Witchcraft? Seriously, what the hell.
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This shit is incredibly infuriating and annoying, but we all know that.
Interesting Fact---Hungary was the first country in Europe to outlaw witch-hunting/burning, when, around approximately the late 1100's AD, King Coloman issued the legislative decree that witches or "strigas" did not exist.
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Coloman-of-Hungary
Interesting Fact---Hungary was the first country in Europe to outlaw witch-hunting/burning, when, around approximately the late 1100's AD, King Coloman issued the legislative decree that witches or "strigas" did not exist.
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Coloman-of-Hungary
Now I myself, as an Atheist, would love to be declared some sort of anti-Christ figure, it would certainly make day to day life more interesting, hissing at Christians as I go down the road.
Oklahoma, Texas and a few Southern states are known for this type of behavior.PedroSteckecilo said:
The Monkey Scopes Trial has been challenged more than once in the South. It always occurs with backing from religious organizations masquerading as scientific "creationist" organizations and in some occasions their efforts grab hold temporarily.
Unfortunately, we're still a collective of religious boneheads. (Not that religion dictates being a bonehead, I'm just saying that most Oklahomans are religious zealots and boneheads at the same time.)
You may remember something more recent, like, say, <a href=http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18255/atheists-sue-religious-town>that bullshit that happened around 2006 in Hardesty, Oklahoma.
And then there's the racists, the homophobes, and the otherwise intolerant hicks. "Obama needs to get shot, because niggers shouldn't be running this country." "Everyone hates gays, because God hates gays." "Oh, man, I could just punch you out right now for saying that!" (after I said that I didn't think God existed). Then there's the people from two generations ago telling me about how they talked to angels or such and how I need some sort of divine intervention (apparently "divine intervention" is like receiving tons of Christian propaganda emails like I do).
You may remember something more recent, like, say, <a href=http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18255/atheists-sue-religious-town>that bullshit that happened around 2006 in Hardesty, Oklahoma.
And then there's the racists, the homophobes, and the otherwise intolerant hicks. "Obama needs to get shot, because niggers shouldn't be running this country." "Everyone hates gays, because God hates gays." "Oh, man, I could just punch you out right now for saying that!" (after I said that I didn't think God existed). Then there's the people from two generations ago telling me about how they talked to angels or such and how I need some sort of divine intervention (apparently "divine intervention" is like receiving tons of Christian propaganda emails like I do).
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Chiasm said:
Thats what I was trying to say, if you know your gonna stand out and you know everyone around you is that ignorant, why bother to draw attention to yourself?
Few people in real life know that I am a Satanist, why, because the moment I start yelling out HAIL SATAN! I would become a pariah. It would not serve my personal goals as a satanist to tell others that I am one. I dont know about Wiccans, but in Satanism it stated often that you are able to further Satanism and your own personal goals by not telling people about it.
*nod*cuddly_tomato said:
I'm a Pagan, too, and I often have my friends claiming it's not a real religion, and well as strangers posting crap at me on the internet (surprise surprise). Also, some people trashed the display at my local Pagan supply shop... *sigh*
Pagan's and Wiccan's are generally encouraged to keep it quiet due to intolerance and misconceptions based on the religion.Helnurath said:
I don't understand what you mean by "goals" as a Satanist because the general concept of Satanism is "live life how you like as long as it does not harm others. If someone harms you or someone you love however, repay them in kind."
As interesting as I find Wicca, I find it very hard to see all life as sacred when at least half the people I meet make me want to commit genocide...A.I. Sigma said:
The community shouldn't be that ignorant in the first place, and she has every right to express herself however she likes to.Chiasm said:
I'm ashamed. But I've never witnessed attitudes this outdated firsthand, and I hope I never will.
If only the world was made out of rainbows and sunshine. Community's of people are Ignorant and hate filled it's part of humanity. You think a Christan pastor in a Wiccan city who is going door to door to preach about God would get a lot of respect either?PersianLlama said: