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Violet Song jat Shariff Crew
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 Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 3:12 pm
In Medias Res IV Violet Song jat Shariff Hello! I am Violet Song jat Shariff. Call me Vi or Vivi for short. I don't give my real name unless I'm decently familiar with you wink . So hang in there. I am an Asatruar (Nordic Reconstructionist) and Seeking Wicca. The only areas I'm not too familiar with are Kemetic gods and practices and most of Ceremonial Magic. I do not have a patron god or goddess. I do not cast circles. I do not I've been learning a good bit about Islam lately and am waiting to get my hands on a copy of the Qur'an. I am a modest dresser. I do this out of personal preference rather than religious or culture, although I *do* wish I did it for one of those reasons so that I could wear it to work and have a "solid" reason other than "Well I like it." gonk I'm engaged and living with my honey in Ohio. If there's anything else you want to know, just ask smile And thank you to IMR for making this wonderful guild! OH! You're going to be so proud of me. I bought a few long sleeve shirts, same shirts different colour. Guess who is going to wear her t-shirts and other shirts on top of long sleeves now? Yes yes me indeed. Modestly FOR THE WIN. I had to throw that out there. !!! Good luck hon! *squish*
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Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 5:32 pm
Mei tsuki7 Riiko..Izawa iMystere Riiko..Izawa Hi, My name is Kelsey (sometimes on the internet I go by Abby, just because I like the sound of it!) Um, I am Christian. I have been nondenominational all my life but have recently been looking at liberal protestant Churches. I'm going to be a junior in high school and for non-religious reasons I am vegetarian! ^^ I think this guild is a wonderful idea and I think promoting tolerance is a wonderful goal! There she is! biggrin I actually don't entirely consider myself any denomination, but I'm pretty sure my church is protestant. It's too bad you don't live here, because it's pretty liberal and loving. A lot of the members even have tattoos. And yay to being a vegetarian! biggrin Well that's sweet! I'm actually having a little "Church issues" I want to go to one that my parents "don't agree with" But the thing is, it's more nontraditional but one I'm actually excited to go to! The one in town is boring and meh, but the other one is more youth oriented and amazing. Oh well. From what I understand, "liberal protestant" is something like a denomination of Christianity. Different from Liberal like the political party. http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/2001/06/What-Liberal-Protestants-Believe.aspxI had always considered myself nondenominational but this pretty much fit me exactly. If your interested you should check out this site, it was helpful for me and may be for you aswell ^^ http://www.beliefnet.com/Entertainment/Quizzes/BeliefOMatic.aspx It's a quiz that takes what you believe and matches to other belief systems to see what agrees whit you. It's certainly informative and interesting. Liberal Protestant is not a denomination. Protestant denominations, well all christian denominations, are like countries. Some people are liberal and some are conservative and some are in the middle. Liberal Protestant is just being a type of protestant and being liberal. A church tends to all be one kind, either liberal, also called progressive, conservative or somewhere in between. My Methodist church for example was very progressive. Now there are some denominations as a whole that are progressive like Episcopal. They actually allow homosexuals to be pastors. It's in their doctrine. Ummm if you can't tell even though I'm an agnostic theist I know a lot about Christianity. I used to spend hours talking to my pastor and I used to be involved in my Church's head council. I know how church's work. Plus my mom is still the lay leader for my old church. Thank you very much! I'm glad someone here knows what they are talking about! ^^
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Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 6:05 pm
Shemhamforash, everyone. Most of you should know me from my time in ED...if not, my name's Setar, I'm a Satanist and apathetic as all hell =D
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Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 9:07 pm
My name is Pas, Pasi, or if you want to get personal, Jess.
You have probably seen me around in the ED, debating badly.
I have changed my religious beliefs and my personal position on all sorts of matters more times than I can count really. The more I learn through debating the more I change I guess.
I suppose you can call me an agnostic. I recently came to my conclusion as an agnostic after taking a mythology course in college last semester. I cannot get around the striking similarities old mythologies, dead religions and such have with the current religions of today. So essentially that is what lead me to take the stance I now have on all religions, mythology, and spirituality in general.
