Ahhh, hi Melissa, that is not a bad choice of faith at all, I call mine my **patchwork faith**, it comes from multiple different sources, some I don't even remember the origin of where they came from and much is from the teachings of ancient beliefs.
Wing Walker is a Catholic and even she doesn't find it hard to understand my beliefs, for that matter we often spend hours discussing different concepts such as the infinite potentialities and possibilities of how these potentialities could be manifested and we also have on many different occasions discussed the possible origin of the multi-verses, or parallel universes in collision which could result in such a phenomenon like the big bang. Many parts of my patch work faith can be found in part in the Bible and the Qabalah and an assorted other few ancient texts, but only in part. Books have a limit. I am especially a novice in North American Native tradition.
But I have found that there is a great mix and match of faiths even just on this board and also many who are non-believers and ready to pounce on the unwary soul and pluck their feathers just for sharing something that is out of mainstream, or something that is just plain strange to them. Some folks shy away from strangeness and the unknown, how odd is that for trans folks to fear strangeness and the unknown where for myself it was the infinite potentialities of the unknown that helped me find myself, who I am.
Is it Confucius or confusion? Boy there is a topic that could take an entire thread to discuss.
Like those Bible thumpers who would make you believe they have real estate rights for the South corner of hell and the north corner of heaven and the parking lots with a parking space just for you to go with them. Like their very own little corner of spirituality. Heck, don't they know that there is room for everyone? Infinity is a big place, don't you know. There is plenty of room for the intellectual, the dumb, kings and queens, and yes, even the would-be tin gods; the rich and the poor, slaves and peasants, and even the aliens and extraterrestrials.
In such cases not much has changed over the millenia, business as usual. It's the same old same old until we get smart and just say, in unison, world wide, "I will fight no more!" Now you may pick up your wings from the lady in the fairy suit on your way out, she is located just to the left of the church auditorium, you know, just next to the confessional over there. Just educating some, maybe what I speak is all **bunk**. Take it or leave it.
Cindy
