*sighs*

[conuly]

Two boys ended up leaving the Boy Scouts recently. Apparently, the parents of the other boys in their troop were worried that their good Christian sons would be preached to by the two Wiccans.

It's a little bit of amusement in a sad, sad article.

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[conuly]

Except that they've insinuated themselves as a primarily "American" group.

More to the point, they've specifically stated - their rules, not mine - that a belief in *any* deity, not just the Judeo-Christian one, is enough. So, following their rules, these boys *do* agree with it.

Normally, I'd agree with you, though - I'm really posting to point out the silliness of the idea that these two, yearlong members, were suddenly accused of potentially trying to convert people. Because I've never met a Wiccan who wanted me to hear the Truth, but I get that from random Christians... often enough, anyway. And after a year, these boys were unlikely to suddenly become obsessed with converting their troop.

[stejcruetekie.livejournal.com]

Technically, the Wiccan belief stated in the article is for multiple gods, which it could be argued is a whole different ballgame. (One of the traditional arguments for acceptance of Judiasm, Christianity and Islam being that they all point back to the same god, with very different paths).

And it's not the Boys Scouts association that was afraid of the kids preaching - it was specific parents. And we all know how stupid parents are.