This is where I put in some witty thing about me being evil
Opened google to do a quick search for something regarding my religion and came across a page calling me devil worshiper. Sigh.
The thing is, instead of getting mad and crying and whatever, I read and laugh. What else am I gonna do? Be mad? What's the point? I'll feel bad and accomplish nothing. I used to get mad and depressed before, mostly at the random hate these pages spout about not just my religion but every single religion out there except theirs (pages and pages and pages about how every religion is evil. So much devotion to hate.) I'd get mad and cry and- and now I read and I laugh.
I mean, sure, it's hate and ignorance and it still hurts me. It still squeezes my heart a bit in a not-fun way, but there's no point in getting mad. One of the things these page proudly announced was that Wicca was 'not an old religion AS THEY SAY! It was founded IN THE FIFTIES, THE LIARS!!'. Yes, thank you, we know we're a relatively new religion, all wiccans know this. Or they should, anyway. And I'm scrolling down this page and reading and shaking my head in amusement because that's a thing I do now, it seems. It hurts, but it doesn't make me boiling mad anymore, because there is no point. I'm not going to go out and attack someone because that's what they're doing, and it's not the solution to anything. Sure, correcting them would be nice. Having them not call every single fucking religion out there 'devil work' would be very nice indeed. But when someone is so closed up in their beliefs, they won't listen and it's just stirring trouble.
So I read and move on.
Good lord, am I growing up?
The thing is, instead of getting mad and crying and whatever, I read and laugh. What else am I gonna do? Be mad? What's the point? I'll feel bad and accomplish nothing. I used to get mad and depressed before, mostly at the random hate these pages spout about not just my religion but every single religion out there except theirs (pages and pages and pages about how every religion is evil. So much devotion to hate.) I'd get mad and cry and- and now I read and I laugh.
I mean, sure, it's hate and ignorance and it still hurts me. It still squeezes my heart a bit in a not-fun way, but there's no point in getting mad. One of the things these page proudly announced was that Wicca was 'not an old religion AS THEY SAY! It was founded IN THE FIFTIES, THE LIARS!!'. Yes, thank you, we know we're a relatively new religion, all wiccans know this. Or they should, anyway. And I'm scrolling down this page and reading and shaking my head in amusement because that's a thing I do now, it seems. It hurts, but it doesn't make me boiling mad anymore, because there is no point. I'm not going to go out and attack someone because that's what they're doing, and it's not the solution to anything. Sure, correcting them would be nice. Having them not call every single fucking religion out there 'devil work' would be very nice indeed. But when someone is so closed up in their beliefs, they won't listen and it's just stirring trouble.
So I read and move on.
Good lord, am I growing up?