Hello :) I want you to know that you are allowed to believe in God and Christ, while acknowledging older religions. In fact, some witches choose to kind of believe in/acknowledge all. It’s kind of confusing, but I’ll try and explain: I know they were all worshipped and believed in. When I cast a spell or worship, I call upon/worship the energy the previous followers gave that deity. I don’t necessarily believe Loki exists, but ppl used to. So I will drink to his existence in belief. (1/?)

You can sort of do that. Drink, pray, call upon, celebrate, eat to the existence of belief. All while saying “And I believe God and Christ exist more than belief.” Additionally, you don’t have to worship a specific set of deities to be a witch. Coming from someone who was raised a witch, we love our catholic and Christian witches. We do. You don’t have to worship what you don’t want to. And attending church does not mean you agree with and defend the genocide. (2/?)

There is no hard, set answer for you. But overall? Do what makes you happy. Do what makes you feel safe. You miss Christianity, you are permitted to go back to it. And if anyone in the witch community hates you for it? They do not truly understand witchcraft. Being Christian does mean you aren’t Pagan or Wiccan, but you don’t need either of those to practice witchcraft. Witchcraft is its own thing. I don’t know if this helped, but I hope it did. Good luck:) (3/3)

Oh! Sorry, one last thing: If you read the first book of Magnus Chase by Rick Riordan, it gives a good idea of how to deal with all this. A character, Sam, is Muslim. She was raised Muslim. She wears a headscarf, and is very very happy with her arranged marriage (that she consented to, and I believe participated in the planning of.) But she has a parent that is a Norse god. She has to deal with Odin and Thor existing next to Allah. She gives lovely pieces and words on the subject.

This provides a perspective I never thought of before! Especially the “Will drink to the existence of his belief”. Very new but a concept that I rather like. I guess I have always done that without even thinking, with the Theoi and Roman gods. While I do not hold the belief in them I recognize others do believe in them! If that wording makes any bit of sense lol.

It is a small fear that others will start to look down at me if I incorporate God and Jesus into my practice as I know that some do not view Christianity in a good light, however I have my own interpretations of the Bible and the Lord that are much less filled with biogtry. Though that also brings on a hot debate. 

I really like your perspective though, thank you for sharing ~

(prepares for hate on this post)

I struggle believing in God/Jesus after learning more about other ancient religions. How Christians came in and essentially erased them to be the ultimate religion. How people were literally burned at the stake and hung and tortured for not believing in Christ or in the faith. 

I grew up with God and Jesus. So I still feel drawn to Christianity. I miss it. And with the new wave of Christians coming in who are doing new interpretations of it, I want to re-join and explore the path. But I can’t just…invest? When it feels like there were gods that existed before Christ was discovered and the bible came to be. It feels like it’s invalidating the existence of God and Jesus’ being. 

This is a person struggle and idk how to deal/overcome it. 

lilithlovegood:

breakfastautocrat:

This is a decidedly unfriendly reminder that I don’t want you following me or liking/reblogging my posts if you are a Trump supporter, neo-Confederate, TERF, neo-Nazi, or a supporter of any other sort of white supremacist or fascist movement. Get the fuck out. I don’t want you here.

Yess! Already 25 people unfollowed me. Feels so good to take the garbage out.

letmebegaytodd:

g3rmb0y:

letmebegaytodd:

Once you realise that a game’s worth is not in its perfection, but in your own enjoyment level, then you’re going to have a lot more fun playing video games

Ok, this goes into some research I read on the different types of gamers.

They are:

Killers- Think your competitive types, they’re going to be playing games like Modern Warfare, Halo, and other competitive games. They get enjoyment by winning over their opponent.

Achievers- Going for the 100% route, trying to get the high score, etc. Think any game with increasing difficulty and esoteric achievements. They play games to try to achieve perfection within the game.

Explorers- They just want to explore the game- think more storytelling or immersive experiences, etc. They enjoy gaming because it allows them to escape and engage in a world and really take it all in.

Socializers- Found more in MMOs, where there can be real community building, they play games to meet and work with other people.

Killers and Achievers tend to be a lot holier than thou, but they’re all valid, so long as you’re having fun in your own way.

This is by far the best addition to this post, thank you for the analysis! I honestly didnt know about these different types, it’s really interesting!

moami:

deseng:

moami:

if you find bones in the forest, sit a bit and listen. they are old and have some good stories to tell. maybe they’ll teach you a spell or two, or explain where the water on our planet came from.

if you find bones by the ocean, run. don’t look back. run, faster, faster. the sea may love you but there are nights where she knows neither mercy nor science, and the bones warn you only once.

boi if you find bones call the police i hate this website so much

this is a piece of creative writing, in case you couldn’t tell from the fact that real bones don’t usually go hey lil’ mama lemme whisper bony secrets in your ear or warn you of the incoming tides like a calcified weather frog.