Kate and "Witches"...

["Rick Creighton" <rcreighton@smtpinet.aspensys.com>]

Jamie Blackman,

You invited flames, dear brother, so here comes the first in what I am sure will 
be a torrential series of fireballs... <grin>

In your response to Chris Williams you said:

    >As a matter of historical fact, not anyone's opinion, those burned as
    >"witches" at Salem in 1692, three of whom were my several-times-great-
    >grandmother and her two sisters, were nothing of the kind. 

If, dear fellow, you were a SERIOUS student of the history of religious (and 
sexual) prosecution, you would know that there was NEVER a single person put to 
death by burning for the "crime" of witchcraft in Salem, or any other place in 
the USA. They were all "hanged by the neck until dead". 

Burning was a European phenomenon (probably a remnant of ancient Celtic 
sacrificial traditions), and was starting to go out of fashion in Europe by the 
time the USA was colonized...

Just thought you'd like to know how your relatives REALLY met their untimely 
(and undoubtedly, unjustified) demise...

It is really irrelevant (and frankly, impossible) to discuss KaTe's religious 
beliefs. But I think we can all agree on one theological premise: KaTe herself 
in most certainly divine...

Bright Blessings All,

--Richard

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