Raeka

    And We thought We had freedom of Religion

    Tuesday, June 19, 2007, 09:42 PM CST [General]

    As the title says....LOL Well, I don't have freedom of religion!  I have been busy fighting my family and community over how I believe, simply trying not to get lynched, literally.  Since my father is a deacon in a Missionary Baptist Church, it isn't proper for his daughter to be "saying" she is pagan.  The community want my father out of the church, b/c he stands up for what he believes in and doesn't let anyone push him around.  He is a good man and not in good health. 

    While my grandfather lay dead in the church, memebers of my community, decide to look up my Myspace profile and start telling my family that they are going to use it against my father.  Talk about a loving Christian community I live in.  Whatever!  I changed my Myspace profile and I really hope they liked what they read.  I told them if that was being Christian what they are doing, take their Bible and prove it and why would I want to be associated with Xtianity if this is how they act toward a man that is righteous and in bad health?!  I wish my aunt would have told me who told her. She wouldn't and only said she was finished with this person forever and would have nothing more to do with them.  I have a good idea who it was since my daughter was supposed to go play with a little girl she was taking care of.  We never got the call to let me know what time to bring her down and play.  Now the (*^%*&T(**&)(&)#@#$$'s are taking it out on my 10 yr old. 

    Therefore, I went through every site that had a pic of me and removed any that ppl could identify as me.  I have been SHOVED back into the broom closet! 

    And we thought we had freedom of religion.

     BB

    Raeka

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    You're confusing the freedom to practice the religion of your choice with the freedom to do so free of the hassles of assholes like these.

    Afraid that you're "different" and that makes people wig out in all kinds of ways.

    Stay strong. Backing off makes these twits somehow thing they're right.

    Thunderchilde
    June 19, 2007
    10:11 PM CST

    Personally, after reading what you wrote...a dream/vision of mine came to mind...in it the "angels" tell me that God knows what others do...how they practice and how they preach...and "everybody has their own style" was what was told to me...regarding how people believe and or pray, etc...so the way that I see it...I don't think that God is going to come down on your father...just because you are Pagan...I don't think that he would come down on the people of his church...but, he would tell them to be understanding.. and more loving and less judgmental and or harsh to others around themselves!
    What I have always been taught is that GOD is a loving God..so I don't believe that he would lash out and hurt us, if we believe differently!(I also took Lutheran Bible studies,and was once in a Lutheran music group!(I am NOT Lutheran...but, I liked the music..and I had wanted to learn more about GOd!) I believe in God, pretty, much .as I believe in spirits all around us!I also think that there are angels willing to be there for us, anytime! I consider myself more multi-spiritual with a smidge of Wicca intermixed!
    But, I don't think that God would like it if people were mean to our fellow men and women on earth...He would want for us to be able to get along! That is what he wants!
    Those people in that church , need to look really ,really deeply at what God, teaches us ,,and what he wants for all of us,whether we do or do not believe!
    (Not here to get you to go to church...you must be who you are!!!)

    I learned from a vision that I had..that God, is a pretty mellow deity! He can be cool like other dieties too!
    If God, is "Love" than we all have to stick to that! No judging and hatefulness, etc...Just be who you are..and God will accept you, for what you chose to be,and who you happen to be!
    I think that if we don't believe in what he is...that's it...nothing more..we are who we are!! Ya know?

    (I basically got this from a vision and I still can recall the info too!)
    Your dad is right, I think to be who he is...those other people, shame on them!!
    They KNOW better...they know that GOD isn't hurtful like this! SO what, that you are different....you don't have to believe what THEY do....There are other stories in that bible that tell of people who didn't follow Christ or God..and he STILL cared about them,and loved them,anyhow!

    Just so you know...okay? ^ I had to add that ...because the above is true, at least to the best of MY knowledge it is!!

    anyhow, don't get blue....you should NOT have to go back into that broom closet..those people need to "get a life" and STOP believing bad things about other people..and know that GOD, already knows about people like us!!
    It's okay to be who we are!!


    lilwinky

    lilwinky
    June 19, 2007
    10:19 PM CST

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