Vampires and witches and pagans, oh my! I have ju…
admin January 23rd, 2006
Vampires and witches and pagans, oh my!
I have just learned, courtesy of a very amusing ‘blog post sent to me by my sister, that Canada has a party whose sole avowed purpose is to redefine Canada’s sexual mores…and no, the party in question isn’t trying to make Canada more conservative. Ah, those pioneering folk in the True North. (Here is the post in question.)
I briefly felt a bit smug, but then remembered I’m in a bit of a glass house. Minnesota (mercifully not my state) has a self-declared vampire planning to run for governor (I could not make this up), of the “Vampyres, Witches and Pagans” party. I think the Canadians are actually being a bit tame. After all, their rogue band of fools just wants to inject sex into every arena of life (including encouraging kids to experiment and requiring nursing homes to provide sexual assisted living services). Our rogue band of fools is running a candidate who wants to personally impale murderers and child molesters. Again, I could not make this up. Google it.
Mind you, I’m no friend of child molesters or murderers. I’m also no friend of this vampire clown, who professes to be a Satanist but not to hate Jesus. (He “just” hates God the Father – and makes no bones about saying so.)
I’ve had friends of most religious stripes: Jews, evangelical Christians, Catholics, Muslims, Wiccans, atheists, agnostics, and even a Hindu (albeit a secular-minded Hindu). Agreeing with me is not a prerequisite to friendship with me. But how can someone both hate God and not hate the man who was crucified for declaring himself to be the Son of God (to say nothing of the somewhat more contentious matters of being resurrected by said God, ascending into heaven, and being seated at the right hand of the Father)?
I cannot lie: I am repelled by the fact that he claims to be a Satanist. I am repelled by the fact that he openly declares that he hates God. I can deal with someone not believing in God, but stating that you know God exists and you hate Him just turns my stomach; I really don’t care if that makes me a narrow-minded bigot (and I don’t think it does).
Moving (or at least attempting to) beyond the Satanism and the logical incoherency, though, isn’t it a little self-serving (to say nothing of gross) for someone who claims to drink blood to offer to personally impale people? “My campaign promise is to set up a buffet for myself with all your violent criminals.” Hm. (And yuck.)
The one thing I did find to giggle at was the irony in his statement: “Politics is a cut-throat business.” At least he doesn’t seem to take himself too seriously. And with any luck and if necessary some divine intervention, neither will the good people of Minnesota. Jesse Ventura was unconventional; this is downright freaky and WRONG.
