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Anger at God
dantem:
Could be that this anger is also depression in disguise. Depression for the almost total state of ignorance the society is finding itself into, about religion, about reality itself.
In Greeks ancient times, wasn't it usual to hear curses at a certain 'face of god', like cursing Zeus for a bad weather, Poseidon for a stormy sea? Now with the advent of monotheism the pattern hasn't changed a bit.
anitasweetie:
It took about nine years of soul searching to figure out that there was no God. I wasn't exactly angry at God as much as I was at my circumstances. Kept praying and praying, nothing would change, so when I did finally let loose with some pent up anger, I said " fine, I'll just pray to the trees or Hathor* or whatever". Really I think the Universe was trying to get my attention, it wasn't long after that when my life started changing in very subtle, but noticeable ways.
*The only thing I knew about Hathor at that time was that it was an Egyptian deity, and I was really just being childish and sarcastic, but it must have started a change in my thinking pattern. :D
Sarrestia:
In Witchcraft, anger is always seen as a waste of time and energy that could have been spent in better ways. Most often witches are painted as negative soul stealing (insert expletive here). However, the Law of Three and the borrowed idea of Karma, has always shown that any anger spent is anger wasted on no one but the person who is angry. To think that a god, any god, would really care if you were angry with it goes against the notion of a being that knows, sees, does all. It reminds me of a child throwing a tantrum because the parent told him/her to think for themselves, or do something themselves; the child may throw their anger at the parent, yet it is the child that suffers from their anger far more than their parent (as the anger will soon subside, and the child still has to take out the trash).
Similarly, the anger, being negative and repulsive, will never allow the angry person to receive, or attract, what they are desperately seeking. However, as many witches, wiccans, and pagans have come to learn, anger does well to make them feel better for that one moment of pure hate; but when the ball drops, it drops into their lap and they have to deal with it - not anyone else, nor any deity.
Daenerys:
--- Quote from: Sarrestia on May 14, 2012, 03:52:23 AM ---In Witchcraft, anger is always seen as a waste of time and energy that could have been spent in better ways. Most often witches are painted as negative soul stealing (insert expletive here). However, the Law of Three and the borrowed idea of Karma, has always shown that any anger spent is anger wasted on no one but the person who is angry. To think that a god, any god, would really care if you were angry with it goes against the notion of a being that knows, sees, does all. It reminds me of a child throwing a tantrum because the parent told him/her to think for themselves, or do something themselves; the child may throw their anger at the parent, yet it is the child that suffers from their anger far more than their parent (as the anger will soon subside, and the child still has to take out the trash).
Similarly, the anger, being negative and repulsive, will never allow the angry person to receive, or attract, what they are desperately seeking. However, as many witches, wiccans, and pagans have come to learn, anger does well to make them feel better for that one moment of pure hate; but when the ball drops, it drops into their lap and they have to deal with it - not anyone else, nor any deity.
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That is dangerously close to voiding righteous indignation as anger, which DOES have value. I am getting the idea from reading this that you mean all anger should be avoided, which is not using the law of three. Please correct me if I am reading this wrong.
Sarrestia:
Not at all. One of the things that ended it with me regarding Wiccans was due to the Wiccan Rede; there are many cases in which anger is necessary to defend, protect, and get someone to back off; or to explain your point of view against someone who is being exceedingly aggressive. As a few of us have stated, anger will rain if someone we care about, or ourselves, is being threatened. I am talking about general anger towards a person's old religion due to feeling excluded or forgotten, or whatever reasons they had for leaving and turning to another religion.
Whenever asked why they are angry, they can't give a good reason, just mutter a few expletives and walk off.
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