“this is painful because friends do it without realizing they do it. this is especially true because most of my friends have been deeply hurt by christians and i find them acting from time to time as though i shared the views of those that hurt them”
I’d like to think that I’m more enlightened than that, but I’m fallible and don’t always catch myself. If you ever feel like I’m lumping you in with any of my bad experiences, please let me know. It’s certainly not my intent, and the level of separation exists in my mind, but isn’t often well-conveyed with my words. I still hold a great many christian *people* in very high esteem. I wouldn’t be the semi-well-adjusted person I am today without the likes of Kris Rydberg, Steve Sater, Karl Pishaw and others. Then again, I take things on an individual basis. Stereotypes may have basis in truth, but that’s no reason to treat a *person* any differently. Actions speak for themselves. I want to challenge my fellow pagans to get beyond their bad blood (c’mon guys, even if you were hung for witchcraft in a past life, that’s nothing more than a learning experience. If you believe in re-incarnation, then obviously your soul was supposed to get something out of the experience, I highly doubt it’s “blind hatred of others”. Get with the program and start living by interacting WITH your spirit instead of just performing knee-jerk reactions.)
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Date: 2006-04-03 02:19 pm (UTC)“this is painful because friends do it without realizing they do it. this is especially true because most of my friends have been deeply hurt by christians and i find them acting from time to time as though i shared the views of those that hurt them”
I’d like to think that I’m more enlightened than that, but I’m fallible and don’t always catch myself. If you ever feel like I’m lumping you in with any of my bad experiences, please let me know. It’s certainly not my intent, and the level of separation exists in my mind, but isn’t often well-conveyed with my words. I still hold a great many christian *people* in very high esteem. I wouldn’t be the semi-well-adjusted person I am today without the likes of Kris Rydberg, Steve Sater, Karl Pishaw and others. Then again, I take things on an individual basis. Stereotypes may have basis in truth, but that’s no reason to treat a *person* any differently. Actions speak for themselves. I want to challenge my fellow pagans to get beyond their bad blood (c’mon guys, even if you were hung for witchcraft in a past life, that’s nothing more than a learning experience. If you believe in re-incarnation, then obviously your soul was supposed to get something out of the experience, I highly doubt it’s “blind hatred of others”. Get with the program and start living by interacting WITH your spirit instead of just performing knee-jerk reactions.)