Hello all of you Whiteblazers,
Let me start off with this. I have received quite a bit of information from this site for my upcoming thru in a few years and I plan on keeping up with WB happenings as much as I have been. I hope this thread will not diminsh your feeling to me.
I have one problem, I am not a Christian, I do not harbor any bad feelings to those that are, as a matter of fact I don't care what religion you are. What I am is Wiccan (also referred to as Pagan), we Wiccans refer to ourselves as Witches. Yes, men are witches also. We belive in only good, we don't sacrifice animals nor do we believe in Satan or Heaven or Hell. We do believe in reincarnation. We have several rules or Laws that we follow.
The law of return means that you will receive what you give, if you are bad then bad thigs will happen, etc. Much akin to Karma.
We also believe in nature and more than one diety. Our creator is the Goddess.
Our major law is the Wiccan rede, "an ye harm none, do as you will". Simply stated you can do as please as long as it does not hurt anything.
A good web site for more info is: http://www.wicca.com/celtic/wicca/wicca0.htm
There are 82 threads on WB that use the term Christian when someone has given something to someone in a chartiable fashion. I give to charities and I gave to Miss Janet even though I haven't even met her yet.
There are many non-christians out there that might take offense to this. Jews, Bhuddists, Muslims to name a few. All I ask is that you take time to think about how much your words will affect people.
Not all non-christians are bad, just like all christians are not all good.
Think about it, if you wish to make this a religous battle so be it, I will not participate though. These are my feelings and I wish to remain friends with each and every one of you.
Thanks
Gumby