Who knows though? I may just change my opinion on that sooner than we all think... ninja
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Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 10:27 pm
Hi I'm Robert. I get the feeling most people know me around here. I am a practicing Christian Gnostic.
In my youth I attended the United Methodist Church. I loved being a member of this Church growing up but my only complaint was that I was curious about magic and there seemed to be clear cut prohibitions against magic though it was never brought up except by those outside of the United Methodist Church, looking back in retrospect now. Also I seemed to run into the worst represenatives of Christianity imaginable. The only person that kept me from becoming a Xtian basher was my grandfather, who was also the pastor of the United Methodist Church I grew up in because he seemed to get the point about what the greatest commandment was. Also my issues was also a feeling bit of a void. I felt the emotional connection but it still seemed incomplete.
I became a fluffy pagan around 18-19 and remained as such since I didn't want to give up religion all together. Around 20-21 I learned about Gnosticism. Another religion I could use to disassociate myself from Christianity. After realizing and accepting that Gnosticism was a branch of Christianity, I ended up falling in the trap of treating religion as basic philosophy and that's all there was to it. Just mental exercises and repetitive actions to reinforce the mental exercises.
On February 28 around 10 am I meditated and asked God to show me what I need to be shown and sure enough I saw the Light and it really reinforced Christianity for me, both traditional and gnostic. I believe this was gnosis because I have talked to Gnostics and other mainstream Christians who have had the same experience as me and our experiences are surprisingly similar. I no longer doubt if there is a God and now actual understand what that statement "because God first love me".
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Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 11:15 pm
Is this for real? Am I really being totally ignored, aside from Aino and Ren, along with at least one other that I have noticed? Am I truly that scary, or is it wrong that I came here, having no faith, and looking to learn? Or did I do something to offend someone, and no one has brought it to my attention? Or is it simply an oversight? I have to admit to being extremely confused.
But regardless, I can see that this guild and I are not exactly a 'good fit'. I apologize for wasting your time, and my own.
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Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 11:20 pm
Violently Affectionate Is this for real? Am I really being totally ignored, aside from Aino and Ren, along with at least one other that I have noticed? Am I truly that scary, or is it wrong that I came here, having no faith, and looking to learn? Or did I do something to offend someone, and no one has brought it to my attention? Or is it simply an oversight? I have to admit to being extremely confused. But regardless, I can see that this guild and I are not exactly a 'good fit'. I apologize for wasting your time, and my own. I'm sorry you feel that way. I'm just joined and have a slow computer. I think it's slow moving since it's very new and there are other active guilds we are apart of.
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Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 11:30 pm
Violently Affectionate Hello there! My name is Mary. I foudn this guild because of my new buddy Ren and I thought it looked interesting. So here I am! As far as religion goes, I was christened Catholic, and when my mom left the church, we became baptist, and eventually we stopped going to church altogether. Since then, I have been a Wiccan, a Pagan, a christian again, and now I'm just nothing..complete lack of faith. I suppose that's why I'm here. I want to believe in something. I live in Alabama as well, and I am a housewife to a Germanic NeoPagan. We are not formally married, because I am not allowed to get married (long story), but we have taken a pledge to each other, and as far as I am concerned, that is as good as marriage. I don't have a problem with religions, in themselves. I am extremely tolerant of any religion and any person, until they tell me that I am going to burn in hell for what I believe (or don't believe, as the case may be) Welcome, I'm sure your wisdom will be invaluable to us all here ^^.
