Brownie Magic

Brownie Magic
By: Jason Wilkinson


Brownies from original fairy tales were mischief makers, akin to demons, or gremlins. It is only fitting then, that the rite of passage in to the “Brownies” of today, for many young girls is filled with magical symbolism.

This is the story that is acted out as a RITUAL play for the entrance in to the brownies, for young girls. It is exactly word for word, from the “Brownie” web page.

Brownie story:

Once upon a time, there were two little girls who lived in England with their granny and their father. The girls played all day while the granny and father had to work very hard. One day granny told the girls about the Brownies, who used to do lots of things to help around the house. They are gone now, she said, but we were always so much happier when they helped. The girls wanted to know where the Brownies had gone and how to get them to come back. Granny said, “only the wise old owl knows!”

That night, when everyone else was asleep, one of the girls ran out of the house into the magic forest. There she found the wise old owl. “Please”, said the girl, “where can I find the Brownies to come and live with us? The owl said, “I know where two live – right in your house!” She was very surprised! Tell me how to find them, she begged. He told her to go to the pond in the magic forest, turn around three times and say, “twist me and turn me and show me the elf… I looked in the water and saw…….!” The wise old owl said, “When you finish the rhyme, you will see the Brownie in the magic pond.”

The girl went to the pond in the magic forest and did as she had been told. She went back to the forest and found the wise old owl and said, “something must be wrong, I did all you told me to do and I only saw myself! And I am not a Brownie!” “Are you sure?” said the owl. To be a Brownie, you must be ready to help those around you, make friends wherever you can, and every day try to discover something new. “I’d like to be a Brownie”, said the girl. Then go home and try, the wise old owl said kindly. He touched her hand with his feathers, and suddenly she was back in her house, in her own bed.

Quietly, she woke up her sister, told her all that had happened. Together the girls tip-toed into the kitchen and began to clean the house. In the morning, when granny and father saw the house, they wanted to know what had happened. “Who did this?” said granny and father! The girls danced around and shouted, “it’s the Brownies!” And from that day on, theirs was a very happy house near the forest, all because of the Brownies!

 
(This Story is Word for Word From the BROWNIE WEB SITE!)

Here is a list of a few of our objections to this program that the young girls act out. I know we are a bit extreme for some of you. But we as a people in the USA (and western world) have been desensitized to the things of the spiritual world, and the occult by years of TV, books, and movies. Even back to the old TV show “Bewitched”, I watched as a kid too. But God has set very strict standards. If we are not for Him we are against Him. The Bible says we should abstain from even the appearance of evil. We are to come out from the world and be separate. “Bewitched” was an innocent looking show, and the next wasn’t that bad, and the one after it was ok…. until we continually lower our standards. We end up being a spitual liar, saying we love God but not keeping his Word.

In our house we have a no tolerance rule in our for magic. There are no such things as good magic or spells. There are no good fairies. We are to “take captive every thought that exalts it’s self against the knowledge of God”! Magic in ANY form “exalts it’s self against the knowledge of God”! Unspokenly magic says that there is some thing out there other than God and the devil. Power is either given by God for his Glory or it is of the devil for him to use in his plans for death and deceit. There is no compromise on this point. I urge you to take a stand in your home and in your life to abstain from these things. In this light here are some of our objections.

1) This story relies on a “wise owl” for guidance- not
God. Just like in witchcraft and other cults seeking
knowledge from speaking spirits.  Also known as
Spiritism.
 
2) It lets the child believe that simple witchcraft is
acceptable by saying “magic words”, or what is also
known as “casting a spell”, I quote from the play that
is acted out as a play/ritual: “But first you say some
magic words” then a set of prescribed physical motions
to finish the spell casting. It is simple witchcraft
plain and simple! But our brain-washed American
culture thinks that magic is fun and innocent, unless
people are wearing black robes and pointed hats.
 
3) Promotes lying to their parents and elders, by not
telling the truth when asked a direct question. But
not surprising because the Granny lied to the girl to
start with.  Thou shalt not lie! does not mean
anything in this case… Situational ethics is a sad
thing to promote to little children.

4) It is now ok for children to sneak out at night
openly disobeying parental rules, as long as you have
a good motive that makes it ok. So we can ignore
another of the 10 commandments.  Honor your Father and
Mother.
 
Just another many reasons why this is not a organization I would put my kids in. Thanks but no thanks!
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American Heratige Girls

I believe this came from the American Heratige Girls web page. What a contrast to the girl scouts!

American Heratige Girls:

The History of the American Heritage Girls
American Heritage Girls was founded in 1995 in West
Chester, Ohio by a group of parents wanting a
wholesome scouting program for their daughters. These
parents were disillusioned with the increasing secular
focus of existing scouting organizations for girls.
They wanted a Judeo-Christian focused organization for
their daughters and believed that other parents were
looking for the same for their daughters. This became
the catalyst for the birth of the organization we have
come to know as the American Heritage Girls.
 
