Tatilina
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I had no clue you are a christian and no I wasn't referring to you, since it never occured to me you were. I'm a Wiccan who stood up for a Christian who adamantly believes I will go to hell. I would do it again. It's not a personal thing, it's never personal. Its the mentality that can develop from having such beliefs. One thing I understand is that people are human beings who can get angry and frustrated with one another which is natural just as long as you don't go to extremes. What is horrible is that some people do things that they know are aggravating or provoking someone to get them upset and usually it works. The worst thing about it is shaming that person after words for getting upset. That's ABUSE!!! That is no better than these MK handlers who do the same thing to their victims. When people do that, you are basically trying to train them to accept being abused and treated badly and not reacting to it which is NORMAL because if you do, then you are an angry person and something is wrong with you.How are you gonna say Christianity is hateful? I don't think I've said a negative thing about Wicca or Wiccans. I don't even have any particular thing towards Wicca. I don't love it or hate it. I'm pretty neutral and calm towards Wicca. But I'm the hateful one?
I think pretty much all the religions (except fake religions like Satanism, as I've said) come from God. I like Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, etc. Wiccans cannot be better than the fundamentalists they denounce if they themselves are their own brand of fundamentalists who act like Christianity and Islam are cults rather than diverse belief systems of billions of people and which have thousands of years of history. Yes, religious people have done certain bad things but to act as though this is the totality of religious history and to ignore things like Mother Theresa helping the poor (I understand she wasn't perfect but I think most would argue she did more good than bad), Reverend Martin Luther-King fighting for the rights of African-Americans, Ignacio Martin-Baro who gave his life fighting for the poor of El Salvador, Monsignor Oscar Romero who gave his life fighting for the people of El Salvador and other religious people who did great things is prejudiced. To act like Christian is totally bad and that's all there is to it is biased and unbalanced. It doesn't take into account the larger, more objective picture.
Plus you have to remember that there is a difference between the teachings and the people. People are innately going to corrupt whatever teaching they follow, it's just the nature of people. If Wiccans were super powerful they might turn around and persecute Christians. I'm not saying all Wiccans are like that or that that would happen but it's certainly possible. When Plutarco Calles took over the Mexican government, he had priests murdered and a lot of Catholics were killed and nuns were raped. This sort of thing has been happening since the beginning of Christianity. Christians might not be perfect but being non-Christian doesn't make someone superior.
I try and do my best to have self control and keep my ego/pride dead, its very hard and exhausting.