yay! i'm not hated! *smiles delightedly* But hang on, i am. There are so many people i have encountered who are mainly xians, if i'm honest, who do hate pagans. Maybe not all xians, jews and muslims hate pagans, but a lot do.
P. M. Thorne said:You contradict yourself Persol, my friend, you first say that "most also don't really know much about what "pagan" is, and to this I agree. Som then why do you say "they hate it." I have to assume that by "it" you mean paganism.
You cannot make a statement like that, but I do know what you mean. Many have this, "hate the sin, love the sinner" thing, and I would be a bit suspicious of that too, but I swear, I know no one who hates pagans, and I know a lot of people. Yeah, I do.
Daydream Believer is all warm and reassured; let us not spoil it for him! (Just kidding around.) You guys behave! pmt
Cool, just checking.P. M. Thorne said:RAINBOW WRITESMT RESPONDS: First: If you do not know what something is, it is a bit confusing--at the least--to say that you hate it. That was the only point I was making there.
As for what I should know, perhaps you what should know is that I just might be almost as smart as you are. Do you suppose? FYI Yes, I do listen, and yes, I know no one who hates pagens, and yes the people I have exchanged thoughts with over many years, on this subject do know what a pagen is. As for me personally, I consider myself right in there with you and all the people in this world. I like almost everyone. Why not? We are all in this together, right?
Exactly. I think most intolerance (ie hate) is rooted in ignorance. It's easy to push hate against a group of people that nobody really knows. Through history, the Jews, the gypsies, the pagans, etc.Persol said:...but I think that most people who hate Paganism, are what they 'think' Paganism is... not what it actually is.