I have a friend of mine who is buddist, she happens to work at a Pizza place and delivers pizzas. Well, being in OK, she sometimes gets stuck in that small little hole in the wall where drivers have to stay until there is a delivery. Anyhow, it appears that everyone there felt the need to be bible pushers. She said everyday, it's being 'preached' by one or more of the fellow drivers.

Well, she evidently she told them that she studied buddism, and they proceeded to tell her that she worshiped the devil and that it is evil and it's a sin and she is going to hell, yadda yadda *add all bad judgemental stuff that most closed minded people say *

I was talking to her about it and something hit me. I am a person that when I get into a conversation with someone, regardless the topic, and I'm not familiar with that particular topic, I reserach it. I do not believe there is ANYTHING wrong with knowledge and learning more about anything that intrigues you. That being said, I have NO problem when someone has studied and learned about Buddism, and in their opinion, do not care for it. I see nothing wrong with that, to each his own. But when you have closed minded people who do not want to take the time to learn and autmatically think that ANYTHING other then their own beliefs, it's SATAN, or extremely evil.

I live in a city where the closest store that remotely even looks like an 'occult' store is a good 45 minutes to an hour away. I am in NC, the almost CENTER of the bible belt. A place that has strip joints, but the women have to cover their nipples with paint, and have to wear lacey booty short panties, no thongs. And I'M trying to live my Wiccan life. I think I need to move....lol

I just wanted to share that experiance. I know it's everywhere, but sometimes it's just too much.

Blessed Be~!