Comments on: Tempest Smith http://geekwitch.org Paganism from a nerdy point of view Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:23:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: wiliam martin http://geekwitch.org/memorial-pages/memorial-pages-tempest-smith/comment-page-1/#comment-5009 wiliam martin Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:46:06 +0000 http://geekwitch.org/?page_id=372#comment-5009 why can't everyone else just be tolerant of our beliefs like we are of theirs? In my opinion the people that did this to her broke one of their own rules "thou shalt not kill" they are directly responsible for her suicide in my opinion why can’t everyone else just be tolerant of our beliefs like we are of theirs? In my opinion the people that did this to her broke one of their own rules “thou shalt not kill” they are directly responsible for her suicide in my opinion

]]> By: Alex http://geekwitch.org/memorial-pages/memorial-pages-tempest-smith/comment-page-1/#comment-3083 Alex Fri, 12 Aug 2011 23:28:49 +0000 http://geekwitch.org/?page_id=372#comment-3083 As a professing Christian, I would like to apologize for what happened... This should never have happened. Nowhere in the Bible does it say we should attack others (verbally or otherwise) because they believe something different. We are called to help them and show them the way through compassion and faith, not by bullying them until something horrible like this happens. While I do not personally believe the same way you do, I could never bring myself to to torment another human being in such a way (or at all for that matter) as to cause them to do something this drastic. I think you'll find that most true Christians are not like the rather callous individuals that were so heartless towards this little girl. We get a lot of flack for our beliefs similar to the way that the Wiccan faith does... we are now the butt of many a joke and even now I get harassed at college because I'm a Christian... As a professing Christian, I would like to apologize for what happened…
This should never have happened. Nowhere in the Bible does it say we should attack others (verbally or otherwise) because they believe something different.
We are called to help them and show them the way through compassion and faith, not by bullying them until something horrible like this happens.

While I do not personally believe the same way you do, I could never bring myself to to torment another human being in such a way (or at all for that matter) as to cause them to do something this drastic.
I think you’ll find that most true Christians are not like the rather callous individuals that were so heartless towards this little girl. We get a lot of flack for our beliefs similar to the way that the Wiccan faith does… we are now the butt of many a joke and even now I get harassed at college because I’m a Christian…

]]> By: Aria http://geekwitch.org/memorial-pages/memorial-pages-tempest-smith/comment-page-1/#comment-1578 Aria Thu, 10 Feb 2011 23:54:03 +0000 http://geekwitch.org/?page_id=372#comment-1578 It's sad that a young girl killed herself because of religious harassment. And it's not just Christians against Pagan/Wiccans, it's any religion. No one should have to go through that. Perhaps we should ALL take a stand and learn to say 'Enough', before something like this happens. Then again, that is just my opinion. It’s sad that a young girl killed herself because of religious harassment. And it’s not just Christians against Pagan/Wiccans, it’s any religion. No one should have to go through that.
Perhaps we should ALL take a stand and learn to say ‘Enough’, before something like this happens.
Then again, that is just my opinion.

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