American Heritage Girls began its first year of
programming in the fall of 1995 with about 10 troops
and roughly 100 members. Most of the troops met in the
West Chester area and worked on badges written by the
founding parents. Organizational events were started
that year which assisted the organization in tying
city-wide troops together.
 
American Heritage Girls is a nonprofit organization
dedicated to the mission of building women of
integrity through service to God, family, community
and country. The organization offers merit badge
programs, service projects, girl leadership
opportunities and outdoor experiences to its members.
This program of character building has successfully
served thousands of girls since its inception and will
continue to do so long into the 21st century.
 
The founders of the American Heritage Girls and the
“volunteers” of today give all credit for the success
of AHG to God for His constant hand upon the
organization and His unceasing blessings.
 

What happened to the Girl Scouts?

What happened
to the Girl Scouts?
By: Hans Zeiger
Copyright
Used by permmision

The Boy Scouts are routinely attacked for standing by traditional standards of moral character, like faith in God and respect for the institution of the family. In the politically correct corners of America, wearing a Boy Scout uniform is like wearing a Nazi brown shirt.

In a recent column for the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, Rick Mercier criticized President Bush for having visited last month’s patriotic Boy Scout Jamboree. “Isn’t there something nightmarish about our misleader swooping down on a steaming pit of sweat and testosterone and whipping a throng of brown-shirted youths into a nationalistic frenzy?” he asks.

The Philadelphia Daily News compared the Boy Scouts to the Taliban in 2003, and it isn’t difficult to find websites that liken the Scouts to the Ku Klux Klan.

While all this is going on, the Girl Scouts are quietly immune from these sorts of attacks. And the reason – one that many Americans have yet to realize – is very simple: the Girl Scouts are the epitome of institutional political correctness.


Next month, the Girl Scouts USA national convention will be held in Atlanta. It will be a gathering of radical feminists, lesbians, and cookie peddlers with an agenda far removed from the classical image of Girl Scouting and from many local Girl Scout troops.

Dr. Johnnetta Cole is slated as a keynote speaker. Dr. Cole, president of Bennett College for Women and professor of anthropology, Women’s Studies, and African-American Studies, is so extreme in her views – including support for Fidel Castro and his communist dictatorship in Cuba – that Bill Clinton was forced to remove her from consideration for appointment as Secretary of Education.

Another keynote speaker is Kavita Ramdas, president and CEO of the aggressively pro-abortion Global Fund for Women. Ms. Ramdas is a past recipient of the Girl Scouts’ Juliette Gordon Low Award, and she serves on the United Nations Ethical Globalization Initiative.

What’s more, the Girl Scouts have made “to serve God” in the Girl Scout promise optional in deference to atheists; they have removed “loyalty” from the Girl Scout Law in deference to liberated women; and the Law’s statement of moral purity has been changed to a statement of self-esteem. Though self-esteem seems to be the obsession of most youth organizations with the notable exception of the Boy Scouts, the Girl Scouts are, according to James Davison Hunter, “the ideal illustration” of that obsession.” Rhetoric about service to others has been replaced with fluff about feelings and self-esteem.

During the last couple years, it has become clear that the Girl Scouts – nationally and, in many cases, locally – is allied with the abortion industry and Planned Parenthood. Last year, Girl Scouts USA CEO Kathy Cloninger announced on the NBC “Today Show” that local Girl Scout councils are at liberty to partner with Planned Parenthood.

And the Girl Scouts USA convention next month will be keynoted by speakers so opposed to the original mission of the Girl Scouts that it is questionable as to whether they should even be called Girl Scouts any more. There should be a dignity, an honor, left intact when we think of a Girl Scout.

The Girl Scouts’ slide into political correctness is nothing new. It has been going on for decades. The Girl Scouts is almost as much a part of the radical feminist movement as the National Organization for Women. Knowing the radical agenda of the national Girl Scouts organization, parents need to take action.

The alternative to the Girl Scouts is a rapidly growing movement called the American Heritage Girls. American Heritage Girls is committed to “Building women of integrity through service to God, family, community and country.”

So rather than expecting the national Girl Scouts organization to change (they are, after all, a private organization as are the Boy Scouts, that has every right to set its own standards and policies) parents should locate a local American Heritage Girls troop or start a new one.

And then, next time the Boy Scouts are under attack, feeling the pressure from the politically correct elite to give in on its core moral principles, we should remember the example of the Girl Scouts. It is a bad one. The Girl Scouts national organization has failed in many ways, and it has let down thousands of American families.
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Hans Zeiger is author of “Reagan’s Children: Taking Back the City on the Hill” and “Get Off My Honor: The Assault on the Boy Scouts of America.” He is a spokesman for the Scouting Legal Defense Fund. A student at Hillsdale College in Michigan, Hans blogs at www.reaganchildren.com.

