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DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
Was born into Christianity, father had ties to Reverend Schuller in the 1960s, switched sometime in my late teens to a lose form of Universal Unitarian in the mid 1970s! Mother in-law had ties there. In fact she was at the start of the movement which is now huge.
Went into a cult in the early 1980s headed by Reverend Wierwille's TWI and his successor Martindale, became discussed with all forms of Christianity and switch again into Celtic form of Wicca in the late 1990s. K.L.A.N.S.
I have been a loose member of CUUPS, CMA, SAPA and RPA ever since. And attended many pagan pride days.
I respect all religions that don't push their beliefs on others though. And that is very few western beliefs.
Native American Indians would be the exception among them. I have lived among some Native Americans for quite some time. I have spent my year and a day among them.
In my decades, I had several run-ins with many other cults. And even banned by a couple of them. Few will attempt to convert me upfront. Only on the safety of the internet.
To say that I don't know the bible though, is to ignore my earlier experiences. I could have been ordained at one point.
Went into a cult in the early 1980s headed by Reverend Wierwille's TWI and his successor Martindale, became discussed with all forms of Christianity and switch again into Celtic form of Wicca in the late 1990s. K.L.A.N.S.
I have been a loose member of CUUPS, CMA, SAPA and RPA ever since. And attended many pagan pride days.
I respect all religions that don't push their beliefs on others though. And that is very few western beliefs.
Native American Indians would be the exception among them. I have lived among some Native Americans for quite some time. I have spent my year and a day among them.
In my decades, I had several run-ins with many other cults. And even banned by a couple of them. Few will attempt to convert me upfront. Only on the safety of the internet.
To say that I don't know the bible though, is to ignore my earlier experiences. I could have been ordained at one point.