him about the cult of Charles Manson. According to him andmany others, Charles Manson was a fanatic Christian. He then told me thatmost of Manson's followers were not all there (mentally) or were followingwhat they thought was right because of what they were taught as children.Subject #1 feels that Manson was just being an Anarch. The next group discussed was the cult "Order of the Golden Dawn".Our discussion centered on the reason why people thought this group ofpeople were evil. He thought it was because they were secretive. He told methat people were afraid of the Order of the Golden Dawn because they wereso secretive that they were doing something wrong. One rule they had wasthat you do not divulge secrets to those who are not initiated. This he feltcaused suspicion. The discussion turned to the rites Christianity took from paganism.He told me how the Eucharist is taken from a right called bread and ale.According to him people become Christians because they are afraid of theunknown. People stay Christian because it is methodical and it is poundedinto their head. They do not know about rituals and they do not know aboutpagans so they fear them. The reason people join Christianity overpaganism is two fold. One is peer pressure, the need to conform. Two,Pagans will not accept people who only wish to join to be with their friends,as opposed to those who truly believe paganism is the right path for them.The largest problem that he had with Christianity is the selfishness of oneGod. I then asked him why he felt Christianity is wrong. He replied by statingthat no one should be told this is the one way and that you must accept ourway of thinking and conform to one set of rituals. My Interview with Subject #2 started out by defining his religion. Hetold me he is a wiccan, a form of paganism. He told me that paganism mademore sense than any other religion. His only Christian experience w...
