I say I'm use to it, but that doesn't mean it doesn't hurt.
I haven't written it on this blog, but I've been pretty open with my beliefs on Facebook. In a previous post on here I've mentioned I converted to Judaism. I enjoy my new Jewish faith, but still felt there was something missing.
A friend of mine is Christian and Pagan. I had always been interested in Paganism and nature based beliefs, so I asked her about it. I started doing more research on nature based religions/beliefs and decided that I wanted to be Pagan as well.
This blog post isn't about my beliefs, so I will stop in a moment.
In short, I'm a Jew witch. I'm not Wiccan I follow no Wiccan Rede my craft isn't a religion, its a practice.
So what the blog post is about.
I have an online business (that I will shamelessly plug right now: www.somethingwickedshop.com) where I sell "witchy" things. I'm proud of my talent, I hand carve items, I make jewelry, and I'm lucky enough to have a gift to read tarot. I'm proud of myself, my business and my talents.
I advertise on Facebook, I'm in a few groups for military wives and I some times post my website on those pages (I make sure it's allowed before I post, if it's not, I don't post. I respect the groups rules). I've never had a problem posting my business on these pages. I've had a few run ins with people saying I'm going to hell, but that ended quickly.
Today I posted my business on about 4 Facebook pages. Almost immediately I got attacked for what my business deals with.
I will post screen shots of what happened. I have blocked some of the names, the names I have blocked are of dear friends. People who I respect and people who respect me. The names I have not blocked are the "women" who have no respect for me and so I shall not respect their privacy.
The green color is myself.
After I read this last comment by Nicole, I went upstairs to tell my husband I was ready for dinner, but "they're so mean" came out instead. He asked who I was talking about and I said, "the people on those pages."
He hugged me and a tear or two slipped out of my eyes. He told me to ignore them and I nodded and said "I try to," as I walked out of his room, he followed me and said, "you know how you think people should just ignore posts they don't agree with? You should do the same." I replied, or attempted to reply with, "I know, but I--." I started sobbing before I could finish the sentence. He said, "Thats what they want, they try to get you to fear them and be intimidated."
"I'm not afraid of them or intimidated by them, but I didnt say anything about them at all, they just attacked me for no reason." I said this through tears.
Reading these comments hurt so much. People are mean, I'm mean some times, I gossip some times, and yes, I even judge people on occasion, though I try so hard not to.
However, I cannot even begin to comprehend how someone who claims to be Christian can say, "so be hurt all you want, it mans me no differents LOL," Which I roughly translated to, "be hurt all you want, it makes no difference to me."
How? How could you be Christian and no care that what you're saying is hurtful to someone? I have never said anything to anyone with the intent of hurting them.
I don't care if you think what I do is devil work, I don't care if you think I'm going to hell, I don't care if you think I'm evil. I've heard it all before, I know whats true.
None of what I do is "devil work," witches, nor Jews believe in the devil. How can I do his work if I don't believe in him? I also don't believe in your Christian hell. In Judaism, if you go to hell it's for a short amount of time and its not the fire and brimstone your fear based religion teaches. In Judaism hell is a place you go to see what you did wrong, to feel every possible emotion and feeling, to feel such sorrow that you know how terrible what you did was wrong, then you get to be with G-d. And as for you thinking I'm evil, I'm not the one sitting here being so inhumanly mean to someone that I've never met.
If one of us is going to "hell" it's going to be you.
I don't like that I cried about what two immature people said online, but when someone attacks me for no reason it's hard to ignore it.
I feel bad for them, honestly, how can someone have that much hate in their heart?
I did learn one thing today. I have so many great people in my life. The lady covered up in pink and the lady covered in red don't even know me, but they stepped in. Even people not in these posts stood up for me, people on my Facebook.
I was and still am upset about what happened, but at the same time I get to see how lucky I am for these amazing people in my life.
I don't want anyone to read this and think, "wow Christians are douche bags." They're not-not all of them.
In fact almost every single person who stood up for me is Christian. They all accept me and I'm beyond grateful for their friendship.
To those of you who commented on these posts or that commented on my Facebook status earlier, thank you. I wish I could express in words how amazing you all are and how much you mean to me. My heart is overflowing with joy to see how caring and kind all of you are. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, I appreciate you so much.
