Do you want to laugh or just hit them. I go back and forth on this, but I have a nasty little Celt temper....
2007-12-04 14:24:44 · 35 answers · asked by ~Heathen Princess~ 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
LOL You think my Celt streak is bad, you should see me in a good Dane rage. I would make my scandinavian ancestors proud LOL
2007-12-04 14:34:05 · update #1
Both, actually, at the same time. But usually I'll just laugh and shake my head. How can you argue logically with someone that doesn't think logically?
2007-12-05 06:18:32 · answer #1 · answered by Heathen Mage 3 · 2⤊ 3⤋
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2016-12-17 07:32:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it is a Christian telling me that -- Most of the time I just shake my head at their ignorance and then point out the verses in the bible that acknowledge the existance of other Gods than just the God of Abraham. My Gods are as "false" as theirs is, whether they want to admit it or not.
If it is an atheist telling me that, I shrug as they are at least being consistent in not believing in my Gods any more than they believe in the Christian God.
If it is someone who has done the research into classical mythology who tells me that Hermes is reported to have lied on the day that he also invented the lyre, well, then I laugh and tell them congratulations about having done the research for themselves (I would imagine that the same MIGHT apply to Loki, but I am not as familiar with the Eddas as I am with the stories surrounding the Greek Gods)
I will admit that I have a VERY hot Greek temper that sometimes puts people in mind of Leonidas and all 300 of his Spartan bodyguard..... But I try to consider the source.
2007-12-04 15:31:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anne Hatzakis 6 · 7⤊ 3⤋
I too have a nasty little Celt temper. Some days such things amuse me. Other days I pull out the verbal rapier and flay people alive.
In the end, what other people think doesn't affect my relationship with the Lord and the Lady. But the constant parade of ignorance can be sad to witness.
2007-12-04 14:29:15 · answer #4 · answered by prairiecrow 7 · 8⤊ 4⤋
I do two things.
Firstly I Laugh at them, well actually I just laugh at Freya who has usually collapsed in fits of giggles laughing at them.
Secondly I was raised a Christian and have studied the bible. Usually with a greater understanding than most Christians have of it. So I can therefore use the bible to counter just about every argument they put forward.
And I have a reserve tactic if that doesn't work involving a replica viking battle axe.....................
2007-12-05 05:35:22 · answer #5 · answered by freyatru 2 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Depends on the person. Mostly I just laugh and tell them I feel the same way about their God. But there's been a few I would love to rearrange a few things on their bodies.
2007-12-04 23:16:27 · answer #6 · answered by River 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
What do I WANT to do? I want to haul up and punch them right smack in the nose. Hard!
What do I really do? I cast a glamour over myself, bring my posture up to full haughty height, look at them with as cold and outraged a presence as I have ever conjured. This often gets them cowering a bit, then I question them in my most dignified outrage about the audacity of their statements. If that doesn't produce the proper respect, I have been known to rebuke them royally, using a liberal number of expletives thrown in.
It woks, if for nothing else than to make me feel better for having defended our team.
Bright Blessings,
Lady Morgana )0(
2007-12-04 17:03:04 · answer #7 · answered by Lady Morgana 7 · 2⤊ 4⤋
I never did mind about the little things. *Said through gritted teeth.*
Seriously, their opinions carry no weight in this matter. I expect them to believe differently from me. That is why we have different religions. I am happy they have found a faith of their own. As long as they are friendly and respectful, so am I. I can sometimes even manage to be nice when they aren't.
Other times.......
2007-12-04 16:03:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
I realize that they will know the truth in the end and it floats right off of me.
Doesn't mean I'm inviting the opportunity, mind you.
If they'd ever really met a god they'd know otherwise, so they are blind kittens trying to find a nipple without mama's presence.
2007-12-05 07:54:04 · answer #9 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I usually just say: "That's what YOU believe. It's not necessarily the truth, you just BELIEVE it is.
I believe that your god is a vengeful, spiteful god of a group of bronze-age goatherds from middle east. And your story about Jesus is stolen from the earlier pagan myths and your story about Hell is stolen from us. Not only you have a small, cruel, angry god, but he's a very unoriginal copycat, too."
By this point, they're usually foaming and screaming incoherently, so I try to make my exit...
2007-12-04 18:57:53 · answer #10 · answered by Ymmo the Heathen 7 · 3⤊ 3⤋