So if you would open your eyes, ears, minds, and hearts we will begin...
First...We live by the Wiccan Rede which states "And Ye Harm None, Do What Ye Will". This does not mean the if it doesn't hurt someone you can do whatever you want. It means that as long as it harms not you may follow your heart's desire.
Second...We also live our lives by going into everything we do and everone we meet with perfect love and perfect trust.
Third...We do not pass judgement. We are merely humans, just like any other religion out there, we are not Gods or Goddesses so who are we to pass judgement on people. Alot of you out there judge people on every little thing such as height, weight, looks, money, religion, political views, the list could go on and on. But who are you, who are we, as humans, to pass judgment on anybody? We are merely human. As since we are merely human our job on Earth is not to pass judgement but to accept everyone for who they are and to live our lives in a way that would make who ever you choose to worship proud. That is our job as a human in any religion. I don't pass judgement on you for your religious path so don't pass judgment on me for my religious path.
Fourth...We worship many deities, yes. But if you wanna get both technical and literal take a look at other religions. Alot of other religions also worship many Gods and Goddesses. And those of you who only worship Jesus and/or God take a look at your saints. Our Goddess, who gave birth to our God, is your Mary, who gave birth to Jesus. Now this one may be confusin but our God is also your God. Our God is reborn through our Goddess. So our God is your God and your Jesus. Now look at all the saints you have (whether you worship them or just recognize them). Your saints are our other Gods and Goddesses.
Fifth...Yes we cast spells and do rituals. That is our way of worshipping our religious paths. Just like other people go to church or what not. Nature is our church. Just cause we don't have a day each week where we have a mass congregation to worship does not mean we are livin our lives wrong. We worship in everything we do in our every day lives. Yes alot of y'all on other paths do the same but alot of y'all don't. So don't judge us cause we are more in touch with nature and don't need a building to worship.
Sixth...We are not Satanists and we do not worship him. In fact we don't even acknowledge Satan, the Devil, Hell or anything of that source. Saying we are Satanists or worship him is like sayin an Atheist worships or beleives in God. We do not sacrifice anything in our rituals or spellwork and we do not harm anyone or anything. We do not beleive that our deities would make us suffer for all of eternity because we made a few mistakes. Our deities love us too much to be able to cause pain like that to us. We are their children and they love us just as we love them.
Seventh...We live by the three fold law which basically says that anything you do, good or bad, will come back to the person who caused the harm three times. And its not necessarily one thing three times. It can be three things three times. There are many possibilities. We fear and have respect for this law therefor we only do good. The only exception to this law is if you harm something out of self-defense.
Eigth...You wanna say are religion is wrong or not a real religion then you are basically sayin that your religion is wrong and not a real religion. This is so because Paganism IS THE OLDEST RELIGION IN THE WORLD. Simple as that. We have be worshiping long before Catholocism or Christianity or any other religion came along. In fact when the settlers came over here to "convert" us and "show us the wrong of in our beliefs" I would like to note just how many things y'all took from us and incorporated into your religion. First example is the arch y'all use for doors in your church well that arch is a symbol of our Goddess and fertility. The second example is the Frankisence y'all use around Christmas is used in our religion to dispel negativity, purify magickal places, protection against evil, and to honor Pagan Deities. The third example are the Gargoyles on cathedrals and even the church uses them for the same reason we do, to protect and warn against evil. The fourth example, as discussed before, you saints, Mary, God, and Jesus. The Fifth example is the times of the year all your holidays; Christmas, Halloween, Easter, etc; were our first. They were just called different names. None the less y'all incorporated them into your religion. The alter in the catholic church, yes that came from us as well. The chalice y'all drink the "blood" out of was taken from us. Now lets look a little deeper...into Jesus' "birthday". Jesus was not born on December 25th...science has proven this. When the settlers came over and tried to convert us we refused to give up that one of few things...our God's birthday...December 24th. So the settlers moved Jesus' birthday to our God's birthday to try and keep peace. If anyone is more interested in learning what the church has taken from the Pagan religion I recommend the book "Papal to Pagan" and unfortunately I don't know the author. I saw it in Books-a-Million and read a little of it and it really does point out what the church took from us.
So now that my religion has been broken down and things have been made clear before you pass judgement on me and my religious path take a look at your self and yours. Are you living your life in the way that would make your God or Jesus or whoever happy? I don't think so...cause they would not want you to pass judgement. That is their job not yours. Everyone passes judgment when they die and it is done by deities. Not us, not humans. You are mean to others and say unspeakable things and you think you can get away with it becuase all you have to do is donate to the church or go to confession and say 10 Hail Mary's or whatever the priest assigns and everything will be ok. Well its not. Saying those 10 Hail Mary's did not make the person you hurt feel better. It did not take away the words you said or the action you did. So again before you pass judgment on my life and my path know this...
I do not pass judgement. I accept everyone and everything for who and what they are. I try to live my life in a way that I know I will make my deities proud that I am their daughter. I go into everything with perfect love and perfect trust. I mind the three-fold law and I mind the Wiccan Rede.
If after all of this you still think I am living my life wrong then that is your opinion but I will not tolerate such closed-mindedness and ignorance in my life. If you have a problem with me and my path then no one says you have to be my friends or acknowledge my existance.
Now I want to make it clear that if you are going to post a comment I want you to think before you do so..."Is what I'm about to say going to hurt someone? Is it mean or cruel?" I will use a phrase I heard so much growin up...If you don't have anything nice to say then don't say it. If you genuinlly are curious or have questions please feel free to ask and I will help you to understand as best as I can.
If you do not like what I have had to say thats fine. Do not say anything mean or spiteful or that isn't somethin nice. And if you do not wish to be my friend anymore because you don't like what I have to say then let me know and I will forget you as a friend and you can live your life like I never existed. Everyone now is on the same page as far as I am concerned with the way I live my life. The question is now...Can you accept it? Can you accept me? If not there will be no hard feelings.
Blessed Be!
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