So I was watching The Passion of the Christ with my family a while back, and all I could think was “Damn, Jesus was sexy.” Is that sacrilegious?
Eh, who cares, I’m Pagan. :P
But I wasn’t speaking in a comic sense. I am not the cosmos. I am a human being. I have but one perception, and that is my own. In my mind, these choices ARE important to me. Though to the Universe the colour of my hair is of little consequence, it matters to me.
And I *DID* choose to be the person I am. I created myself. Everything that I am, I chose to be. I don’t choose what’s in my heart, but I choose to follow it. I chose to come back to this world in a new body to experience new things. I am not the same person I have been in other lives, nor am I the same person I was a year ago. My experiences shape who I am, but I choose how they shape me. I choose how I will let my experiences affect me.
Though my dreads mean nothing to the planet Pluto, they mean so much to me. And that is but one example. Life is choices, and choices are what make life worth living. Without control, without the ability to choose what we make of ourselves, there is no point to living. So while I agree that everything is connected, I DO believe in a sense of separateness as well. For as I said, I have but one perception and it is my own. I cannot see from your eyes as you cannot see from mine. The individual choice is just as, if not more, important than the collective choice.
Also, who says the tree does not have some choice in when it grows? Perhaps in some sense it did. For there is more than this world, more than this reality, more than this dimension, more than this time period. Perhaps the tree decided to come into being in the “physical” realm, so the Universe willed the actions that would bring it here.
Control is not a small thing. It is a very big thing. Since we are all connected, the choices we make affect one another. This is why I am vegan. I made the CHOICE to be vegan, and in doing so, I have changed the lives of many animals. Without choices, we’d be living in a repressive communist and/or socialist type of existence…what would the meaning of life be then?
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I’m not Mormon (LDS); I’m not even a Christian. But I was raised in the LDS church, and I’ve always thought this song was so pretty. So I decided to sing it. (:
“A Child’s Prayer”
I think the turtle is my new spirit animal.
Either that, or I’m just obsessing over them right now.
Either way, turtles are pretty fucking special to me.
Conversation between a Christian man (Mormon) and a Pagan woman (eclectic)
- Him: I invite you to come marry me. (This was a status post, however, he has messaged me and other girls he doesn't know, asking them to marry him in the temple. He's asking strangers this. If you're wondering, this conversation occurred on the site, Myyearbook.com)
- Me: (as a message to him, because I was annoyed at this point) Desperation is very unattractive. Women do not like desperate men. Also, you need to learn how to be happy on your own, or you will NEVER be happy with your spouse. Also, you date before you get married. You don't just marry a random girl. That's a recipe for disaster.
- Him: :) Are you temple worthy? Are you a virgin? Because that's what I'm desperate for! If not, have faith in Christ and repent of your sins until you can get there. I trust God. If he says to marry a complete stranger, I wil.
- Me: God wouldn't tell you to marry a complete stranger, because God is not an idiot.
- Him: Read the story of Isaac and Rebekah in the the first book of the bible Genesis Chapter 24. She agreed to marry Him before even meeting him in person. She didn't have internet or a picture or an "about me" to read to help her decide. And I am looking for a girl who is looking for a Temple marriage and will work towards that goal. Not a whore who just wants to feast on some flesh and abuse the world around her. But if you are willing to repent of all your sins and serve the God with all your heart and keep all his commandments, then I am willing to give you an opertunity to be married in the Temple. Which if found worthy, will allow to the be a goddess instead of an angel after the resurrection, and be able to continue having children for all eternity. Angels cannot reproduce. Angel's have to serve the gods for all eternity.
