{"id":10231,"date":"2010-10-15T17:20:18","date_gmt":"2010-10-15T21:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=10231"},"modified":"2010-10-15T17:20:18","modified_gmt":"2010-10-15T21:20:18","slug":"double-double-toil-and-trouble-in-moose-jaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/double-double-toil-and-trouble-in-moose-jaw\/","title":{"rendered":"Double, double toil and trouble in Moose Jaw"},"content":{"rendered":"

From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n

It was not long after sending out the fall issue of its newsletter announcing a Halloween fundraiser that the Western Development Museum in Moose Jaw started receiving complaints; pastors came to the museum in person, emails and phone calls rolled in and concerns from church groups and community members were expressed to politicians saying the planned s\u00e9ance and ghost walk was \u201cinviting evil\u201d into the community\u2026.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe feeling was expressed that by doing an event like this we were inviting evil to our facility and our community,\u201d said Katherine Fitton, manager of the museum.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat we would be opening Pandora\u2019s Box, so to speak. These folk felt quite strongly that there was no way to avoid evil when engaging in these things, that there was no such thing as being light-hearted about it; that we\u2019re looking for trouble.\u201d\u2026.<\/p>\n

Hired to host the event was Jeff Richards, a 25-year-old Regina showman inspired by David Copperfield. He said part of the controversy over the show is that it was scheduled in a place that receives public money; but mostly he put it down to a local church group using it as an \u201copportunity to grandstand.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew there would be some push-back from the religious community,\u201d Mr. Richards said yesterday of the Moose Jaw booking. \u201cBut I\u2019ve never had a mass outcry like this before.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI understand people having this fear of things they don\u2019t understand. People have great concern over evil forces being unleashed but that stems from them not understanding what we were doing,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In our preposterously value-levelled culture where witches routinely demand equal time, it\u2019s not particularly surprising that when Christian pastors act in a way that is consistent with their beliefs, their stand is met with astonishment and condescension.<\/p>\n

The pastors’ resistance to holding a s\u00e9ance – mock or not – is not so much an example of \u201cpeople having this fear of things they don\u2019t understand\u201d <\/em>but people refusing to countenance things that they understand only too well: if evil forces exist \u2013 I don\u2019t see how anyone who is a Christian could think they don\u2019t \u2013 why engage in practices that seek to consult them, even if it’s in “fun”?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Jeff Richards who lacks understanding<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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