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- Harry Potter has absolutely no resemblance to the practice of witchcraft. Magic wands do not exist, nor do we pretend they do, outside of Hollywood. Potions to turn your buddies into newts? Not since Monty Python. Relax, folks, it's entertainment. If you've raised your kid, they'll think about it, and someone who accepts the church will continue to do so. Someone like me will turn away, but I did so without any inspiration. Think of it as a chance to talk to your kid about the things you think are important.
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Name : Kerry, Gender : F, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Wiccan, Age : 32, City : Ventura, State : CA Country : United States, Occupation : Stagehand, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class,I sit on public toilets. I do look before I sit down, because too often the seat is not clean. But good grief, I have better things to worry about! As noted by another poster, diseases don't live well on objects and aren't likely to be transmitted through the skin. On cooking: if it's my husband and myself, yes, I'll taste sometimes. Usually I use a fork, which I will later use to eat with. I never do it if there are guests expected. Yes, I kiss in the morning, but we both brush our teeth at night. As far as showering goes, I don't generally use a washcloth. Dead skin is shed, all by itself.User Detail :
Name : Kerry, Gender : F, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Wiccan, Age : 32, City : Ventura, State : CA Country : United States, Occupation : Stagehand, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class,Not all dabble in magick. Some use it strictly as a religious framework for how they see the world structured. Regarding practical doctrines, if you ask 100 witches, you'll get at least that many answers. Most have in common a belief in following the wheel of the year, with 8 holidays, Ostara (Easter), Samhain (Hallowe'en), Yule, etc. Most have a procedure for casting a ritual circle for protection, involving the four directions and four elements. Nobody is 100 percent safe, as has been stated, but we try to make sure our intent is as pure as possible.Most of us don't see the world as 'evil' and 'good' but as two sides of the same coin. Male and female, yes, but not one at the expense of the other. Dark and light, yes, but one must have the other to exist and have any meaning. And there are things I would like to attract into my life, and things I do not. That's about as close as I can come to defining 'evil.'
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Name : Kerry, Gender : F, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Wiccan, Age : 32, City : Ventura, State : CA Country : United States, Occupation : Stagehand, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class,Anne, I'd agree that saying it's 'OK' to be gay so long as nobody has to acknowledge it is just about as bad as saying flat-out that it's not OK to be gay. Monique, the real news is that your creator made me queer, just as sure as you were made straight. I didn't hear your God tell me it's wrong; I heard the prophets and men say so, though. I am unable to change who I am attracted to. Neither are you. Granted, I wouldn't give up loving women, but that's not the point. Cinque, it may be natural for you to see a man and a woman holding hands, but it's just as natural for me to see two women. I have yet to see any argument other than religion against gay folks. Even the 'natural' argument doesn't hold water - animals exhibit homosexual behavior on a fairly regular basis, and that's as natural as you can get.User Detail :
Name : Kerry, Gender : F, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Wiccan, Age : 32, City : Ventura, State : CA Country : United States, Occupation : Stagehand, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class,I thought it was to duplicate the look of nylon stockings without actually having to wear them. Why we shave our underarms, however, is a mystery to me.User Detail :
Name : Kerry, Gender : F, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Wiccan, Age : 32, City : Ventura, State : CA Country : United States, Occupation : Stagehand, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class,I think at issue here is the only 'arguments' that I've seen against homosexuality have been religious in nature, and that wouldn't hold true for an atheist. What do they have to get upset about?User Detail :
Name : Kerry, Gender : F, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Wiccan, Age : 32, City : Ventura, State : CA Country : United States, Occupation : Stagehand, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class,My husband takes considerably longer than I do in the shower, especially in the morning. About the only time he beats me is at the gym, but that's probably because he doesn't like the shower there like he likes ours at home.User Detail :
Name : Kerry, Gender : F, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Wiccan, Age : 32, City : Ventura, State : CA Country : United States, Occupation : Stagehand, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class,Why do I believe that there's something out there? Because I have experienced the touch of divinity. I have no organized religion, and I doubt I will ever find one that suits my needs. I worship with a small group of people who agree closely enough with me, but that's as far as it can go for me. I'm happy that a church works for you, but it never has for me. I don't need to 'believe', because I have been with my gods.User Detail :
