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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 20:17:00 +0000

Otherkin are not all Pagan. It is not a branch of paganism, it is a group of people who believe they have animal souls. (And even that is a broad definition since some otherkin don’t even believe in souls.) There are Christian, Islamic, and Jewish otherkin, not to mention athiests, agnostics and a slew of other religions. Please get your facts straight.

By: Lough

Lough — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 13:30:00 +0000

I want to know who proclaimed the “otherkin” to be a religion at all. A religion is a lifestyle built around a spacific set of rules according to belief. In my experiance otherkin do not have a spacific belief. I have personally met plenty of otherkin, all with very different beliefs. Some were even Athiest and formed thier belief around science. So don’t assume that all otherkin are Pagan or even religious. And don’t ridicule the Pagans just because “some” of thier general population consider thier otherkin to be a magickal aspect of thier spiritality. “Judge not, that Ye not be Judged”

By: Judea

Judea — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 17:45:00 +0000

Goddess! We ARN’T a religion! Who the f**k ever said that anyway? I get SO pissed off when I read these type of articles because WE arn’t associated with ANY religion. OTHERKIN is not a religion–it’s what we ARE. It’s just a term we use to make it easier for all of us to explain what we are to newbies. Yes, I am aware of pagan otherkin, but there are also catholic otherkin, jewish otherkin, muslim otherkin and so many! I even know a otherkin priest, for goddess sake. Why don’t people just leave us the hell alone? We don’t bother you! Why the hell are all of you bothering us? I read so often of these pagan people claiming we’re screwing up their religion, but they’re doing it themselves! To cast the blame on us is just so immature! We aren’t the people running around in bright colored cloth, waving sticks and claiming to be the “old religion.” We are just PEOPLE and we are ALWAYS the first to admit that our beliefs are insane.COME ON! You people have no room to talk. I’ve met REGULAR NON-OTHERKIN PAGANS who believe in mythical creatures, talk to animals and move things with their minds. I’ve met christians who swear the end times are coming and comb the newspapers looking for the anti-christ. I’ve met muslims who claim they’re the greatest and truest religion and scorn all other religions.I’ve met people of all sort of religions tearing up other people simply because they think they’re better. They’re out there being a pain in the ass and tormenting some poor kid whose only crime was to be of a different religion.I am OTHERKIN and I am DAMN PROUD OF IT! We don’t claim to BE the pagan religion. There are just pagan otherkin out there. That is IT. We arn’t out there saying we’re the original pagans and whatever. It’s just our RELIGION. OTHERKIN IS NOT A RELIGION! GET IT RIGHT! Otherkin is like being Human. There is nothing wrong with it. If you believe in souls, then why can’t a person be of a different soul-species? Humanity has this ego a galaxy big of “We’re-the-greatest” and disregard everything they see as underneath them. It shows in everything you do! Humanity is out there destroying the environment, using up resources, at each others throats and Goddess knows whatelse! At least as Otherkin, we are attempting to create a world for ourselves and live in peace with our environment. Why is it so hard for people to just let us be? You’ve never walked in our shoes, lived our life and will never truly understand us. We just want to be left alone.Why do you have to be this way? Why do you have to take us and put us on the stage, something for the world to rag on? When you walk a mile in our shoes, then you can rag on us, but until then–Keep your f**king mouth closed. Leave us ALONE!…Goddess…and you wonder why we’re so ashamed of you all!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 23:57:00 +0000

Good. I am glad my journal entries please you. sadist humans all of you! *lmaorotf*

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 19:43:00 +0000

That hurt my brain.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 19:25:00 +0000

Thought you might enjoy seeing a “rebuttal” http://www.livejournal.com/users/xnightsbeautyx/24664.html

By: Sunfell

Sunfell — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 19:27:00 +0000

My Path is post-Christian, not pre-Christian. I am sure that people like me existed before Christianity steamrolled over all the diverse religions, but it’s rather difficult to be anything close to ‘pre-Christian’ since the Christians are present.As for the Otherkin, and other unconventional beliefs, let them be. I really don’t think that they’re really Pagan as a group, although I am sure that individuals within that group can be practicing Pagans.It’s more a mindset than a religious faith.