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What is with all of this insipid hatred that seems to spring up between Christians and various groups of pagans? What is with this twisted logic and fallacy and persecution complexes and overall sense of inexcusable weakness -- on BOTH sides.
Call me an inactive observer if you want; I'm neither pagan nor of the Abrahamic faiths, no. But that's not why I have such a problem with all of this, in fact, my own "irreligiousness" has nothing to do with it. I have a problem with this because there are people in this world who are starving, abused, mistreated in every way, people who are bought and sold like the meanest of cattle and treated worse, killed over little or nothing, born with addiction already taking over their minds, and so many other travesties... and you're all sitting here complaining, about what? Women can't be priests in some Christian sects?
...seriously??
This "us and them" mentality sickens me. We're all human beings. Whether we believe in Jesus or Allah or Isis or Mother Earth, we are all human. There's no "WE". There's no "THEM". We are all US. We all have our faults and flaws as well as our virtues, and our religion does NOT decide those for us.
"Most sacred"... so you view women as sacred. Okay, great for you. They view men as sacred. Who's right? Answer: It doesn't matter. You have different beliefs. That happens. There is NO need to display such animosity for theirs, especially when you're complaining about them doing likewise to yours. Be the bigger person, not the hypocrite.
Plus, as I'm aware, this is not news. It's been going on for centuries if not millenia.
[My apologies if this offends anyone. It truly is not meant to offend, merely to display my rather extreme emotions on the subject, similar to (but on a different focus than) yours, DW.]
~ Taylor
Taylor said:What is with all of this insipid hatred that seems to spring up between Christians and various groups of pagans? What is with this twisted logic and fallacy and persecution complexes and overall sense of inexcusable weakness -- on BOTH sides.
Call me an inactive observer if you want; I'm neither pagan nor of the Abrahamic faiths, no. But that's not why I have such a problem with all of this, in fact, my own "irreligiousness" has nothing to do with it. I have a problem with this because there are people in this world who are starving, abused, mistreated in every way, people who are bought and sold like the meanest of cattle and treated worse, killed over little or nothing, born with addiction already taking over their minds, and so many other travesties... and you're all sitting here complaining, about what? Women can't be priests in some Christian sects?
...seriously??
This "us and them" mentality sickens me. We're all human beings. Whether we believe in Jesus or Allah or Isis or Mother Earth, we are all human. There's no "WE". There's no "THEM". We are all US. We all have our faults and flaws as well as our virtues, and our religion does NOT decide those for us.
"Most sacred"... so you view women as sacred. Okay, great for you. They view men as sacred. Who's right? Answer: It doesn't matter. You have different beliefs. That happens. There is NO need to display such animosity for theirs, especially when you're complaining about them doing likewise to yours. Be the bigger person, not the hypocrite.
Plus, as I'm aware, this is not news. It's been going on for centuries if not millenia.
[My apologies if this offends anyone. It truly is not meant to offend, merely to display my rather extreme emotions on the subject, similar to (but on a different focus than) yours, DW.]
~ Taylor
I hear what you are saying. I am only going to speak for myself. I have a personal grudge, I can't think of a nicer way to say it, against the Christian faith. I have personally felt the sting of rejection and hatred.. yup hatred.. because of my beliefs. I am an outcast from my birth family, not that it bothers me much anymore. I studied Christianity... I was a Christian.. but when I felt the call of the Goddess... I was considered evil. Most Christians that I know are much less forgiving or caring or loving than those of Pagan design. If I were to give you examples.. it would take pages... so I won't lol. Let's just say if a group of people hate you or find a way to use your beliefs against you... what would you do? This forum is for people who have varied beliefs.. this forum (I believe) is for us to express our beliefs, our anger, our disdain in a safe way.. without being stoned for it.
If you look at the history of the Pagan belief system you would see that Pagans were just going along doing what they did... but Christians decided to "conquer" the heathen masses. Have you ever heard of the Salem Witch Trials? Have you ever read about the Christian leaders decisions to drown, burn and kill so-called Witches long before the America's? If you have you would see that for most Pagans the Christian religion is filled with evil and hatred. Did you know, for instance, that the Pope sided with Hitler against the Jews? Look at history and you will see why I feel such disdain for the Christian faith. Most Christians consider Paganism to be a "cult"... IMO.. it is the other way around.
