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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2005 5:01 am
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2005 9:27 am
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Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 1:22 pm
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Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 2:44 pm
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I was very lucky, my birth parents being pagan... I lived with a foster mother though until about 8 months ago, and she was your preachy evangelical born-again baptist Christian... I couldn't even light candles without her making remarks about setting the house on fire, and before I left, she made a few rather unwelcome comments about how she would like to burn most of my books. I also had a Catholic best friend all through high school. She came to understand eventually that my path and faith was not one of evil satanic worship, and eventually came to resent the Catholic faith herself, because of it's close-minded perspectives.
It was absolute hell not being able to practise my religion properly. crying I felt like a bird who'd lost a wing. I was still able to work in secret, silent rituals without any props, but it was a far cry from the joyous, loud rituals I was used to. Things like my athame, and my cauldron, I kept out of sight all the time, just cuz it wasn't worth the hassle of having to defend myself.
However, you do have to remember that these people are only trying to protect you - they genuinely think that witchcraft is evil, and unless they open themselves up to re-education, they probably always will. Christians and Catholics really, genuinely believe in a Hell, and are trying to save you. Their methods may suck, but at the end of the day, they re just trying to help...
As for Christmas - I always attend the Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve. This has become a small ritual of my own; when I was small, my mum used to take me. the church is lit entirely by candles, and looks so beautiful. It reminds me that even among the Christians, beauty is real, faith is real, and God is really there with them too. As much as I get angry with them during the year, going to this service every December just reminds me, they are just humans trying to find their path through life too.
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Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 11:09 pm
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Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2005 10:00 pm
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