Pagans, especially of Miami Florida.............?
There have been a rash of dieing, killed, and/or mutilated cats in a neighborhood in Miami. Do you feel that this will result in something coming out about Wiccans or Pagans in general before the truth comes out.
The reason is that most people (outside the Pagan communities) and with a predominantly senior citizen population, feel that cats are familiars of witches and even some Christian faiths (not all but there are some of the belief) feel that cats are some type of demon soldier or harbinger of some great tragedy.
I know many that do not but you know, it only takes one paranoid squirrel to gather enough nuts to spread something like it.
What are you thoughts on this?
Blessings to all
Update:I am an eclectic pagan and I understand fully of what others believe. That is why I asked this question. I hate when something like this happens to animals and the paranoid want to blame it on US without even knowing what we are about. Scary how they are ready to persecute a Pagan or Wiccan before they will look within their own beliefs. Jeff Dahmer was a prime example there.
I have been an ecclectic pagan for many many years and it still astonishes me of how it takes only a few humans to knock our evolution back a few steps.
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Down here, it will more likely be blamed on Santeria or Voudun. Those two religions are known to sacrifice certain animals; don't recall any of those animals being cats, but because the do animal sacrifices, they will probably catch hell for it.
But by proxy, the Pagan and greater Wiccan community will also take a lot of heat as well, since there are so very many ignorant right wing Christians down here that just don't care to know anything about all of the other "evil" religions (Paganism, Wicca, Santeria, Voudun, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, etc.).
More than likely it is either someone (or group) that is/are members of Peta or a bunch of stupid kids that will end up with a very long record before they die.
Wiccans and pagans do not hurt any living things,this includes cats.
probably the satanists.
Elderly christians, for the most part, are ignorant of Wiccans and our ways,and of pagan's and their ways.
Like you said, all it takes is one freakin' ignorant nutball,to make a mountain out of an anthill.
To be honest i doubt its anything to do with pagans because every pagan i know is against it, so i wouldn't of thought so. And if people talk its because they probably don't understand anything about the witchcraft or paganism
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They're more likely to blame "Satanists". And it's probably a gang of Satanist wannabe teenagers - that's what they found when it happened up here in NJ.