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Originally Posted by Dravyk
Morgan, I forgot to mention ....
Really like that wicca furniture your people make!  |
See? Now *that* was funny!!!!
Generally, since people are for the most part ignorant and nasty, publicly announcing one is Wiccan is discouraged. (It's also dangerous.) However, when one gets tired of having one's life modified by the stupidity of others and decides not to play, it's called "coming out of the broom closet." One of the many reasons I converted was the desire to belong to a religion that could laugh at itself.
Points to Drav for the furniture remark.
Reighlynn...it's a hard row to hoe. You'll deal with idiots, but if you're old enough to have a driver's license, it's no doubt landed on you that the world is full of idiots, most of whom are ignorant and bigoted. However, occasionally you will meet a bright eyed human who will smile and say "you're Druid? How fascinating. What's that?" It will make everything worth while. The important thing is that you find your own personal theology and where it fits in the grand scheme of things. I worked a lifetime on what I believed, then more or less fell over the religion that said the same thing.
The absolute best thing about pagans is that we don't have books to wave around and shriek "our way is the ONLY way!" and thusly feel free to kill people who don't believe.