Sabrina, Harry Potter, and the Web help Paganism grow

reuters ^ | June 19,2003 | Pete Harrison

[USMMA_83]

I can't stop laughing at your posts to effdot. Ok, for the hell of it, how would you effdot the above sentence?

[dogbyte12]

"Don't you just want to party all night with this guy?"

Party/Laurel Hardy-Boys/Nancy Drew(Carey)=Hold/(En)Caulifield(Catcher in rYE)Bread=Dough/Doh(Homer Simpson!!!)

[Xenalyte]

You're a freakin' comic genius!

[PhoenixTears]

I am a Pagan.
Or a Neo-Pagan, whatever you feel like calling it. I do not believe in Jesus. I DO believe in God. I believe in a female deity also, the Goddess if you will.
I am not a Liberal Feminazi. I AM a Libertarian who learned to shoot a 22. rifle at the age of 6, who periodically goes to church with her grandmother for quality time, who despises Hillary and Bill Clinton, and all that they stand for, and went to a Pro-Troops rally this year.

Pagans do not believe in Satan, the Devil, etc. The ones I have known believe that to give evil a name, you give it power, so they do not name it. They believe in reincarnation, they believe in Karma, they believe in responsibility for their actions. The phrase "An it harm none, do what thou will" though not rooted in actual historical practices, has some sense in it. Live and let live.

I know many people who are Christians, Jews and Atheists. Many of these people are my friends. We are tolerant of each others religions, while we do not believe in what they believe, we don't point fingers and scream "You're going to Hell!!!" (This has actually happened to me.)

My cousins are Baptist missionaries, and they have tried multiple times to convert me. I know that many of the people who give me stickers that proclaim "Jesus Loves Me!" are only doing what they think is best for me. They fear that I'll go to Hell to pay for my sins of not believing in Christianity. I love them dearly for caring so much about me, but it's not going to change what I believe in. I'm not hurting anyone, so I think people should let me believe in what I want to, and not make fun of it. I do the same for them, all I can ask is that they do the same for me.

I am not a baby-eating, Hitlery supporting, murderous wench. I am a 14 year old girl who got 1300 on her SAT's, was best in her Biology class of 40 at Villanova University, and who enjoys gardening, cooking, and computer programming. I also happen to be Pagan. Deal with it.