-plan-invade_britain.html

It's a fairly short article.

Terry, 230RN

* The code name for the invasion.
Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: dogmush on December 08, 2021, 08:36:32 AM
Don't forget video games, rock and roll, and school dances.   That satan guy is sliding in all the places.  ;/

FTR, that poem is not a Hex, it's a spleen venting. 

If they were actually demonic, I'd expect more blood magic and circles but maybe they are just being sneaky.
Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: lee n. field on December 08, 2021, 09:03:11 AM
I've read that there's a pagan/occultic background to certain BLM practices.  So, true to their roots.

Has anyone actually used this, or is this an "academic exercise"?
Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: dogmush on December 08, 2021, 09:05:11 AM
I've read that there's a pagan/occultic background to certain BLM practices.  So, true to their roots.

Has anyone actually used this, or is this an "academic exercise"?

Yeah, no.  They're Christians.  You guys keep them.
Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: MechAg94 on December 08, 2021, 09:28:53 AM
Quote
Hexing people is an important way to get out anger and frustration.
IMO, indulging in hatred and revenge doesn't get out anger and frustration, it just reinforces it.  It just makes you more likely to get angry and frustrated in the future.  I guess I have seen that general idea in other areas.
Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: HankB on December 08, 2021, 09:38:02 AM
From the linked source document in the OP it's not really clear what the origin is, but I suspect it was created by some wacky racist group of POCs.

Had this been presented at my old high school, students would have had a lot of fun with parts of it - probably the most popular "CHANT" would have been "Let's Go Brandon!"
Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: griz on December 08, 2021, 09:40:00 AM
So that guy who wrote "love thy neighbor" 2000 years ago was doing it wrong?
Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: Perd Hapley on December 08, 2021, 10:10:02 AM
Yeah, no.  They're Christians.  You guys keep them.

False
Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: dogmush on December 08, 2021, 10:11:39 AM
False

I said False first.  You guys are stuck with them.
Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: Pb on December 08, 2021, 10:13:24 AM
Yeah, no.  They're Christians.  You guys keep them.

Using witchcraft against people you don't like is Christian? 

I must be doing it wrong.
Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: dogmush on December 08, 2021, 10:30:17 AM
Using witchcraft against people you don't like is Christian? 

I must be doing it wrong.

Clearly.

Although I would ask what part of this discussion or the referenced poem is Witchcraft,  but Christians are historically really, really bad at identifying Witchcraft, so it's probably moot.
Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: Ron on December 08, 2021, 10:48:52 AM
Institutional evil, occult practices and ideas, anti-Christ churches and ideologies is all like water is to the fish. It's so pervasive folks no longer see it, it's the air we breath.

Those who do notice and point it out are mocked and scorned.
Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: charby on December 08, 2021, 10:53:03 AM
I hex the wackos on both sides, may they be infested with the crabs of a thousand prostitutes.

(https://media.istockphoto.com/photos/star-pentagram-occult-sign-picture-id1218120799?k=20&m=1218120799&s=170667a&w=0&h=ecVSl8n7chHXfL2mQZgFaceRdxEW7A-v6hAK1NbncaE=)
Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: dogmush on December 08, 2021, 11:22:13 AM
Institutional evil, occult practices and ideas, anti-Christ churches and ideologies is all like water is to the fish. It's so pervasive folks no longer see it, it's the air we breath.

Those who do notice and point it out are mocked and scorned.

Or.......and bear with me here.... People that actually practice Paganism, and know actual witches, don't appreciate it when bad actors that *aren't* practicing those religions are lumped in with them by folks that don't know what they are talking about.  It's annoying.

Hint:  If at any time the behavior you are talking about references Satan, those people are Christians, because Satan is a Christian figure.  They may not be *good* Christians, but they have bought into that ideology.
Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: Ron on December 08, 2021, 11:59:49 AM
Or.......and bear with me here.... People that actually practice Paganism, and know actual witches, don't appreciate it when bad actors that *aren't* practicing those religions are lumped in with them by folks that don't know what they are talking about.  It's annoying.

Hint:  If at any time the behavior you are talking about references Satan, those people are Christians, because Satan is a Christian figure.  They may not be *good* Christians, but they have bought into that ideology.
Certainly I agree there are differences and categories. The category of the occult that practices the inversion of Christianity is a different category than ancient pagans, (neo)druidism and other occult practices that don't reference Christianity. It's overtly antiChrist in it's purpose.

I'm a fan of ancient mythology, fantasy and fairy tales. They often contain truth and maybe even could be described as revelations from God in some instances (see below in sig lines).

We understand the world through symbols, images and imagination. The human world is awash in symbology and much in the modern media is of occult origins. Not just the overtly antiChrist occult but all categories.

Of course, I've come to accept that the Lord Jesus and His gospel (see website link to left under profile pic) is the ultimate revelation of truth to all humankind.

Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: Pb on December 08, 2021, 12:03:57 PM
Although I would ask what part of this discussion or the referenced poem is Witchcraft,  but Christians are historically really, really bad at identifying Witchcraft, so it's probably moot.

I didn't read the poem referred to, but hex is, by definition, witchcraft.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hex

Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: Pb on December 08, 2021, 12:06:20 PM
Hint:  If at any time the behavior you are talking about references Satan, those people are Christians, because Satan is a Christian figure.  They may not be *good* Christians, but they have bought into that ideology.

This is not true.  A person may believe a deity exists, without worshipping or obeying the deity. 
Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: dogmush on December 08, 2021, 12:18:40 PM
Certainly, which is why I said they are bad Christians. But I'd you believe in the diety, then you have accepted the ideology, even if only to refute it.

I didn't read the poem referred to, but hex is, by definition, witchcraft.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hex



I did bother to read the poem, and as I said, it's not a hex.
Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: Ron on December 08, 2021, 12:20:35 PM
This is not true.  A person may believe a deity exists, without worshipping or obeying the deity.

I agree they aren't Christians, they have declared themselves as antiChrist. Calling them Christian is an error, or is a slander if done in malice.


The Oxford Dictionary (and common sense) disagree with you dogmush.

Quote
Christian

a person who follows or belongs to a religion based on the worship of one God and the teachings of Jesus Christ as described in the Bible:
Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: RoadKingLarry on December 08, 2021, 12:26:53 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf71YotfykQ
Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: cordex on December 08, 2021, 01:34:25 PM
Certainly, which is why I said they are bad Christians. But I'd you believe in the diety, then you have accepted the ideology, even if only to refute it.
Christians are just bad Satanists?
Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: dogmush on December 08, 2021, 02:24:48 PM
Christians are just bad Satanists?

Nah, because Christianity was a thing first.  Satanism is an explicit rejection of Christ's teachings for his church.  So kinda ipso facto, if they believe that Christ and Satan are real they believe in the reality of the Christian mythology.  They just chose to reject one's teachings and embrace another's. 


I dunno, maybe you are all just bad Jews.
Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: cordex on December 08, 2021, 02:40:00 PM
I dunno, maybe you are all just bad Jews.
I guess.

Sometime I'd love to hear about your personal expression of paganism.  Seems interesting.
Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: 230RN on December 08, 2021, 03:06:20 PM
Using witchcraft against people you don't like is Christian? 

I must be doing it wrong.

Well, some folks think that prayers and magical incantations are the same thing.  Except with prayers you ask for something, and with magic you demand something.  Both rely on shifting the probabilities by mental effort.

So it is said, and so it is I'm reporting.

Terry, 230RN
Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: Ron on December 08, 2021, 03:36:33 PM

I dunno, maybe you are all just bad Jews.

Adopted into the family of God, a wild branch grafted into a cultivated tree, counted as children of  promise in Abraham.

This is what the new covenant is, the bringing of the gentiles into the family of God through the Messiah. Not by becoming Jews but by having faith in the Messiah as not just the savior of the Jews but the savior of all in the world who turn to him in faith.

Jews who actually believe the Old Testament don't consider us Christians bad Jews, but heathen, gentile blasphemers of God.
Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: Perd Hapley on December 08, 2021, 07:16:05 PM
Nah, because Christianity was a thing first.  Satanism is an explicit rejection of Christ's teachings for his church.  So kinda ipso facto, if they believe that Christ and Satan are real they believe in the reality of the Christian mythology.  They just chose to reject one's teachings and embrace another's. 


I dunno, maybe you are all just bad Jews.

False.
Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: RoadKingLarry on December 08, 2021, 07:32:55 PM
 [popcorn] [popcorn] [popcorn]
Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: dogmush on December 08, 2021, 07:40:32 PM
False.

Take it up with your god.  Mine don't care.
Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: WLJ on December 08, 2021, 07:41:38 PM
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Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: Ron on December 08, 2021, 09:46:10 PM
I'm pretty sure modern Satanists identify as atheists and deny any spiritual realty.

They are hedonists, materialists and nihilists who embrace the motto "Do what thou will".

They don't believe in the God of the Bible and they reject Christ.

They reject Christian theology, philosophy, ideology, epistemology, ontology etc.
Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: Bogie on December 08, 2021, 09:50:45 PM
Why is this?
 
The pseudoreligion of the left assumes that EVERY conservative is a raging bible thumper, and that they will all freak the bleep out over something like this.
 
Psyops, by amateurs...
 
Now... We need a few conservative/libertarian witches to whip up a bit of a hellstorm of nasty?
Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: Ron on December 08, 2021, 10:01:14 PM
Why is this?
 
The pseudoreligion of the left assumes that EVERY conservative is a raging bible thumper, and that they will all freak the bleep out over something like this.
 