- Me: So you're not looking for love? Wouldn't you rather be madly in love with the woman you're going to marry, rather than marry just anyone? No woman is going to agree to this. Women crave romance and passion in a marriage...not just a contract. She will want to get to know you first, and then she'll want to be romanced and swept off her feet by you. She'll want to be romantic and sweet. She'll want you to marry her because you love her, not just because she was there. You have been asking for this for a very long time on MyYearbook, and I'm telling you why it isn't happening. Women want to be in love. They won't marry some strange man on the internet who claims to be a faithful LDS man. People can claim whatever they want on the internet. They have no reason to trust or believe you. These things take time. You sound quite impatient, so I'm sorry to burst your bubble, but you're not going to find a woman on here and get married this week, unless you find a woman who is completely insane. A sane and rational woman would never do that.
- Him: I love all God's daughters. I have been engaged twice this last year to two beautiful virgins. Who unfortunatly I had to brake up with because neither was ready or was the girl I felt I should marry. Both I found on the enternet. And you can't fake being worthy for a temple marriage. One must get several interviews by church leaders who recieve revalation and prophecy from God and stand as judges and are held acountable before God if they let someone unworthy enter into the everlasting covenant. The whore of the world wishes for all the blessings of heaven without any works of faith and repentance. I understand whores want sex first, but the best things in life come to those who wait and live the commandments of God and marry first. We are charged to love and forgive all. And seek Forgiveness from God for our sins and forsake them all. And become clean and worthy through the atonement of Christ. My Job, is to try to marry you in the temple. If we aren't meant to be together, at least I know I invited you to live a better life.
- Me: You don't START a relationship with engagement. You can meet on the internet, but you START a relationship with going on dates! Then you start dating, then you move on to being in a serious relationship, and then, after at least a year or two, you both decide if you are ready for marriage. The dating process is meant for finding someone you are compatible with, and finding the person you want to marry. You may love all of God's daughters, but love and being IN LOVE are two totally different things! You love your mom, but you would never marry your mom. There is a difference between love and in love. Being temple worthy is not enough for two people to get married. There is SO MUCH MORE to marriage than that. There's love and trust, and compatibility. You are not going to have that with every single girl who is temple worthy. Relationships take time and effort to build, and they are not easy! They're very very hard! But getting through the hard stuff is what makes the bond between two people strong. My grandparents have been married for 40 years. They said that the reason they were able to stay together is because they were best friends FIRST. You should marry a girl who will be your best friend, since she will be your companion from this life into the next. If you're not best friends, you will both be very miserable. It seems to me like you are looking for the easy way out, and your marriage will fail because of it.
- Him: I will do my Lord's will and keep his comandments. I will treat others like I wish to be treated. I choose to be a god. I wish you would as well.
- Me: You didn't take in anything that I said. I'm beginning to wonder if you have a brain deficiency. And I already am a motherfucking goddess. I don't need your religion or your bullshit rules to be one.
- Him: I love you Taylore... Have faith in Christ and repent of your sins.
- Me: You don't love me. You might have compassion for me as a fellow human being, but you cannot love what you do not know, and you do not know me. I have faith in myself. I don't need Christ. I know him, and he's great, but I don't need him. I just need me.
- Him: I do love you. And everyone one this planet needs Christ to be forgiven of there sins and to be ressurected after death. And if you don't repent, He will ressurect you as an angel and not a god. which means no babies and no planets
- Me: Oh, but I don't believe in sin. I think that is a false concept used to make people feel guilty for things that make them feel good. I think if it makes you smile, and doesn't hurt anyone, then there is nothing wrong with it. I believe that everyone has their own god/goddess, and that it is them. I am already a Goddess. I have a Goddess, and She loves me, and I pray to Her. I do not pray to her consort, the God. I can appreciate Him, but I do not intimately need Him like I need Her. She understands me better because she is a woman. I believe that every religion is true, simply because people believe in it, and when we die, whatever we think will happen, will. So you will become a God and whatnot. And I will be reborn onto this planet and live many more lives until I want to do something else. Just because one thing is true, that doesn't mean the opposite thing is false. We do not live in a world of Black and White. There are no absolutes.
- (I'll post more as we message more.) : P
Ignorance.
Let me tell you all something:
The world is filled with ignorant people. Every single person on this planet is ignorant about something!
