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MorningGlow

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8. LOL she might very well think the latter!
Mon Jan 2, 2012, 11:00 PM
Jan 2012

No, she doesn't know what I do--not the details, anyway. When I was with my coven, I was "going to meditation classes/sessions" (not a lie--we did meditations ). I write for a trade magazine for book- and gift shops (also not a lie ).

And anything that's not Catholicism is "of the devil"--so yeah, New Age and Paganism are the same in her eyes...and the same as Hinduism, Judaism, Episcopalian...er...ism?, etc. etc. etc.

about the common enemy. That reminds me of the time I pointed out to my elder, who was talking about the influence of the divine on evolution, that that meant our beliefs were one and the same as those of creationist conservative religions. I'd never actually seen a person's head explode before that moment... To her credit, she thought it was pretty darn cool. We pagans, we open-minded like that.

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My uber-Catholic freeper-type aunt [View all] MorningGlow Jan 2012 OP
another coincidence, twin... FirstLight Jan 2012 #1
Holy crap--what a terrible situation MorningGlow Jan 2012 #2
I don't know why some folks find it nessasary to evanglize at every opurtuinty ..... Howler Jan 2012 #3
Telling her that you have been wanting to read it kentauros Jan 2012 #4
LOL she might very well think the latter! MorningGlow Jan 2012 #8
Not a "lie of ommission" eh? kentauros Jan 2012 #10
Lie of omission? MorningGlow Jan 2012 #11
Well, in THAT case, kentauros Jan 2012 #12
That's what we keep TELLING people MorningGlow Jan 2012 #13
but Catholics don't believe in the literal translation Tumbulu Jan 2012 #14
You'll have to take that up with MG's aunt ;) kentauros Jan 2012 #15
oops, sorry, wrong place , (nt) Tumbulu Jan 2012 #16
Did you see this story, MG? WolverineDG Jan 2012 #5
wow, thanks for sharing FirstLight Jan 2012 #6
It's like Rainbow Sunrise Jan 2012 #7
I did indeed, Wolverine MorningGlow Jan 2012 #9
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