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I am pagan and i wonder why i am always judged so horribly by pepole who are sopposed to be accepting?

"If you take the Christian Bible and put it out in the wind and the rain, soon the paper on which the words are printed will disintegrate and the words will be gone. Our bible IS the wind and the rain." ~Herbalist Carol McGrath as told to her by a Native-American woman~


"We are not evil. We don't harm or seduce people. We are not dangerous. We are ordinary people like you. We have families, jobs, hopes, and dreams. We are not a cult. This religion is not a joke. We are not what you think we are from looking at T.V. We are real. We laugh, we cry. We are serious. We have a sense of humor. You don't have to be afraid of us. We don't want to convert you. And please don't try to convert us. Just give us the same right we give you--to live in peace. We are much more similar to you than you think." Margot Adler

"When one defines oneself as Pagan, it means she or he follows an earth or nature religion, one that sees the divine manifest in all creation. The cycles of nature are our holy days, the earth is our temple, its plants and creatures our partners and teachers. We worship a deity that is both male and female, a mother Goddess and father God, who together created all that is, was, or will be. We respect life, cherish the free will of sentient beings, and accept the sacredness of all creation." Edain McCoy

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Well said, Blessed Be )o(
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para-scence said:
Yeah, I know how you feel. I used to be pagan. I got called a Satanist and devil-worshipper a lot. My best thought would be that they don't know? I mean, people thought the star I was wearing was the death star. They didn't know I was pagan, not a satanist. Maybe take time and explain to them what exactly you are. I don't know why you are judged by people that aren't supposed to. Even I do now and then, but try not to let it change anything. It's just human nature to judge. It shows that Christians aren't the perfect people we're supposed to be, I guess? No one can be perfect. But still, I'm sorry you're being judged. It's wrong, and I hope one day you'll stop being judged for who you are.
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RobinFan360 said:
i wonder too. if the christians around you are treating you like that then they arent very good christians :/
please know that we our god is loving and wont try to force you to christianity. but if you dont,we do beleive there will be consequences.

at quote 1: the bible is merely a peice of paper used by god to teach us and speak to us. you say your god is the wind and rain? OUR God is the one who CREATED that wind and rain. how much more powerful is he?
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She said out BIBLE is the wind and rain, not our God. Our God and Goddess, our divine, is much the same as yours. One who "created all that is, was, or will be"(quote 3). We see our divine in the wind and rain yes, but also in everyone and everthing around us because how can you create something without putting some of yourself into it? If you write a book, or paint a master piece you're putting your energy into it. Its the same with the divine. (:
southern-belle posted over a year ago
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i kind of dont get what you're saying but how can you look at all the peices of the world,the wind the rain,the sun,the moon, and hold THEM as what is sacred? or hold many individuals as sacred when our God is all of them put together
RobinFan360 posted over a year ago
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*Or to the virgin Mary, or any of the saints
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ladyTigress said:
because people will always reject what others think goes against what they believe in . i am not a Christian and never will be .. more often then not they will judge you even before they know you . i married into a family like that . dont allow ANYONE to tell you what to believe . Dont change something about yourself just to make someone else happy . you are the only one who can make yourself happy . not anyone else .
To thine own self be true ! that has been my motto for years now and i live by it word for word .
Bless be sister and stay strong to yourself and nobody else !
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because people will always reject what others think goes against what they believe in . i am not a Christian and never will be .. more often then not they will judge you even before they know you . i married into a family like that . dont allow ANYONE to tell you what to believe . Dont change something about yourself just to make someone else happy . you are the only one who can make yourself happy . not anyone else . 
To thine own self be true ! that has been my motto for years now and i live by it word for word . 
Bless be sister and stay strong to yourself and nobody else !
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