DC to AC? Fahrenheit to Celsius? PC to Mac?<\/p>\n
No, silly rabbit. Change their religion.<\/a> But first,<\/p>\n And if you bump into a witch in a bar or coffee shop, the book adds, it’s important to recognize that “Wiccans are on a genuine spiritual quest,” providing “the starting point for dialog that may lead to their conversion.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n At least that sounds better than saying they are slaves to Satan.<\/p>\n British Catholic blogger Damian Thompson takes the snotty road (he is shocked!) <\/a>which is his speciality, as Jason Pitzl-Waters notes.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" DC to AC? Fahrenheit to Celsius? PC to Mac? No, silly rabbit. Change their religion. But first, And if you bump into a witch in a bar or coffee shop, the book adds, it’s important to recognize that “Wiccans are on a genuine spiritual quest,” providing “the starting point for dialog that may lead to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[24,95,6],"class_list":["post-2331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-christianity","tag-journalism","tag-wicca"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-BB","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2900,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=2900","url_meta":{"origin":2331,"position":0},"title":"Quick Review: Spellbound: Inside West Africa’s Witch Camps","author":"Chas S. 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