So....
I wanted to discuss something that has been bugging me a lot lately. And is a big part of why I and many others do not comment anymore on anything. For me its more specifically pagan related topics I wont. Usually because it goes something like this:
Miss SunshineRainbows: Oh my Goddess there are tons of feathers in my yard! What does this mean?
Miss. SanePants: Do you feed birds?
Mr. WolfBlood: It means there are a ton of angels watching over you, feel blessed! Blessed Be
Miss. SunshineRainbows: Really?! I had a feeling that was why! Thank you so much! Love and light <3 And yes Sanepants I do feed birds.
Miss. Sanepants: Well that could be a big reason why, I mean did these feathers suddenly show up?
Miss. SunshineRainbows: No they didnt. But that doesnt mean anything. The angels could of just left them there and it just took me awhile to pick up on their message.
Miss. Sanepants: Im pretty sure its just all the birds in your yard.
At this point, a conversation that had only included 3 people suddenly increases to more because people then start attacking "Miss Sanepants" for being a troll, negative, not being a true pagan and whatever other insults or passive aggressive insults you have encountered in similar situations.
Miss Sanepants had not been rude or abrasive. She has simply suggested it was in fact the birds. But Miss Sunshine Rainbows didnt want to hear it, in fact she latched on to the first magical answer that she was looking for. She wanted to feel special and wanted others to validate that specialness. And then others joined in trying to be White Knights for no reason.
This is what we face. Simply suggesting a mundane reason for something instead of a special magical answer that the OP wants, will make people aggressive and defensive towards you. You will be pegged as nothing but a troll looking to start up trouble. And I am heartily sick of it.
One of the biggest reasons, in my opinion, why Pagans (as a general term) are not taken seriously by others is because we cannot get our heads out of the magical unicorns ass long enough to see that magic is not the answer, that feathers in your yard doesn't mean that there is a magical reason for it. They cannot see reality or the mundanes of reality.
I mean ya I can understand saying "Life is magical" Or something along those lines. Life is magical, its a miracle on how we survive, how our bodies work,, how the Earth works!
And my rant is pretty much done. :D
