Imagine one of those preachers like Jerry Falwell who tell their congregations that AIDS is gods way of punishing gay having to tell the world they have AIDS.
Pagan religions are different from the main religions. Did you know that in Asatru, the ancient Norse mythos, the only people who went to Valhalla in the after-life were the ones who died in battle? Everyone else went to Hel, which wasn't as bad as the Christian hell, but they had to spend the rest of their existence in a river of blood, on their knees, with serpent skeletons everywhere. The Norse valued overcoming the fear of death over life itself.
As some of u already know~a close friend of mine that I lived with in AZ, died of HIV & Hep C in Jan 2006, so idiots who think Aids is funny are total jerks in my opinion. Yes, we all die sometime but that doesn't mean we have to make fun of sick people while they are dieing or even after they are dead. I copied this: AIDS by Judy Burnette AIDS was always just a word yet now it bears your name; But it has not changed how I feel I love you just the same. We should never judge another with thoughtless words or deeds; For we all have within us wounds that have made us bleed. So you have an illness none of us quite understand; It doesn't make you less a person nor less a man. You are still that same sweet person that I have always known; No matter the distance between us in my heart you will always have a home.
((((((hugs))))))) There is nothing funny about a long, drawn out, torturous death. I have known far too many people die that way. I'm not afraid of death, but I am terrified of the way hospitals and society in general treats AIDS patients, and of the experiences my father had as the disease progressed and slowly killed him.
Hugs and kisses, honey. I was reading this thread and becoming increasingly angry. I have known far too many people who have died or they are living with HIV or AIDS. You responded to this thread in such a wonderful fashion. Peace and love sister.
Agreed. Way too many people take life way too seriously. Death is something beautiful and something to be joyfull about. Unless you dislike surprises.
No disease is funny. The writter of this post just wanted attention and negativity creates attention.
Way to lock into my post instead of the one being insensitive towards a person with a Life threatening disease.
for the majority of people on this thread that wish to explore death and the many ways of dieing in a serious and respectful manner, then I would suggest you try the pagan book of living and dying by Starhawk. It explores many peoples different encounters with death from the very brutel to the expected and also covers spirtual exercises that can be done. there is a way of meeting death, and being respectful of it and laughing at aids isn't one of them, with the type of distruction and pain its causes to the victim and the people around them. I feel very sorry for the author of this thread, for your ignorance S