Ignorant:
adjective
1.
lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
2.
lacking knowledge or information as to a particular subject or fact: ignorant of quantum physics.
3.
uninformed; unaware.
4.
due to or showing lack of knowledge or training: an ignorant statement.
So, if you claim you are not ignorant, then you are claiming that you know EVERYTHING about EVERYTHING. That sounds like a very naive and stupid claim to me.
How is ignorance overcome? Well, when you become less ignorant about a subject, how do you do that? Do you read a book, participate in an activity, sit in a classroom, listen to someone speak who knows more about the subject than you do? Or do you sit and listen to someone insult you over and over and over again?
It makes me so angry to see people openly attack ignorant people. They are never going to learn. They are never going to change. When you attack somebody, they instantly become defensive. This means they are no longer receptive to your arguments, no matter how logical they are. They are going to defend their opinions to the death, because rather than lovingly trying to educate them, you insulted them and now their pride is hurt!
It especially angers me when the people being attacked are FOURTEEN YEARS OLD. Think about yourself at 14 years old. You thought you knew everything, and were on top of the world, yeah? That’s how teenagers think. Now imagine somebody came up to you and just tore you apart because of your opinions/beliefs. Please, tell me, how many of you have exactly the same beliefs and opinions that you did when you were 14? Almost none of you, because you all fucking grew up. If somebody tore you down, you would be depressed, suicidal, and think the whole world hates you. Why? Because it’s true? No, it’s because you’re a teenager! That’s just how teenagers work!
DO NOT INSULT IGNORANT PEOPLE FOR BEING IGNORANT. This keeps them from growing and learning. This prevents CHANGE.
Be the motherfucking change you want to see in the world. Don’t become a part of the reason change isn’t happening.
So how do you beat ignorance? With love, kindness, and education.
This song is really beautiful. There’s only one line I don’t like: “There is one God, and that’s a fact.” A fact is a Universal truth that can be proven. The existence of God cannot be proven, therefore it is not a fact. I believe in multiple Gods. Some people believe in none.
But the repetition of “I am who I am, and that is that,” is just gorgeous. (: Perfect song for spiritual work or meditation. I first heard it in my Pilates class.
godpopbot asked: That was a bit offensive. Not all those who follow the Bible act like idiots. The crazy ones you see are a limited number of people. This goes for any other religion that follow some sort of document. Have some respect for religious people. You wouldn't want one of those people who scrutinize others and yet wouldn't appreciate it if someone did the same about your beliefs.
You’re right…I can see how that could offend some people. I’m sorry about that.
Let me clarify… The people who follow the BIBLE religiously, I feel are kind of idiotic. The BIBLE was written by MEN a couple thousand years ago and the laws in it are barbaric. The people who follow CHRIST and not the BIBLE are generally good-natured people. I didn’t mean to say that religious people are idiotic. I would never make such a general statement about such a huge group of people. Any person who follows any book 100% with no shred of doubt tend to be dumb. There are exceptions to every rule and generalization, so I’m not talking about every person.
When I read a book, I take the bits and pieces of it that make sense to me, then research those things to see if I would turn them into beliefs. I wouldn’t believe something just because it’s in a book. I would have more than just that reason to back it up. It bothers me when someone says they believe something just because it’s in the Bible without any other reason to believe it, then say they don’t believe something else that it’s in the Bible because they don’t like it. That is so stupid. Like when someone says homosexuality is wrong because the Bible says so, but slavery isn’t okay because it’s wrong, even though the Bible says it isn’t! Have another reason, you know?
You don’t need to read an entire book to know that it is a shitty book.
You don’t need to read all of Twilight to know it is shitty. Read the first few pages. Watch five minutes of the movie. See how the followers who adorn that book act. It’s a shitty book.
You don’t need to read all of the Bible to know it is shitty. Read the first few pages. Watch five minutes of the movie. See how the followers who adorn that book act. It’s a shitty book.
(Yes there are tons of movies based off the Bible.)
Stop telling people they need to read the entire thing to comment on it. No, you don’t.
