Some more thoughts

[pasithea]

It's interesting to take a stand a live with the consequences of your actiosn. Sometimes not an alltogether happy experience but so much of our world is without consequence, mabe it's good to experience it now and then.

the only person I'e banned was mercia. Someone I really expected more from. Kind of disappointed, but we hadn't talked much in the past year or so so it's no huge loss to either of us.

On the other hand, I do regret having hurt neogeen I can say that I feel she's in the top five for friendly and positive people I've met on the internet in the past fifteen years and someone I truly respect and admire. I guess the only small comfot is tha tshe has lots of friends and will hopefully heal quickly. I won't be going to make an apology or try to put it aside. I know that I am a viper. Sooner or later I would strike again, and there's no sense in posioning someone who doesn't really deserve it.

I guess that's all I have to say about it. Been too busy to deal with the fallout from this thread I really should have planned better and made this statement on a weekend or something. Or maybe it's better that I can't dwell on it.

Done is done and in part, it's liberating to finally have said it.

For what it's worth to the hurt and angry, I had a religion once, even twice. People within my religion posioned it for me and drove me out to explore other religions I found some of those 'better' but they were still toxic, if to a lesser degree, and they left me vulnerable to attacks from those of the first faith.

Over time, they wore me down and beat all sense of the divine out of me. This blade I swung was forged by those it was welded against. Every blow that was dealt to my spiritual identity helped to shape it's blade.

Comments

[centauress.livejournal.com]

There's no fucking god to come save you.

Who cares.

If belief in an organization or a supernatural force is required to be a friend, I don't want to be that friend.

Because I live in the real world, the one which we strive to explore and explain. One where reason and dreams are used as gifts and tools.

I don't want to live in fear of the supernatural.

[kyhwana.livejournal.com]

If belief in an organization or a supernatural force is required to be a friend, I don't want to be that friend.

Those're called cults. ;)

[ilthuain.livejournal.com]

I don't think it was the religious divide that caused the problem, I think it was the "you're stupid" thing. I guess you could call it 'lack of respect', but that would actually mean that you should respect people who are different from you, and I guess you shouldn't.

[centauress.livejournal.com]

Respect people who don't return that respect?

You make little sense.

[ilthuain.livejournal.com]

I thought Neogeen was DV's friend.

I'm religious. I have a roomie, Kyhwana. He's an atheist. I respect him, and I expect him to respect me.

My best friend is a Christian. He was the best man at my wedding when I married my boyfriend AND a woman. He respects me, and I have nothing but respect for him.

I know, it sounds fucking nuts. People CAN actually learn to love one another without thinking the same thing. What's funny is, most people can actually manage it. I don't feel threatened by those with different beliefs. If people wanna be a jerk to me, hey, it's on, but if there is a good person who prays to a different (or no) God, there's no problem.

Call me wacky, but I love diversity. Discussing theology 'till the morning light with someone who TOTALLY disagrees with me actually sounds like an evening well spent. Hell, I might even learn something.

[centauress.livejournal.com]

Where was Neogeen mentioned, at all, in the article?

What did Neogeen say, exactly, in response?

How is this any different from someone coming out as having taking Jesus as savior and having their friends disavow them with nary an attempt to keep them as friends?

[neogeen.livejournal.com]

Hey, if you are gonna sully my name, you can do it to my face at least. :[


I have no hard feelings towards DV.