{"id":6539,"date":"2006-08-13T08:40:07","date_gmt":"2006-08-13T08:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/08\/truth-or-consequences.html"},"modified":"2006-08-13T08:40:07","modified_gmt":"2006-08-13T08:40:07","slug":"truth-or-consequences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/08\/truth-or-consequences.html","title":{"rendered":"Truth or Consequences"},"content":{"rendered":"

Blogger Will Duquette sends this along:<\/a><\/p>\n

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Apparently my review of Dies the Fire<\/em> by S.M. Stirling<\/span><\/a> left Mapletree7 of the blog A Book A Day at a loss for words<\/span><\/a>. I had said the following:<\/p>\n

I was also interested in Stirling\u2019s choice of Wiccans as his protagonists. Juniper Mackenzie is kind, intelligent, and clearly sincere about her Wiccan religion; and the fact that she practices what she preaches leads many other characters to adopt Wicca as the book progresses. I find that troubling.<\/em><\/p>\n

You can re-read the entire review if you like. Mapletree7\u2019s entire response:<\/p>\n

I find it sad that a positive description of characters following a different religion is \u2018troubling\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n

I\u2019m not sure what to make of this. Does he (or she, I know not, and \u201cit\u201d seems rude) think that I\u2019ve transgressed the bounds of politeness by criticizing someone else\u2019s religion? Have I been\u2013gasp<\/em>\u2013intolerant? Or does she (or he) think that I\u2019d have been happier if the Wiccans in the tale were demonized rather than praised? I dunno, as Maple7 hasn\u2019t indicated. Consequently, rather than imagining what his or her specific concerns might be, I\u2019ll elaborate on my statement a bit.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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