so i am on a christian forum online that I post onto and it can be kind of a combo of both good and bad things.

I grew up christian but over the years I started to lean more toward paganistic views. But my christian roots held a lot of value to me so i did not want to fully let it go.

well I decided to come out of the broom closet so to speak on this forum and it got me in some hot water not to where I am getting kicked off but where I am being told.

pretty much "how dare you call yourself one of us"

my spirituality is a very important aspect of my life and it hurts that a lot of people that are neither near to me in reality or online judge and try to tell me what I am or am not right off the bat.

I truly wish these people knew the effect of their words when saying this. Do they realize not everyone can handle hearing this so incredibly well. Sadly it seems they do cause they do have a section on the site for people that are depressed yet they don't seem to mind at all possibly triggering this in people that much either.

Yes I am different from other people in how I do things in my life. I am just a individual that is like that. But to say things to others that is rude and mean...and flat out even say this is not mean or rude. When if you were to put yourself in anthers shoes umm yes it would be...

I spend a lot of time on message boards online thinking since it has a since of ambiguity to it. There is a safety net, but not all the time is there a safety net for you and your feelings.