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Originally Posted by NewLyfeForReal
Wrigh430, wow, so much has happened all because you did not conform to the religious views of the society you live in - I am so sorry you and your son have been so negatively affected.
At the end of the day, what "society as a whole" thinks about you shouldn't matter, as long as you still have family and a few close friends that are there to support you. What upsets me is that your family seems to shun you out too! Do you find that you usually engage in heated arguments with your family about religion? Do you think you can tell them ahead of time for the next family reunion that "look I want to come over and see you guys but we're not going to even mention religion, ok?"
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I don't talk politics or religion with anyone.
When I was about 14 my grandpa noticed that I was showing signs that I was gifted with the same abilities he and his mother had. She was a seer who was also shunned by her community. Grandpa learned that to get along you have to conform, so even though he still had the abilities, he attended a Methodist church and married a Methodist woman. All their kids were raised Christian.
Grandpa died in 1994, but before he did, he told me that in order to get along in society I would have to conform, which I did for years. In 2008 when I started being shunned, I figured, screw it! I put a sign in my yard for Barack Obama, so everyone knew I was a Democrat.
When my son and I were kicked out of Scouts my ex told my family why and took the letter council sent my son to show them how I was ruining my son's life. That's how they learned I was Pagan; I've never actually spoken to any of them about it.