Awesome, thanks! I'm always up for chatting, by the way. :) I'm shy, but really trying to get over that so I can make some friends and get some conversation going.
From what I personally have heard, we (At least, Kemetic Orthodox, as this is the only experience I have) don't claim to be the truth (in fact, on our forums we will frequently chastise those who do speak as if we are the only true faith out there), and we don't claim to practice the ancient...
That's a very interesting way of looking at it. Very comforting too, thank you for taking the time to answer. :) I think that part of the problem is my love for my ego. My love of thinking. I can't even imagine going to sleep forever, because I always remember at least some of my dreams...
I practice Chaos Magic, and I'm KO, and I know at least one other person who does so as well. As far as I know, there's no issue with it, though I may be mistaken, in which case....oops. >>
I try not to get worked up about the past either. I wasn't a victim of those atrocities.
I -was- a victim of bullying growing up because I wasn't Christian. I am a victim of bigotry because of my beliefs. That is something that worries me in the now. Whining about the burning times does...
I abhor the idea of not existing, because it means that eventually everything I have ever done will cease to matter. It doesn't matter if I've enriched other people's lives, because then they will eventually cease to exist as well. Going on that logic, it wouldn't be very difficult for me to...
Set is one of my Beloveds, and I love him dearly. Yes, he is harsh, but I'm the type of person that needs someone to push her off a cliff, to show her that she can survive hardship. I had an experience of him pulling me out of a panic attack once after praying to him, and I'll never forget that...
I'm not sure exactly -what- about it frightens me so much, I just know that I'd prefer even the Christian view of Hell to non-existence. Maybe I just have a huge ego? The thought that nothing matters tends to seep in once I start thinking about it, and if nothing matters, then why does anyone...
How do you deal with the thought of what happens when you die? Do you just not think about it, or is there something else I'm missing?
Personally, I find the thought of nothing after death to be the most horrifying thing imaginable, but I'm not Atheist. I'm a skeptical person by nature, so I...
I'm technically a member of Neos Alexandria. I don't syncrenize the two religions myself, but I greatly respect their group (and love their hymns!).
Personally, I don't see what the Greeks did as good or bad. It just happened, and it happened such a long time ago that I honestly don't think I...
Part of my soul is in the Duat (afterlife dimension), and another part of my soul is doing whatever it does, probably hanging with my deities or getting reborn.
Very comforting. I've only had experiences with Yinepu, Set, and Sobek, but all three have been great to me. Never before has a deity answered my prayers to ease my anxiety until Set, and never before have I felt so much, well, comfort and love from those I worship. Set can be harsh, and Yinepu...
I was really, really paranoid and skeptical when I first went into the faith, about he whole 'Nisut' thing mostly. It wasn't until I looked around for evidence of her abusing her power and found nothing that I started really getting into it, and it wasn't until I spoke to her myself that I...