Pro-abortion feminist scouts

Pro-abortion feminist scouts
BY:Hans Zeiger
February 13, 2004
Copyright
Used with permission from the author

Across America, Girl Scout cookie sales are in full
swing. Last week, Girl Scouts of America officials
announced a sales record for Washington, D.C. as 4.2
million boxes of Samoas, Thin Mints, and other cookies
were sold in the nation’s capitol.

But I’m going to be critical of the Girl Scouts. I
love the cookies, but the organization has somewhat
rejected moral decency.

 
At a recent Nobody’s Fool annual meeting held at
Planned Parenthood of Waco, Texas, the Bluebonnet
Council of the Girl Scouts of America bestowed on
Planned Parenthood chief executive Pam Smallwood the
title of “Woman of the Year.”

 
A Texas Christian radio station is urging its
listeners to boycott Girl Scout cookie sales because
of the Girl Scouts’ close dealings with Planned
Parenthood, and last Monday, parents of nine Girl
Scouts in Crawford, Texas announced that their
daughters will be leaving the Girl Scouts of America.
Pam Smallwood is “not who I want as a role model for
my daughter,” announced the mother of a ten-year old
Girl Scout who apparently broke into tears upon
learning of Ms. Smallwood’s lethal occupation. “I have
to make a stand or there’s no telling what else would
happen,” another mother told the Waco Tribune-Herald.
 
Sadly, more unfortunate positions have been taken by
the Girl Scouts of America in recent years than
parents and supporters may realize.
 
Rather than fight a 1992 lawsuit that challenged “God”
in its Promise, the Girl Scouts broke its Promise with
overwhelming support at the 1993 Girl Scouts national
convention by permitting atheist and agnostic girls to
use “words they deem more appropriate” in place of
“God.”
 
Since the 1970s, the Girl Scouts have been aligned
with the radical feminist movement. For many years,
Betty Friedan was seated on the national board of the
Girl Scouts of America. In 1972, at the urging of
Friedan and other feminist leaders, the Girl Scouts
dropped “loyalty” from its oath because the feminized
America was one where neither men nor women were
expected to commit to each other in marriage. And for
the past thirty years, the Girl Scouts have taken
great pride in their anti-family sex education
program, a program that has alienated Catholic
churches and archdioceses as well and has drawn sharp
criticism from leading pro-family organizations.
 
Girl Scouts sex education materials include such words
as, “Some girls have sexual attractions or desires for
people of the same sex.” A 1997 book entitled On My
Honor: Lesbians Reflect on their Scouting Experience
estimated that approximately one in three adult Girl
Scout professionals are lesbian and that the Girl
Scouts are a positive place for lesbian relationships
to develop. Obviously, the Girl Scouts are not a
lesbian organization, and different girls have had
different experiences as Girl Scouts – some good, some
bad. But the organization is far from standing against
homosexuality. Open lesbians are welcomed into the
Girl Scouts.

 
In the summer of 2001, Mountain Meadow Girl Scout
Camp in New Jersey was advertised as a “feminist
camping experience [for] children of lesbian, gay,
transgender … and other progressive families.”
Children ages nine to fifteen were required to fill
out an application asking name, birth date,
medications, and “Gender of camper: male/female/other
(please explain).”
 
In December 2000, President Clinton welcomed leaders
of homosexual organizations to the White House to
debut the Girl Scout-promoted film That’s A Family!
The video, produced by Women’s Educational Media (WEM)
to educate public schoolchildren about homosexual
families, used young children to describe what it is
like growing up with two moms or two dads. Girl Scout
President Connie Matsui addressed the assembled crowd
of homosexual activists at the controversial White
House screening, explaining her enthusiasm for the
film.
 
One might wonder why the Girl Scouts have been spared
the painful attacks that have been launched upon the
Boy Scouts by the Left in recent years. The reasons
are simple: the Girl Scouts allow homosexuals and
atheists to join their ranks, and they have become a
pro-abortion, feminist training corps.
 
While the Girl Scouts fit comfortably in the dire
realm of political correctness, the organization
should not fit so comfortably in America’s network of
moral education. Parents should be warned that the
moral content of today’s Girl Scouts is no longer
based in the Victorian virtues that gave it life in
1912.
 
Parents and supporters of the Girl Scouts must be
vigilant in these matters. If the Girl Scouts of
America can’t get back to teaching real character,
perhaps it will be time to look for our cookies
elsewhere.
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Hans Zeiger is a student at Hillsdale College in Michigan, and is the author of “Reagan’s Children: Taking Back the City on the Hill” and “Get Off My Honor: The Assault on the Boy Scouts of America.”

Hans writes a column that appears in WorldNetDaily.com, the Seattle Sentinel, GOPUSA.com, OpinionEditorials.com, Sierra Times, American Daily, America’s Voices, The Right Report, and other publications, and has been a guest on numerous radio and television programs.

A dynamic public speaker, he has preached in churches, keynoted civic organization conventions and rallies, and debated Left-wing activists in colleges.

His website is www.hanszeiger.net, and he blogs at www.reaganchildren.com.