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pieandhotdogs: If you asked a Christian not to say “God bless you” after you sneeze, and they insisted on doing so anyway, you’d probably be a bit miffed, correct? So why is it that when people ask you not to use “blessed be” on them, you get all up in arms about how “IT HASContinue reading “Dear Pagan Tumblr”

kitchen-in-the-cottage: Strawberry Iced Tea Ingredients (5 servings) 2 cups whole frozen strawberries 32 fluid ounces brewed tea, that has been cooled 1⁄4–1⁄2 cup white sugar (depending on how sweet you want the tea) 1⁄4 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice Directions Take 5 strawberries out of the bag and set aside. With the remaining berries, blendContinue reading

The ‘blessed be’ and ‘merry meet’ taglines that [wiccans? someone?] use really grates on me even though I know it is meant to be benevolent. Are there any ways to protect against this?

swampseer: Your best bet is to just tell them you’re not fond of it. You could always say something like ‘thanks for the sentiment but no thanks’ As for protection specifically against this, I’m not super sure if it’s necessary since it’s not something malevolent.  The origin of ‘blessed be’ from my understanding is from TheContinue reading “The ‘blessed be’ and ‘merry meet’ taglines that [wiccans? someone?] use really grates on me even though I know it is meant to be benevolent. Are there any ways to protect against this?”

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