WHY I COMPILE THE X-HATE FILES
1.) Again, I am NOT anti-Christ or anti-
Christian.  I am simply anti-bigotry. And
unfortunately, Fundamentalist/Evangelical/
Pentecostal/Born-Again Christianity has
been responsible for the vast majority of
attacks, not only against Earth Religions,
but against anything that is NOT Born-Again
Christianity. This includes such "mainstream"
world religions as:
     *Judaism (although it is denied 
     vigorously)
     *Islam
     *Buddhism
     *Catholicism
     *"Liberal"Christianity
     *Shinto
     *Atheism
Any comparative religion textbook would
group these religions into the category of
"Acknowledged World Faiths".  The BACs 
would call them all "Satanic Cults".
2.) Some of these texts also smack of sexism
and racism, and the advocacy of a totalitarian
Born Again Christian Theocracy.
3.) Many of these texts are aimed at the
Law Enforcement wing of our government, 
and could be used as a rationale for Religious
persecution.
Not just Pagans, but every concerned person
of good will should carefully read these files.
A strategy of discrediting non-Evangelical 
Christian faiths will begin to emerge. 
"They came for the Wiccans, and I did not
care, for I wasn't Wiccan.  They came for
the Moslem, and I didn't care, for I thought
they all were terrorists, anyway. They came 
for the feminist, the anti-racist, the 
gay rights activist, and the civil libertarian,
and I didn't care, for aren't they Commies
anyway?  THEN THEY CAME FOR ME." (my own
paraphrase of Reinhold Niebuhr)

It's up to all who love Freedom and the 
American Way to stand up for Freedom of 
Religion.  
This is why I continue to compile these
files.  And that's why I'll keep on doing 
it, until the hysteria stops.
Michelle Chihacou Klein-Hass
SysOp, Shaman's Soup BBS
San Fernando Valley, CA.