willowfox said:
I find it very tiring that there are people on this forum who have to continually drag their religious fears into the realm of tarot, the two things should be kept separate. If you have a religious problem then go to a church/mosque/synagogue and not parade it all around this forum. Tarot requires that you think for yourself, so why don't some of you do exactly that. What has "god' got to do with tarot?
Tarot is tarot and religion is religion and never the twain should meet.
If you are talking about the superstitious-fear thing I've seen dredged up from people's psyches from time to time, ("I don't know- I'm interested in tarot, but I get wierd vibes, nightmares from sleeping with my deck, so-and-so says it's evil (that one gets me the most)- should I do what my fundamentalist relatives say and burn my decks, repent my sins", blahdeblah) yeah, I get that. It's tiresome and heartbreaking to see people live their lives that way, but that's how people lead their lives. I don't comment in threads like that, I drift away from those people and look for the bar.
Mostly seems to go on in newbier threads. I, fairly or unfairly, peg the people as young and/or ignorant (I don't mean ignorant in a mean way, I mean it in a literal way- not *stupid* but *ignorant*). There are hundreds of threads in these very interesting forums, it's easy to step round/ignore topics or persons that irritate me, and not much need to fan any flames of aggression or confrontation.
Tease the intertwined threads of religion out of tarot? I don't think it can be done.
I love tarot, and I, well, I sort of hate religion, so it's a wierd balancing act for me. I *accomodate* the religious stuff the best I can.