Originally Posted by hot dragon

that was me. i don't make a point of talking about my spirituality anywhere other than among other pagans. and most of them are the same. perhaps it is just australia, but most lay people here think the term pagan means devil worshipping and warty witches brewing up toads to make a curse. most people are so convinced of their "accurate knowledge" of paganism that they have no interest in actually finding out the truth.

it is usually said that australia does not have a lot of religious friction, that we are tolerant of each others different faiths. that is true only to the extent that different christian denominations respect and tolerate each other, and christianity is the most common religion. talk to a muslim, jew or pagan about religious tolerance and you get a completely different picture.

i have a friend whose child was expelled from school. the official reason given by the school was that he was pagan.