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Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 11:35 pm
rmcdra Violently Affectionate Hello there! My name is Mary. I foudn this guild because of my new buddy Ren and I thought it looked interesting. So here I am! As far as religion goes, I was christened Catholic, and when my mom left the church, we became baptist, and eventually we stopped going to church altogether. Since then, I have been a Wiccan, a Pagan, a christian again, and now I'm just nothing..complete lack of faith. I suppose that's why I'm here. I want to believe in something. I live in Alabama as well, and I am a housewife to a Germanic NeoPagan. We are not formally married, because I am not allowed to get married (long story), but we have taken a pledge to each other, and as far as I am concerned, that is as good as marriage. I don't have a problem with religions, in themselves. I am extremely tolerant of any religion and any person, until they tell me that I am going to burn in hell for what I believe (or don't believe, as the case may be) Welcome, I'm sure your wisdom will be invaluable to us all here ^^. Absolutely!! I second this. I'm sorry you can't get married, no one should not be allowed to. I'm glad this doesn't exist where I live with homosexuality, although, we don't allow polygamy even under common law. I have no view on the issue at all aside from love and sex between consenting adults is their business only. I'm around only sporadically since I work strange hours. Most here are used to this, please don't take it personally. I tend to ignore rmcdra a lot but it's not on purpose! (I promise).
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Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 11:40 pm
In Medias Res IV rmcdra Violently Affectionate Hello there! My name is Mary. I foudn this guild because of my new buddy Ren and I thought it looked interesting. So here I am! As far as religion goes, I was christened Catholic, and when my mom left the church, we became baptist, and eventually we stopped going to church altogether. Since then, I have been a Wiccan, a Pagan, a christian again, and now I'm just nothing..complete lack of faith. I suppose that's why I'm here. I want to believe in something. I live in Alabama as well, and I am a housewife to a Germanic NeoPagan. We are not formally married, because I am not allowed to get married (long story), but we have taken a pledge to each other, and as far as I am concerned, that is as good as marriage. I don't have a problem with religions, in themselves. I am extremely tolerant of any religion and any person, until they tell me that I am going to burn in hell for what I believe (or don't believe, as the case may be) Welcome, I'm sure your wisdom will be invaluable to us all here ^^. Absolutely!! I second this. I'm sorry you can't get married, no one should not be allowed to. I'm glad this doesn't exist where I live with homosexuality, although, we don't allow polygamy even under common law. I have no view on the issue at all aside from love and sex between consenting adults is their business only. I'm around only sporadically since I work strange hours. Most here are used to this, please don't take it personally. I tend to ignore rmcdra a lot but it's not on purpose! (I promise). Oh I'm used to it. I know I'm avoided because I'm crazy. I mean I must be crazy. Only crazy people say they know of God and not just believe in God.
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Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 11:42 pm
rmcdra In Medias Res IV rmcdra Violently Affectionate Hello there! My name is Mary. I foudn this guild because of my new buddy Ren and I thought it looked interesting. So here I am! As far as religion goes, I was christened Catholic, and when my mom left the church, we became baptist, and eventually we stopped going to church altogether. Since then, I have been a Wiccan, a Pagan, a christian again, and now I'm just nothing..complete lack of faith. I suppose that's why I'm here. I want to believe in something. I live in Alabama as well, and I am a housewife to a Germanic NeoPagan. We are not formally married, because I am not allowed to get married (long story), but we have taken a pledge to each other, and as far as I am concerned, that is as good as marriage. I don't have a problem with religions, in themselves. I am extremely tolerant of any religion and any person, until they tell me that I am going to burn in hell for what I believe (or don't believe, as the case may be) Welcome, I'm sure your wisdom will be invaluable to us all here ^^. Absolutely!! I second this. I'm sorry you can't get married, no one should not be allowed to. I'm glad this doesn't exist where I live with homosexuality, although, we don't allow polygamy even under common law. I have no view on the issue at all aside from love and sex between consenting adults is their business only. I'm around only sporadically since I work strange hours. Most here are used to this, please don't take it personally. I tend to ignore rmcdra a lot but it's not on purpose! (I promise). Oh I'm used to it. I mean I must be crazy. Only crazy people say they know of God and not just believe in God. I mean I never PM you back ninja I'm a child abuser because I agree with circumcision so that makes us even in the crazy department ;]
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Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 11:46 pm
In Medias Res IV I mean I never PM you back ninja I'm a child abuser because I agree with circumcision so that makes us even in the crazy department ;] Oh water off a duck's back on the PM's I don't hold it against ya. "They're coming to take us away haha"
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Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 9:40 am
Violently Affectionate Is this for real? Am I really being totally ignored, aside from Aino and Ren, along with at least one other that I have noticed? Am I truly that scary, or is it wrong that I came here, having no faith, and looking to learn? Or did I do something to offend someone, and no one has brought it to my attention? Or is it simply an oversight? I have to admit to being extremely confused. But regardless, I can see that this guild and I are not exactly a 'good fit'. I apologize for wasting your time, and my own. ...you're seriously leaving because only a few persons replied to your introduction? People will not reply when they have nothing to say. I assure you, you are welcome here. You were not being ignored; your post simply failed to inspire conversation. Look at the other people; many have no more than one or two persons commenting on their initial post - if that. It is in no way a slight.
