I feel so weird. I'm actually seriously considering joining the Unitarian church (they let us pagans do our thing there) so my child can socialize with people who accept that there is more than one path through life, while continuing a secular homeschooling education. She can hang with kids learning the golden rule while I talk to adults about helping me learn to communicate with the hate filled type of Christian. I wouldn't have to bug y'all with it anymore, lol.

P.S. - This is me, who remembers Jesus only from Sunday school, and is more of a mostly secular pagan attempting to speak to fundie Christians who would tell me I should be set on fire if I wasn't careful about my beliefs.

"The best results to change someone’s mind arise when someone acts as Jesus did, with kindness and acceptance, communicating God’s love through action." The End

"the Bible is too often used as a weapon to cause shame and suffering, rather than a source of peace. A nation of Christians could be democratic about it, and God’s will would be done. As it is, it seems God’s will is for us to learn to accept each other, and learn from the challenges we face. If God’s will was for us to force each other to act according to His laws, efforts to do so would not result in such anger, rage, and resistance. "

Feedback requested. I am attempting to form a counter argument when speaking to someone who believes that the Old Testament should be American law. I will write this in my journal to review and internalize.

"If God’s law is appropriate to rule the nation with, that can happen naturally if you convert the nation first, and that would only be able to be done if people weren’t running away from the church, as it seems" 1/3

I give up on finding where I saw the link to https://onbeing.org/ but that "Better Conversations Guide" in their sidebar is AWESOME. Thank you, whoever shared that.

Once again, a jumping spider has straight up moved into one of my pitcher plants. They like to use their little bungee cords as a safety line when diving in to steal prey. I've been trying to get a good pic of her for about a week, but she's shy. She's only a few mm long, just a baby. I hope she hangs out for a while.
#nature #gardening #CarnivorousPlants #spiders