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[sred98]

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Either that, or it's just in your blood!

Shelly

 

[redhen]

I am also drawn to the Wiccan type beliefs.. but i just cant get my head around the whole gods and goddess thing...just like i cant get my head around belief in the christian God.. ugh..

I wish i could believe better...

 

[LizFM]

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Nothing major. Little stuff (ignorant comments) occasionally, but then

1-people from a lot of religious groups get those from narrow minded bigots
2-I'm not terribly in-your-face or easy to offend.

This does not mean I *hide* my beliefs or am afraid of people finding out. I just feel like it's nobody else's business and I rarely see an occasion where discussing my personal beliefs is appropriate to the situation. Just like most people who go to Christian churches don't talk about their church or their pastor or their beliefs either. Really, most Christians don't...it's just the few real vocal ones that make it seem like we're inundated sometimes.

I don't expect people to give me grief or cause me problems. I have known too many people of a lot of different religious affiliations who had a chip on their shoulder and really 'overshared' and just dared someone to comment or discriminate. That would be the opposite of me.

I just don't CARE what other people think.

There ARE people who have been horribly and (at least in the US) illegally discriminated against. Soldiers who died in combat whose families had to fight to get a pentacle or other pagan symbol on their headstones. People who have been fired. People who have lost custody of their children. I am aware that happens and it is NOT their fault and they SHOULD fight it. I'm not saying those kinds of people were the 'chip on the shoulder' kind...not at all.

My brother knows but my parents don't. They are devout Christians. It would serve no purpose for them to worry, fret and agonize that their child is going to burn in hell. So, since it would gain nothing to tell them, I don't.

 

[purr]

loving the thread!

I am out and always have been really, My family loves me the way I am.I have always found my own path since childhood I don't spout my beliefs but I don't hide anything, I am who I am. They might think I'm going to hell but that's probably because I'm a biatch ,lol . If someone asks me a direct question about my beliefs I do my best to answer without preaching. I try to surround myself with good hearted people no matter what path they follow. I gave my daughter a rudimentary knowledge of all religions and let her find her own path. She is a pagan and her coven is very accepting. I have been asked to join but prefer to study alone although I do go to ritual periodically.
Blessed Be to All

 

[deb1]

I have spent my whole life looking for the ultimate answer, the definitive reason that we are here. Several times I honestly believed I had found the answer but I discovered that no religion answers all questions. So, I have come to the conclusion that there is no definite answer for everyone. That is strange for someone who has spent the main portion of their life being a Christian.

I have always believed in genderless God and have always felt his/her presence strongly in my life. Even as a 11 year old, I liked to wander into a field every afternoon and sit and watch the sun go down. I always felt close to God(Goddess).

I actually felt it harder to feel God's power when I became a Christian. That is not meant as a slam on Christians just that I wonder if my answers were supposed to be found elsewhere all along.

One thing that has always struck me is that I have found that there are some people, no matter their belief system, that seem able to hook into something good and holy. It never mattered what religious faith(or non faith) the person was either.

 

[deb1]

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Nothing major. Little stuff (ignorant comments) occasionally, but then

1-people from a lot of religious groups get those from narrow minded bigots
2-I'm not terribly in-your-face or easy to offend.

This does not mean I *hide* my beliefs or am afraid of people finding out. I just feel like it's nobody else's business and I rarely see an occasion where discussing my personal beliefs is appropriate to the situation. Just like most people who go to Christian churches don't talk about their church or their pastor or their beliefs either. Really, most Christians don't...it's just the few real vocal ones that make it seem like we're inundated sometimes.

I don't expect people to give me grief or cause me problems. I have known too many people of a lot of different religious affiliations who had a chip on their shoulder and really 'overshared' and just dared someone to comment or discriminate. That would be the opposite of me.

I just don't CARE what other people think.

There ARE people who have been horribly and (at least in the US) illegally discriminated against. Soldiers who died in combat whose families had to fight to get a pentacle or other pagan symbol on their headstones. People who have been fired. People who have lost custody of their children. I am aware that happens and it is NOT their fault and they SHOULD fight it. I'm not saying those kinds of people were the 'chip on the shoulder' kind...not at all.

My brother knows but my parents don't. They are devout Christians. It would serve no purpose for them to worry, fret and agonize that their child is going to burn in hell. So, since it would gain nothing to tell them, I don't.

I think that you have a good attitude! I am in the southeast and people talk about their religion all the time. Sometimes it is nice that religion, no matter what the kind, so prevades the air here but at other times it can be a bit annoying. I have had snide things said to me from close friends for being Catholic, I can't imagine what their response would be if I told them that I was exploring paganism.

 

[deb1]

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Yes, and I am about to write you back now.

 

[WhiteWingedDove]

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Don't be sad!
As many have stated, things come to people at different times, and we are all different. Don't be sad that it might not make sense now, maybe someday it will, and maybe it won't. Either way thats alright.

You are a good person Wendy, I know that much.

I think Reinbeau posted this link earlier, you might be interested;
http://www.pantheism.net/

 

[deb1]

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Don't be sad!
As many have stated, things come to people at different times, and we are all different. Don't be sad that it might not make sense now, maybe someday it will, and maybe it won't. Either way thats alright.

You are a good person Wendy, I know that much.

I think Reinbeau posted this link earlier, you might be interested;
http://www.pantheism.net/

All your post have struck me as coming from a gentle person with a wonderful sense of humor.

 

[redhen]

Thanks.