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Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 10:56 am
Might as well get this done.
Hello, my name is Rhiannon but you guys can call me Rai, or if you really want to you can call me Rhiannon or any other variant of it. ex Rhi, or Ria. razz I'm a 19 year old Protestant. I was born in Chicago Heights, Illinois, which is an hour directly south of Chicago. I can be very arrogant, a b***h, evil, mean, etc. But by default, by nature, I'm a sweet, kind gentle person. However I do put up many shields and defensives because I'm not trusting of a lot of people. I'm a fiercely loyal person, and I fight for my friends. I also fight for the underdog. It's a trait I got from my dad.
I am ultimately by nature, very crazy and I do have a short fuse. Mainly because of my German heritage, and the fact that I have lost a great deal of my patience over the past 9 years. I have been suffering from emotional instability for years, I was at my worst when I was 14. I have made some recovery over the past 6 years. I've had relapses here and there. (For some odd reason I sound like a recovering alcoholic)
I have great interests about religions however some religions do seem to confusing and hard for me to wrap my head around. >.< I get confused rather easily. I also like learning about different cultures and mannerisms. I have aspirations of being a sociologist, anthropologist or even a psychologists. :3
I'm a huge nerd. I love playing role playing games like Final Fantasy, Shadow Hearts, Xenosaga, the Shin Megami Tensei trilogy. I love playing Perfect world which is an mmorpg, it's kinda like WoW, but it's free, it has amazing graphics, amazing music, and it has a Chinese theme to it. I like listening to rock music. And I'm interested in mythology.
I currently live in Texas and I hate it. It's too hot, and many of the people here are ignorant and intolerant. -.-
Even though I'm Christian, I'm not religious in any way. I respect other people's religions and their decisions. I am not going to tell anyone who is going to hell or not. I don't even think Hell is reserved for sinners or non-believers. I believe that everyone goes to hell as long as they do good works and are overall good people. I do not tolerate people condemning others especially Catholics. My grandfather is Catholic, and I take intolerance of Catholics very seriously because I feel that it is offensive to my family. neutral
I get my I guess...activist nature from my dad who is very liberal and possibly from my great-grandmother who protested against Hitler. -shrugs-
Also, I sometimes like stalking IMR. wink j/k
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Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 1:54 pm
My religion is Reform Judaism.
Why am I Jewish?
I was born into it, having been born Shmuel to a Reform Jewish mother.
Because I believe in the One true god Hashem, Creator of all things.
Because I believe in the Ancient Israelites' covenant with Him through the Torah.
Because I believe in the values and ethics of Judaism such as Tikun Olam, repairing the world.
Because I feel that faith is important and though, as the Rambam said, G-d's existence can never be proven, I still can and do believe in Him.
Because i believe that G-d does have a plan and all bad things happen for a reason. though we have free will.
Because I am a fervent Zionist who believes in Israel, the Spiritual Homeland of the Jews, given to us by G-d thousands of years ago.
Because I feel a strong connection to my Homeland and Ancestry through the Holy Language Hebrew, which I speak fluently.
Because I believe in Circumcision from experience.
Because I believe I am a Chosen Person of G-d.
Why Reform Judaism?
Because I believe in Educated, Informed Decision about how we as Jews practice our covenant.
Because I fell that ethics are often more important than rituals in terms of commandments.
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