Ive said this a couple times before yet its true so I will say it again.

When was the last time you were woken up at 9am on a Saturday morning by a bunch of proselytizing Pagans?

That alone makes it an inviting choice of spiritual path.

Sometimes we get loud at parties though.

Well yeah thats true. Rituals can even get chaotic and loud. That might be part of the reason no one is up early to go around the neighborhood proselytizing.

Just kidding.

I think we don't proselytize because we want to keep all the fun for ourselves.

Exactly.

My cousin is a devout Catholic and thinks my interest in witchcraft is absurd.

That's fine with me. I didn't even argue with him in the slightest.

If he wants to wallow in his hell that's his choice. And trust me, the man is not happy, that's crystal clear.

Sure, I know that he would be much happier if could truly understand what he's missing, but it's not my job to make him happy. That's his job. I can only offer to him that I'm happy in what I do.

I'm not going to proselytize to him.

His misery is in own choice. And like I say, his misery is crystal clear. He becomes frustrated and upset over every little superficial thing. People who are truly happy just don't do that.

Of course, I can't contribute my coolness to witcthcraft.

But I can contribute it to breaking free of that godforsaken Mediterranean crap.

There's no question about that. That religion is just hard on the soul, period. It's a guilt-trip ridden nightmare. Even making perfectly decent well-meaning people feeling that they are unworthy of the love of their creator.

And there's no question about it because this is the premise of that religion. All men are pathetic failures and sinners who have fallen from grace from God and who have only been saved by grace which they DON'T DERSERVE!

How can anyone claim that's not a guilt-trip religion? It fundamentally brainwashes people to believe that they are unworthy of God.

Wicca, and all forms of witchcraft that I have read about are totally LOVING relationships with God, spirit, or however the witch desires to view the powers that be.

It's all about love, and harming none.

It's not about making people feel unworthy of God's love. That's just sick pure and simple.

But hey, if people want to chose to torture themselves by placing their faith in such a horrific picture of God that's their choice.

Who am I to proselytize otherwise?

Let him wallow in his hell. It's his choice.

--Neither can I. --

I think if you are truly happy about living, you worry a lot less about death because you are preoccupied with life. There is also no room for sin in that equation.

I'm wiccan.

(: & I love ittt.

May I ask if you were raised in Wicca, or is this something you chose yourself as an adult?

Just curious.

I was actually raised since I was about 6.
My uncle introduced it to me, and my family.
And my cousin when I was 14 got me somewhat into
Tarot and such. Then when I was 16, I was
officially initiated as a Wiccan. (:

Welcome!

You were very lucky indeed.

I was born into a family of air-head idiots. Actually they were pretty smart in the technical sense but they seemed to be completely clueless spiritually, they had all been brainwashed to believe they were unworthy of God's love and all that was left to do was beg for mercy and pray.

It was truly a nightmare, trust me.

Awh, that's no good. Well besides my uncle and cousin,
and a few selective few.. my family belongs in a crazy
house. XD hahah

I kind of wish I had discovered Wicca or Paganism at a younger age. I probably would have been very interested in it then and may have even pursued it. I pretty much came from a secular background and for that Im grateful. No one really cared much about religion or felt it necessary to convert anyone. Children dont have any choice in the matter and they tend to just go along with whatever adults tell them they should put their faith in and blindly accept.

Children want to please and appease adults in some respect.

I think a better role for parents to take is a back seat one. This is what religion is about and its up to you if you want to get involved. Let it go at that and this will support them in their investigation if they are so inclined but wont force one spirituality or another on them.

Krimsa said:That is truly inspiring, if not profound.

In my opinion, death is just a part of the cycle and we never really leave anyone behind. At least not forever. We are always coming back together with the ones we loved before.

I agree on the comment made on the making of the broom, completely. smiles

Ok, tell me what you think of this, every psychic or half psychic and even my mother who had the gift, who read my palm said they could not tell me what they saw, and even more so when I pressed my mother on the issue, all she would say is, I would live a very hard life. So what is up with that? I have to laugh at this, because things are what they are and I do my best not to take too much of it seriously because at too many times in my life, I took my life much too seriously and it did no real benefit other than to destroy my life. So any comments on this would be appreciated.

It seems that there is much more active participation after having moved this thread to "Other Religions". Maybe that was a good idea and it was getting lost in "general."

Perhaps your outlook on life and your attitude have made things much easier. Those things count for more than most people think.

And, welcome to the thread.