Psyops, by amateurs...
 
Now... We need a few conservative/libertarian witches to whip up a bit of a hellstorm of nasty?

The media controls the story. They will find their raging right winger freaking out and get them face time if they can. They've been running the same con on the right for as long as I can remember.
Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: Perd Hapley on December 08, 2021, 10:48:47 PM
Take it up with your god.  Mine don't care.

Huh?

Look, I'm not mad at you for misunderstanding Christianity, or the very nature of religion in general. I'd just prefer outsiders not try to pagansplain Christianity. You guys too often get it wrong, and then refuse correction. It's pointlessly divisive.
Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: Ron on December 09, 2021, 08:40:25 AM
Huh?

Look, I'm not mad at you for misunderstanding Christianity, or the very nature of religion in general. I'd just prefer outsiders not try to pagansplain Christianity. You guys too often get it wrong, and then refuse correction. It's pointlessly divisive.

I almost posted in response to his assertion  - citation needed-  =D

Ultimately, I suspect nobody here really believes Christians and Satanists are the same ideology.

Like cordex I was hoping maybe I would learn a little something about modern paganism out of this dust up. As mentioned, I enjoy the old stories and often find value in reading them.
Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: Pb on December 09, 2021, 09:27:38 AM
Dogmush, are you a pagan?  I was not trying to insult pagans in general with this post.  I do not believe that all pagans try to curse people with hexes.  I am sorry that my messages were obtuse.
Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: Nick1911 on December 09, 2021, 10:11:24 AM
I've learned that Christians appear to view Satanism as a separate theology from Christianity, whereas at least one pagan views Satanism as a subset of Christianity due to Satan being a figure in Christianity.  I can see why both sides would have that perspective.
Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: cordex on December 09, 2021, 10:28:38 AM
I've learned that Christians appear to view Satanism as a separate theology from Christianity, whereas at least one pagan views Satanism as a subset of Christianity due to Satan being a figure in Christianity.  I can see why both sides would have that perspective.
As with most things religious there's a lot of complexity, but I'd think what the Satanists believe might matter a little.
As Ron mentioned, most Satanists identify themselves as atheists (LaVeyan Satanism is the major example of this) and they view Satan as a hypothetical example of ideal human traits.  Some of the traits, I might add, that APS as a whole might agree with.  Others not so much.

Theistic Satanism views Satan as a real, supernatural deity.  This might fit more with dogmush's labeling, but I confess I don't know much about that branch, and while I've met some atheist Satanists I've never met a theistic one.

I'm kind of curious if dogmush's personal Paganism is true theistic Paganism in which he believes the gods are true supernatural beings or if it is an atheistic paganism more along the lines of atheistic Satanism.
Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: dogmush on December 09, 2021, 10:40:24 AM
Dogmush, are you a pagan?  I was not trying to insult pagans in general with this post.  I do not believe that all pagans try to curse people with hexes.  I am sorry that my messages were obtuse.

I am, and don't worry too much about it.  I am sometimes prickly due to my IRL interactions with my Baptist relatives, and I'm not always as clear in forum communications as I might hope.  I normally chime in when I perceive broad brush strokes painted across diverse systems, and then APS thread drift kicks in.  I'm certainly not harboring a perceived insult from this thread.  We're good.



I'm kind of curious if dogmush's personal Paganism is true theistic Paganism in which he believes the gods are true supernatural beings or if it is an atheistic paganism more along the lines of atheistic Satanism.

The first one.

As with most things religious there's a lot of complexity, but I'd think what the Satanists believe might matter a little.
As Ron mentioned, most Satanists identify themselves as atheists (LaVeyan Satanism is the major example of this) and they view Satan as a hypothetical example of ideal human traits.  Some of the traits, I might add, that APS as a whole might agree with.  Others not so much.

Theistic Satanism views Satan as a real, supernatural deity.  This might fit more with dogmush's labeling, but I confess I don't know much about that branch, and while I've met some atheist Satanists I've never met a theistic one.

Other than the one [in]famous APS satanist, I don't actually know any myself.  I was certainly thinking of it as a theistic religion worshipping Satan with my musings.  The Atheist theism branch had escaped my knowledge.
Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: WLJ on December 09, 2021, 10:42:27 AM
So that guy who wrote "love thy neighbor" 2000 years ago was doing it wrong?

Only if  that neighbor doesn't have a Trump sign in their front yard.


Okay, back to topic
Why is this thing even within 10,000 miles of a school curriculum?
Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: dogmush on December 09, 2021, 10:49:20 AM
Okay, back to topic
Why is this thing even within 10,000 miles of a school curriculum?

If I had to guess, I bet the High School curriculum makers are grasping at straws to find something that will make students deal with their feels without firearms.