What is with all of this insipid hatred that seems to spring up between Christians and various groups of pagans? What is with this twisted logic and fallacy and persecution complexes and overall sense of inexcusable weakness -- on BOTH sides.
Call me an inactive observer if you want; I'm neither pagan nor of the Abrahamic faiths, no. But that's not why I have such a problem with all of this, in fact, my own "irreligiousness" has nothing to do with it. I have a problem with this because there are people in this world who are starving, abused, mistreated in every way, people who are bought and sold like the meanest of cattle and treated worse, killed over little or nothing, born with addiction already taking over their minds, and so many other travesties... and you're all sitting here complaining, about what? Women can't be priests in some Christian sects?
...seriously??
This "us and them" mentality sickens me. We're all human beings. Whether we believe in Jesus or Allah or Isis or Mother Earth, we are all human. There's no "WE". There's no "THEM". We are all US. We all have our faults and flaws as well as our virtues, and our religion does NOT decide those for us.
"Most sacred"... so you view women as sacred. Okay, great for you. They view men as sacred. Who's right? Answer: It doesn't matter. You have different beliefs. That happens. There is NO need to display such animosity for theirs, especially when you're complaining about them doing likewise to yours. Be the bigger person, not the hypocrite.
Plus, as I'm aware, this is not news. It's been going on for centuries if not millenia.
[My apologies if this offends anyone. It truly is not meant to offend, merely to display my rather extreme emotions on the subject, similar to (but on a different focus than) yours, DW.]
~ Taylor
It seems that this thread has gone from a statement to blind defense for and of Christianity, let us all never forget that it was their Holy Book that stated “Thou shall not suffer a Witch to live” that sounds like a declaration of war by this religion. Actually against all non Christian bodies as a whole and lumping them together as one in the same as long as it is not Christian, it is wrong! I know that I "never" forget that it is a war, and as long as there is intolerance on their part, I will remain intolerant against it, just keep this in mind... "One world, One Government, One Religion to oversee it all!" this is their code and goal, I know I will not forget the things they have done and burnt deeply into "MY" psyche, and there to stay for all times!
~DK~
No, I don't see a double standard at all. I see facts and research what I read. I spent more years in a Christian church than you've lived in total. I don't hate anyone. You assume that because I wish to preserve my right to freedom of religion and to be able to buy alcohol on Sunday that I hat Christians? I find that to be a statement that indicates that you are the one feeling hatred. I hat no one. However, I will not sit back while the Christian community as a whole and not just the fundamentalists , work through being in government to legislate a religion that is restrictive and demeaning toward anyone not one of them. Once you get out of high school and go out into the real world you will begin to see that your assumptions are not only wrong but very reactionary. Your bigotry toward Pagans is really misplaced because you fail to recognize that we all have rights that have been slowly eroded by the people you have identified yourself.
Taylor said:You base your hatred on a mistranslation?
And let us all never forget that such was written in the laws of the Jews, which the Christians by the words of Christ do not follow.
"This is their code and their goal"? As said by whom? I for one have NEVER heard such a statement, and I live among Christians, I am married to a Catholic, and I was at one time Christian myself.
Your "war" is with fundamentalists who take their religion to a level no one should take any belief to. Guess who else hates them? Other Christians. Actually, pretty much everyone. Christians are not all these blood-sucking, fiendish, horrible people that many seem to think they are. Is not saying so as bad as them calling you a Satanist for not worshiping their god?
Do you not see the double-standard you've created for yourself? All of you. Call a spade a spade, but don't call it a battle-axe.
I am done with this conversation. Thank you all for the discussion.
DragonKnight said:It seems that this thread has gone from a statement to blind defense for and of Christianity, let us all never forget that it was their Holy Book that stated “Thou shall not suffer a Witch to live” that sounds like a declaration of war by this religion. Actually against all non Christian bodies as a whole and lumping them together as one in the same as long as it is not Christian, it is wrong! I know that I "never" forget that it is a war, and as long as there is intolerance on their part, I will remain intolerant against it, just keep this in mind... "One world, One Government, One Religion to oversee it all!" this is their code and goal, I know I will not forget the things they have done and burnt deeply into "MY" psyche, and there to stay for all times!
~DK~
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