When I first posted to this question I did so on
alt.paranormal.spells.hexes.magic - but when posting on another topic
I had somehow crossed over to alt.magic, which I was not at the time a
member of- so I remedied that. No i did not join this list to be
insulted or questioned about my beliefs - which I know you really
don't two ****s about (and believe me, that's fine as far as I'm
concerned) - but which does lead to the question Why you even bother
to continue about them?
I do not confuse magic and religion.. though in many instances the two
do cross in the case of catholocism- which again doesn't concern me,
so I have even less to say about that other than in reference. I do
keep my magic seperate from my religion, but there are parts of that
wor****p that come close, but do not cross the line.
As to my confusion - yes, I was at first very confused about this list
and how it operated. I read lots of posts on alt.magic that were just
out and out arguments... no real debate, but hard flung insults which
eventually made the most intellectual responses invalid by the end of
the post thread. It was like watching a deconstruction thru words.
Yes... this baffled me. Personally, name calling doesn't mean crap to
me... I was in the military, so there's nothing at all that can be
said to me or about me that is going to hurt my feelings. What would
shock me is actual civility - which I have no fear of happening here.
We have bred our monsters in this society and so we live with them.
You wrote: Why do you have any beliefs at all? Why not let go of the
whole lot?
That is the $50,000 dollar question isn't it? Man has been asking that
one since he first prayed to something. Yeah, I do and I'm not letting
go anytime soon. I'm not going to drag them out here for people to
insult, because they are sacred to me. I see no reason to subject
myself to that, or to give anyone a new target to throw stones at.
Debate is one thing, brawling with words another.
I did join this list to find out how much people are alike in the way
they express their beliefs, magicks, whatever and in the end I learned
that people are not so alike as I would like to think. Many are
viscious for visciousness sake. It's an easy trap to fall into when
you're on the defensive. I nearly lost myself to it a few times. I
don't buy into it though... I was taught at a very young age that when
people shout at each other, none of them listen.
There's plenty of stuff in this post to attack, but it makes nothing
less true nor more im****tant.. or even true at all. It is only my
words and I like us all am prone to mistakes. Wishy-washy hogwash?
To some. Not to me. I'm not going to get in a knot over it.
Thank you Erwin for your concern and what you've shown me.
BalanceDragon
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