Name : Kerry, Gender : F, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Wiccan, Age : 32, City : Ventura, State : CA Country : United States, Occupation : Stagehand, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class,Women bond by communicating, whereas men tend to use speech only to exchange information. We are also more interested in finding similarities with the people we are talking to. We want to be like the people we are talking to. The people I'm talking to do find what I'm saying interesting, or they wouldn't continue to talk to me. And I find them interesting. On a train or bus or something, it doesn't matter who you're sitting next to, you're not going to be interested in their conversation, so I generally try to keep the volume low and go on with my business. What's my other option, to sit in bored silence and wait until I have a deserted area to talk to somebody?User Detail :
Name : Kerry, Gender : F, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Wiccan, Age : 32, City : Ventura, State : CA Country : United States, Occupation : Stagehand, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class,Straight folks advertise in a thousand ways, without even realizing it. You try to pay attention some day, to how often you talk about it. Do you admire some girl walking past? HIDE your glance. Do you wear a wedding ring? Take it off. Any pictures on your desk? Nope. You can't so much as walk down the street holding hands. No hello/goodbye kisses, no hugging, no talking about them ever. If a straight person does any of these things, nobody says anything. They can practically have sex, and nobody notices. Two women walk down a street holding hands, and you'd think the world just ended, the way some people react, telling these two very low-key women how 'aggressive' they are. The tiniest thing, if the couple are the same gender, is blown way out of proportion. As for mental illness, homosexuality was correctly removed from the list in the '70's. We aren't ill any more than anybody else.User Detail :
Name : Kerry, Gender : F, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Wiccan, Age : 32, City : Ventura, State : CA Country : United States, Occupation : Stagehand, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class,People do lots of things in bedrooms. Even if you think it's perverted, what does it hurt? Nothing. So go for it.User Detail :
Name : Kerry, Gender : F, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Wiccan, Age : 32, City : Ventura, State : CA Country : United States, Occupation : Stagehand, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class,Everybody says that because 'god' made Adam and Eve, that that excludes anything else. But that myth was created to justify patriarchy, the new religion, to degrade the previously female-centered religions. This story has very vicious repercussions, even if we leave sex out of it. Woman to blame for original sin? Oh, my. Every culture on earth has some similar creation myth, their gods made the first man and the first woman. Does this mean that if god created a spotted dog, that all-white dogs are not his creation? Alistair, you have a good point about helping us to limit the population. Mice do the same thing in over-crowded conditions. When the population pressure is relieved, they reproduce. Homosexual behavior occurs in animals; are they unnatural? It must have some purpose, or it wouldn't keep occurring. We have been here throughout and before recorded history. Not reproducing ourselves, we are still here. We are still being born. And we can't change, any more than anybody else can. For myself, I wouldn't be willing to change, even if it were possible. I can accept belief in god, if it helps you to be a better person. But disapproving of me doesn't help you do that. 'Love the sinner, hate the sin'- not possible. Not helpful.User Detail :
Name : Kerry, Gender : F, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Wiccan, Age : 32, City : Ventura, State : CA Country : United States, Occupation : Stagehand, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class,Called Butch. It's a whole identity, but it has nothing to do with wanting to 'be' a man. Men are where the power and status are. Looking like a man is a way to emulate that power, to allow yourself to feel that confidence that you know you have. That, and pants are just more comfortable than dresses. Some lesbians do like feminine-looking women, they're just harder to spot. Your friend's girlfriend could also be transgender, in which case she *could* in fact want to be male. S/he could be at that point straight or gay, it's a different dynamic.User Detail :
Name : Kerry, Gender : F, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Wiccan, Age : 32, City : Ventura, State : CA Country : United States, Occupation : Stagehand, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class,I doubt there ever can be one true faith. I don't even think there *should* be. We've been fighting about it for eons. Most faiths don't proclaim themselves to be the one and only; it's one thing that attracted me to them. People all need different things from religion, and the same ritual cannot provide all things to all people. What religion you choose is what speaks to you. Look at them, read their holy books. Don't necessarily take them literally, but read them. Talk to people- why do they go to that church or mosque or synagogue or that grove in the woods?User Detail :
Name : Kerry, Gender : F, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Wiccan, Age : 32, City : Ventura, State : CA Country : United States, Occupation : Stagehand, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class,It's always a stress to tell somebody you're not straight, no matter who it is, or how long you've known them, or how accepting you expect them to be. Actually, after you get to know somebody, it's worse to tell them, because they might expect you to have told them sooner, and it's Why tell me now?User Detail :
Name : Kerry, Gender : F, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Wiccan, Age : 32, City : Ventura, State : CA Country : United States, Occupation : Stagehand, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class,
