tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post2337134522479890573..comments2024-02-13T01:25:33.947-05:00Comments on The Gods Are Bored: No Wonder They Always Ask Us about the KittensAnne Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15478513906953607043noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-49266615000035542322011-04-19T07:14:19.596-04:002011-04-19T07:14:19.596-04:00I disagree that people raised to be bigots will ne...I disagree that people raised to be bigots will never change. My own family were raised to be bigots - as a child, I was not allowed to invite a friend from camp to my birthday party because she was black. Fast-forward some years, and I came home from college to find that one of my brother's friends (who happened to be black) had <i>moved in with my family</i> (because he was having issues with his dad). I was boggled...and it showed me that people <i>can</i> change, no matter how right-wing they are, no matter how narrowly they were raised.<br /><br />I try to live by the maxim "Act like you belong, and everyone else will, too." I've found that treating my faith as though it's just like everyone else's has mostly yielded positive results.harmonyfbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-66252270776040740352011-04-19T00:07:09.266-04:002011-04-19T00:07:09.266-04:00Excellent post. I too find myself having to backpe...Excellent post. I too find myself having to backpedal and explain what I am not before I have the chance to explain who I am. Mainstream media takes the chance to sensationalize Paganism at any opportunity, unfortunately. Just look at last US election season's Christine O'Donnell "witch scare"!<br /><br />I am, for all intents and purposes, "out of the broom closet," being transparent though not particularly noisy in most social situations, barring my husband's very Baptist family's hand-holding prayer seasonal events. I get a lot more curiosity than aversion from people in my area (suburban Houston, TX), because most of them simply do not know what (a) paganism, (b) Druidry or Wicca, or (c) a pentacle is. I view it as an opportunity to engage in genuine conversation, and mostly it ends positively.Kestrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03982789180456336869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-18538311149566236132011-04-18T20:43:57.478-04:002011-04-18T20:43:57.478-04:00I had one of my friends say to me about all my vol...I had one of my friends say to me about all my volunteer work at the Rest Haven: now see that's why I don't understand you being a pagan. I think of what your doing as Christian...she never did understand why I got so pissed at her..sigh*yellowdoggrannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14906624317290990109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-47398974776040767942011-04-18T16:10:55.556-04:002011-04-18T16:10:55.556-04:00I believe in being out to certain folks, not screa...I believe in being out to certain folks, not screaming it across the world.<br /><br />Which is to say: I have a job where I've worn a pentacle about and nobody cared, but that probably won't be every job, and almost all of my relatives would foam at the mouth if they knew, so why bother?jenmoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02647726303564119010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-37130993799098353902011-04-18T15:59:04.210-04:002011-04-18T15:59:04.210-04:00Oh, PAHLEEAASE don't mention that kitten thing...Oh, PAHLEEAASE don't mention that kitten thing to my diva cat. This creature actually thinks I like it.......Alex (a slave to felines) Pendragonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-17802553402155608222011-04-18T15:39:56.359-04:002011-04-18T15:39:56.359-04:00I hope you feel better soon -
The press often sc...I hope you feel better soon - <br /><br />The press often screws up - in your case - they took the "sensationaling" portion of the quote and manage to distort what was being said beyond hope.Intense Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08441598926026727682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-60467936566729412712011-04-18T15:16:54.169-04:002011-04-18T15:16:54.169-04:00I hope you feel better soon! And find some better ...I hope you feel better soon! And find some better movies to watch in the meantime!Debra She Who Seekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845703092794695023noreply@blogger.com