What I want for Yule/Christmas is:
People to be a little understanding and tolerant. I do not believe jesus is the "reason for the season" and was posting something online about christmas/yule (I was making incense and made a great xmas blend!), but abbreviated it to "xmas". I had someone jump on my case about not leaving christ out of christmas and I struck back a little (let her have some of the truth). I think, considering this is the United States of America, a place where I am free to believe what I choose without fear of persecution, I now have (probably more than before! lol) people who refuse to speak to me. Alllllll because I don't believe in jesus. I'm not going to apologize for the things I believe or don't believe or the fact that I use reason and logical thought processes when choosing friends or family members to associate with instead of choice of religion, but I have family members asking me to apologize for degrading this person who posted on MY profile and also to just "go with the general public".
I am not the general public. I am me. I have never believed what the general public believed and if someone, ANY ONE of the numerous people I asked about these things when I was younger had given me any advice at all or even just a kind ear without telling me to just shut up and believe what I'm told I might not be so bitter. I try very hard to keep my "general public" mask in place and sometimes it falters a little, but I don't think I should be a rug for people of the general public to wipe their religious feel on me just because I have a different opinion than they.
Call me crazy, but I have a dream. One where we live in peace & tolerance instead of disrespectful, narrow minded people who think their way is THE way. There is so much wrong with the world that to me, worrying about what religious affiliation I have should be the least of anyone's concern. How about getting better health care,water without fluoride (do some research), food without poisons or big name monopolies of corporations trying to get you hooked on alcohol or cigarettes so they have a guaranteed income and hot headed soldiers?
