Subj : Interesting exchange... To : All From : Rachel L. Akers Date : Thu Jan 11 2001 11:02 pm Greetings All, Just noticed this exchange in a mailing list & thought it amusing enough to x-post (not tht I _ever_ do that ) Anyway the usual disclaimers etc etc... Rai ------------------------ X-post begins ----------------------- > Raven >> Tidings to all, >> I have some issues right now. Some people I deeply care about >> are now on my case for my beliefs ( I am a declared Pagan and >> anti-Catholicism, not against others, but it's just not my bag is >> all), and they do not understand my views, nor do the want to try. >> I have been pegged as a "Satanist" and other very rude things. I >> do not feel like I should have to explain my religion...yet they >> will not let me be. How do I go about explaining things to them if >> they do not want to listen? ...[chomped for brevity].... > Andrea replied: > I have a friend, Seamus. He typically wears a Thor's Hammer pendant > and a pentacle ring. He was recently telling em about the time that > he went into Denny's (our hangout of choice) and found some friends > sitting with some folks he didn't know. The strangers were, it > turned out, what he calls 'baby Christians' (Born-agains). > Typically, they were very zealous about their faith, and when one > of them noticed his ring she asked if he worshiped the Devil. He > had been raised Catholic, but deecided to play with the girl's > head, and asked, "The what? Devil, what's that?" > She promptly begin to explain all about the Devil, Satan, Hell, > evil, and how it's a place of eternal suffering that the Devil runs > and tries to drag everyone to. Seamus, naturally, acted horrified > at hearing this, and said, "And you WORSHIP this thing?" The > baby-xian's got all a-flutter at that and hastened to explain that > no, they worship God, who is great and powerful and loving and > fights against the Devil. Seamus said, "But you have this thing in > your religion? That's SICK!" > I don't know how useful this story will be in regards to your own > situation, or if it will even help at all, but I hope at least > it'll serve to amuse. > -Andrea ------------------------ X-post ends ----------------------- --- Msged/2 4.00 * Origin: Elfwhere - The POINTy eared POINT (3:640/531.2379) .