Whether this will actually help is a completely different question. But they need to do something that doesn't challenge their current world view.
Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: Pb on December 09, 2021, 03:52:13 PM

Why is this thing even within 10,000 miles of a school curriculum?

Evil.  There is no other excuse for this monstrosity.
Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: Ron on December 09, 2021, 05:09:26 PM
Quote from: WLJ on Today at 09:42:27 AM
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Why is this thing even within 10,000 miles of a school curriculum?

The social engineers started to hijack education a long time ago. Now in many areas they are pretty much not doing anything more than warehousing and propagandizing the children.

The US public school system has slowly replaced the classical system historically used in the highly educated west. The subjects in a classical education are still taught but within a totally different framework and emphasis, or de-emphasis.

The Trivium and Quadrivium used to be considered the foundation and framework of a good education.

Trivium - https://infogalactic.com/info/Trivium

Quadrivium - https://infogalactic.com/info/Quadrivium

https://www.hillsdale.edu/hillsdale-blog/academics/understanding-trivium-quadrivium/
Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: lee n. field on December 09, 2021, 05:48:15 PM
Quote from: WLJ on Today at 09:42:27 AM
The social engineers started to hijack education a long time ago. Now in many areas they are pretty much not doing anything more than warehousing and propagandizing the children.

The US public school system has slowly replaced the classical system historically used in the highly educated west. The subjects in a classical education are still taught but within a totally different framework and emphasis, or de-emphasis.

The Trivium and Quadrivium used to be considered the foundation and framework of a good education.

Trivium - https://infogalactic.com/info/Trivium

Quadrivium - https://infogalactic.com/info/Quadrivium

https://www.hillsdale.edu/hillsdale-blog/academics/understanding-trivium-quadrivium/

The more I poke at reading "the old guys", the more astonished I am at them.  I realize I missed a lot, by not having any even introduction to that.

My grandmother (1906 - 1993) taught Latin in high school.  In a rural district in east central Illinois.    Can you imagine that now?
Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: dogmush on December 09, 2021, 06:25:13 PM
Evil.  There is no other excuse for this monstrosity.

Can you expound with some detail what is intrinsically evil about trying to teach high schoolers coping methods?  Google the poem, it's short and not very good, but it's also not magic.  Call it a gripe-fest, a hex, or a prayer, it's just writing frustrations down on paper.  Would you prefer they called it journaling?

I'm not defending it as effective,  but of all the things public school inflicts on our youngsters, why is this the bee in your bonnet?

Is it just the [inaccurate] label of "hex" you object to?
Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: Pb on December 09, 2021, 09:30:29 PM
Can you expound with some detail what is intrinsically evil about trying to teach high schoolers coping methods?  Google the poem, it's short and not very good, but it's also not magic.  Call it a gripe-fest, a hex, or a prayer, it's just writing frustrations down on paper.  Would you prefer they called it journaling?

I'm not defending it as effective,  but of all the things public school inflicts on our youngsters, why is this the bee in your bonnet?

Is it just the [inaccurate] label of "hex" you object to?

Cursing people who say "all lives matter" is evil.  Phrasing it in the form of evil magic (even as a "joke") is even more repulsive.
Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: dogmush on December 10, 2021, 07:18:02 AM
Cursing people who say "all lives matter" is evil. 

For clarity,  when you say cursing do you mean like "go *expletive deleted*ck yourself, I wish you would die!" Or do you mean like a circle at midnight, chicken blood, and a bottle of rum cursed?
Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: cordex on December 10, 2021, 07:29:13 AM
Personally, I see the problem as propagandizing kids as to the pervasive evil of their society and teaching them to wish harm on their countrymen because of political disagreements (whether it is done via Judeo-Christian prayer, voodoo dolls, or something they want to call a hex).  As to whether or not this is a true Scotshex, I'm not competent to judge, but there is an awful lot of variety in religious practice.  Pretty sure there are plenty of folks here and elsewhere who would say that the religion I grew up in isn't really Christian too.
Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: Pb on December 10, 2021, 12:02:17 PM
For clarity,  when you say cursing do you mean like "go *expletive deleted*ck yourself, I wish you would die!" Or do you mean like a circle at midnight, chicken blood, and a bottle of rum cursed?

Both.  And Cordex said it better than me.
Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: 230RN on December 14, 2021, 04:51:40 AM
* (Just a footnote to complete a quote)

"And these eight words of the Rede ye fulfill,
If ye harm none, do as ye will."

Title: Re: Students taught to write hexes cursing those who say "all lives matter."
Post by: Hawkmoon on December 14, 2021, 07:47:55 AM

Hint:  If at any time the behavior you are talking about references Satan, those people are Christians, because Satan is a Christian figure.  They may not be *good* Christians, but they have bought into that ideology.

Satan is also part of Judaic and Muslim theology.