I remember working at a banquet hall/resturant, and it was just around the time when the jw teachings/actions weren't sitting well with me. But my mind was still very much a jw. A lady, whom I clicked with & whom I'd hung out with a few times, came up to me one day and said "homeschool, there's a couple things I wanted to tell you." I think she knew how strict my lifestyle was and didnt want to trick me if our friendship continued. She said "I'm Wiccan".... I said 'What is THAT?'....."a Witch" she responded. I remember thinking "hmmmm, she doesnt SEEM like a witch. Holy crap! I'm talking to a professed PAGAN!"...
And then came the 2nd blow. "Homeschool, I'm also bisexual. And I believe in Polygamy."
There were a billion things that went through my mind over the next few weeks. I absolutely separated myself from her company during that time, which I am slightly embarrassed about (but she's cool and understood).
While she and I dont talk very often, we are still friends and I am so thankful that she was one of the "Scary" pagans I first met. She is one of the sweetest, most caring people in the world (the REAL world, not the jw "wordly world").
It's all about perception and realizing that the things we thought were scary/detestable....simply aren't. I will never become a witch, but now at least I know that they are not devil worshipers, that they honor the earth and everything on it.
What were some of the scary jw curse words that you had to overcome?
