Mameoyashi
That's ridiculous. What the hell is wrong with some people :/
Basically it boils down to us not giving in to their peer pressure.
Blackrose and I are studying to be clergy of the same religion. Blackrose (without putting words in her mouth) has felt a deep connection to the religion for a long time. It really suits her and I'm sure she'll make a wonderful Priestess.
I had no interest in the religion itself- kind of like how I have no interest in Zen. It exists- and I don't mind hearing about it, but it wasn't something I was going to look into beyond knowing the basics of how to not piss someone off- like knowing that if someone is Jewish to ask if they keep Kosher or something. Well, one day I got struck with this immense feeling- a kind of "spiritual pressure" where some amazing ideas slammed into my brain all at once. Love, Death, Life- this single spark changed how I view the world and I feel like I haven't even scratched the surface. So I started looking for a way to understand it better. I talked to people who were part of Wicca and they said Wicca might be a good thing to look into.
It can really only provide tools.
At first I was working with a priest from one tradition. I knew he was an initiate- but I always felt like when I asked questions I was brushed off. He also tried to pry into parts of my personal life that I wasn't comfortable with- I get he wanted to use them as teaching tools, but if you're not comfortable, you're not comfortable.
I also met the woman I'm working with now. She and I just clicked- we joked about some of the same things, she answered my questions and I felt safe with her. Since Blackrose and I moved in together- she was able to work with a small group of us- which is nice because it's a really long drive.
Part of the religion is being willing to defend it- from people who would abuse it within or from people outside willing to defraud others in the name of the religion. I get that- and I respect it. At first they were like "well- I understand if you're not comfortable giving this information to me at the point you're at in your studies, but if you would I'd like to verify your vouch." And I was pretty much "Ummm... no. Not at this point, thank you."
Well- it's gotten a lot more aggressive since then, and now even people that they used to say were vouched for are suddenly and mysteriously unvouched. I call BS. Their answer is basically to spam, cyber bully and harass people into silence- even demanding that if I'm not going to give them my personal information that I not say anything at all.
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Have you tried the
Abuse and Harassment form? In these cases it's a little better than reporting each individual incident and it'll be handled thoroughly (across all acounts doing this). Otherwise just keep putting the people on ignore it's all I can think to do sadly
sad Yep- the moderators told them to leave me alone, so there's nothing more I can do.
