I am Seriously at a Lost about a New Religion!

[CynthiaCypher]

Dear CC,


Glad you agree; is it not time to drop this topic and move on with matters that sets our own SELVES free!

Love & rgds

Why should we? Is this your religion we are talking about and you're too embarrassed to come out of your furry closet?

 

[Gjallarhorn]

Otherkin are less a religion and more of a gender identity equivalent. The stories they make to surround their uneasiness of being is just a secondary effect and stories are generally individual.

 

[zenzero]

Friend CC,

Why should we? Is this your religion we are talking about and you're too embarrassed to come out of your furry closet?

Hahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's a good one.
Yes you are on the right path/way/religion.
Carry on CC.

Love & rgds

 

[Brickjectivity]

...there are many interpretations of what it means to be an otherkin....

Some don't like to talk about it.

 

[LuisDantas]

That is to be expected. People generally do not like to share personal matters that they have no reason to hope to be well-accepted.

 

[Brickjectivity]

That is how I feel, too.

 

[zenzero]

Friend LuisDanats,

That is to be expected. People generally do not like to share personal matters that they have no reason to hope to be well-accepted.

Yes true, it is so; however what we understand by the karma principle is that the more one shares the more receives in return in fact more than more as it is showered from all directions.

Love & rgds

 

[LuisDantas]

Friend LuisDanats,


Yes true, it is so; however what we understand by the karma principle is that the more one shares the more receives in return in fact more than more as it is showered from all directions.

Love & rgds

No disagreement from me.

All the same, it is wise to be at least aware that there are social circunstances that will lack the desire or skill to accept one as he or she is.

Sure, we all should strive to change that situation. But it takes faith and effort and wisdom, which aren't always available.

 

[John Doe]

I think it is wise to view certain things on the internet with a high degree of skepticism. They may seem perfectly sincere on the website, but it is hard to know how seriously they take this in "RL".

 

[zenzero]

Friend LuisDantas,

All the same, it is wise to be at least aware that there are social circunstances that will lack the desire or skill to accept one as he or she is.

Sure, we all should strive to change that situation. But it takes faith and effort and wisdom, which aren't always available.

Agree!

Love & rgds

 

[Iti oj]

Dear CC,


Glad you agree; is it not time to drop this topic and move on with matters that sets our own SELVES free!

Love & rgds

Understanding others is an important accept of that

 

[LuisDantas]

So much so, Iti!

 

[CynthiaCypher]

Understanding others is an important accept of that

Understanding other is important but the acceptance of all others is not necessary or even good.

 

[Brickjectivity]

Understanding other is important but the acceptance of all others is not necessary or even good.

Could you clarify that? Sometimes its not possible to understand others, and sometimes I have to accept them anyway. Co-workers and family members are examples.

 

[CynthiaCypher]

Could you clarify that? Sometimes its not possible to understand others, and sometimes I have to accept them anyway. Co-workers and family members are examples.

I can understand Neo-Nazis, I can even understand their bigotry and hate. But even though I can understand them, it doesn't mean I should be accepting of them.

 

[Brickjectivity]

That helps. So by understanding you refer to the fact that often the problem is that we dont' try to understand people.

 

[CynthiaCypher]

That helps. So by understanding you refer to the fact that often the problem is that we dont' try to understand people.

Yes. But understanding is not the same as acceptance. I understand the causes of war, but I find war unacceptable.

 

[viole]

I like to think of myself as being very tolerant of other people's religious beliefs. Well I admit I have expressed some bigotry towards beliefs system I consider odd. I always believed that even the oddest of these religions deserved their day in the sun and that I should be more tolerant and try to educate myself.

But today I learned that there is a limit. There comes a time in a person's life where she can no longer find the strength or will to understand something that is so utterly alien and foreign. There comes a time when you must shake your head in confusion and say "WTF". Where understanding is almost impossible.

There is one religion that I will refuse to understand and tolerate, even upon the pain of death.

I was surfing Encyclopedia Dramatica, when I happen upon this article about a geek subcultures and and of course there was mention of the furries, the furries are mildly amusing in a human train wreck sort of way. So for a giggle I decided look further into the subculture. And what I found out shocked me.

The furries have a religious equivalent! The Otherkin! I was reading this articles about something called Otherkin Awakening, which some sort of process in which you become well...something other than human. And then I went further into this and discover that some of these other believe that they aren't truly humans and that there is going to be some sort of apocalyptic Otherkin vs Human war in the future.

It's not like I am making fun of these people or even want to, but I am truly and sincerely perplexed at all this. It just seems too weird, even for me. So if anyone is familiar with this belief or if you are of this belief, can you please explain it to me?

I wonder why you consider this any less plausible or moral than the events which surround John's Revelation.

Ciao

- viole

 

[CynthiaCypher]

I wonder why you consider this any less plausible than the events which surround John's Revelation.

Ciao

- viole

And what exactly do I think about John's Revelation?

 

[Quintessence]

Yes. But understanding is not the same as acceptance. I understand the causes of war, but I find war unacceptable.

Oh. So you are using the word "acceptance" to mean "agrees with" or "endorses." I don't tend to use the word acceptance in that way you do, so I am/was a little confused too. In this context, I would have taken "acceptance" to mean "you to your way, and me to mine; I will be a creature of peaceful tolerance instead of hateful bigotry." That doesn't seem to be what you meant.