I read up on this story and did a fair amount of research. There’s a fact or two left out of the story. This is Kermit, Texas....way out on the west end of the state, with 6,000 residents. There’s a large segment of town which are Pentecostals in terms of faith.
If you stood around and talked Harry Potter stuff with magic wands, witches, Merlin-swords in stone, temptation by women with snaky-hair, or One-rings...around extremely conservative Pentecostal folks....they’d get all freaked out.
That’s what this story is really about. If you notice...the school director won’t comment in public about this at all. I think he’s embarrassed, but he had some parent who got all peeved and worried about One-ring voo-doo and secret powers.
Once knew a similar type of believer who would not buy a “Red Devil” vacuum cleaner...that was in Texas too...
Dear SMG,
Again, as I had written in the original newspiece on FR, The point you brought out is where I had pointed the finger.
It is by the teacher’s reaction, that the teacher legitimized the fanciful idea of the existence of ‘magick’.
As to the labeling of ‘pentecostals’, I agree you hit the ten-x ring, with that!
“Pentecostal” is a pretty big tent, with extreme segments, just as other religions have.
Be careful about smearing a huge portion of the population just because of a minority of nutjobs.
Yes, I am Pentecostal. And yes, I know of a few of the kooks. I call them out on their idiocy when I can, however, again, be careful of your labels.