User:Brynna

Hi, I'm Linda and I'm Batshit Insane
I spent the first thirty-six years of my life as a Christian of the liberal variety, such as I was raised. Then I saw truth in other directions and became Wiccan, which I remain to this day. Right after I changed religions my then-husband and I divorced - not over the change in religion, but because he discovered he was gay and wanted out of the marriage. Naturally he got married to another woman and remains in the closet to this day. As for me, I went on to raise my two sons Pagan, but at the same time encouraged them to research and find their own direction. One became what I would call a liberal, eclectic Christian in that he believes in Jesus and God, but does not believe in the Bible. The youngest son is an Anti-Theist Atheist. Both sons completely switching off like that was hard for me to accept at first, but accept I did.

Why am I here? That's a good question. A lot of why I'm here is to make an effort to understand my youngest son's viewpoint. So far I'm following him pretty well and can see where he's coming from. I will admit that the Anti-Theism bothers me, but I also know that in his world (he's high-functioning autistic) there's no middle ground - everything is black and white to him. Perhaps he'll find more of a middle ground as he gets older; perhaps he won't. He's a big boy now at the age of 27 and can figure everything out on his own.

I'm also here to find rationality, something that seems to be vanishing in North America these days. I feel as if I've stepped into a time portal and was transported back to the Middle Ages. Creationism in schools? Are they fucking kidding me? And what's all this bullshit about Christians not having Freedom of Religion? Of course they have that basic right and can practice their religion as much as they want. Conversely, I have the right to not have their religion infringe on my way of life.

Ack - I just jumped on a soapbox. I'll jump off for now and go hunting for goodies to enhance my pathetic little page with. Maybe some links, a userbox and somehow I gotta find out where I upload pictures to.

Blessed Be and all that good stuff.

--Brynna (talk) 06:26, 6 April 2014 (UTC)