Vampire

[Beneath the Shadows]

Truth be told, I'm into the whole vampire thing, too. But it's more of a fascination with the idea rather than a belief in any kind of vampire "religion."

So, for the record, I do not believe that I'm a vampire. I do not drink blood (though I have). I don't think that I have, urm, powers.

[gothicusmaximus]

Originally Posted by Beneath the Shadows

Truth be told, I'm into the whole vampire thing, too. But it's more of a fascination with the idea rather than a belief in any kind of vampire "religion."

So, for the record, I do not believe that I'm a vampire. I do not drink blood (though I have). I don't think that I have, urm, powers.

A lot of us are captivated by the idea of vampires, I personally think vampires kick ass. This is not of what Gothic Piano is speaking, however.

[Beneath the Shadows]

It's more than thinking that vampires "kick ass." I constantly consider what it would be like to be a vampire, where I would go, what I would do, who I would remove from the gene pool. In my mind I create all sorts of different personas of who I could be. Then I write all this stuff down. It's my hope that some of it could come to be of use in stories that I write.

[Lolly PopMuzik]

Originally Posted by Gothic Piano

Lol! You can laugh all you want, but when your ass catches on fire and there's no fire anywere near where your standing, I'm goint to laugh so hard! Plus, I didn't even say that I WAS a vampire. I'm mostly just interested in it, not REALY wanting to become one. GEEZ!

Houses usually mean the opposite, don't they? Last time I checked, vampires were not part of Wiccan/pagan religion.

[StasisInDarkness]

Originally Posted by gothicusmaximus

I don't respect christians who claim powers either.

Such as your father...and I quote:

"Jesus...he had powers...you have to believe in his powers. He walked on water!"

[Lolly PopMuzik]

Originally Posted by StasisInDarkness

Such as your father...and I quote:

"Jesus...he had powers...you have to believe in his powers. He walked on water!"

I wonder who would win in a race between him and the Jesus lizard, I'd totally pay to see that!

[Drake Dun]

One does have to wonder why it is considered any less reasonable to claim that one has magical powers, than to claim that some Jewish carpenter who lived in a desert on the other side of the Earth a long time ago did.

Drake

[Bete Noire]

Originally Posted by Lolly PopMuzik

Houses usually mean the opposite, don't they? Last time I checked, vampires were not part of Wiccan/pagan religion.

This is true.

This thread split my sides and now I hurt.

[gothicusmaximus]

Originally Posted by Drake Dun

One does have to wonder why it is considered any less reasonable to claim that one has magical powers, than to claim that some Jewish carpenter who lived in a desert on the other side of the Earth a long time ago did.

Drake

Because 'vampires' should be able to show off their vampire powers. Jesus is dead, so any claim regarding him can be neither substantiated nor outrightly dismissed. An appropriate analogy would be me telling you I'm riding a magical purple unicorn while standing in front of you clearly not atop a purple unicorn vs. me telling you I once rode a magical purple unicorn.
For Christians pretending to have powers, see Faith Healers.

[honeythorn]

Originally Posted by Gothic Piano

For those that laughed: I do belive in the vampiric RELIGION. It's an actrual religion that has to do with exchanging engery. It's acraully not all about sucking ones blood. It has a lot to do with my Wiccan religion, instead of getting the energy from the Earth, you're getting it from an other individual.

How long have you been pracitcing wicca? My guess would be about....... three minutes?

Because " getting energy from another individual " in whatever form is harmful. Both by taking blood ( which is a fantastically easy way to end up getting a disease ) or so called " psychic vampirism " ( which supposedly drains energy from the body ) and the wiccan rede states " an it harm none do as ye will " . By doing this you effectively break the wiccan rede, YES even if the other person is willing.

Wicca also has absolutely NOTHING to do with vampirism. At all. Ever.

I for one cannot imagine Gerald Gardener swooping about in a cape, Quotng Anne Rice , Bram Stoker and " feeding " from people ,fond as he was of ceremonial magic and ritual.

I'm not saying you cannot love vampire literature and group culture, and be wiccan as well,I am certain many do . But to claim it is any form of " religion " or has anything to do with Wicca is spectacularly ignorant and mindless.

[Drake Dun]

Lol. Yes, I think that puts it nicely in its place. I submit to your well advised choice of analogy, and everything you say minus "nor outrightly dismissed".

Drake

[badteccy]

Originally Posted by Gothic Piano

Lol! You can laugh all you want, but when your ass catches on fire and there's no fire anywere near where your standing, I'm goint to laugh so hard! Plus, I didn't even say that I WAS a vampire. I'm mostly just interested in it, not REALY wanting to become one. GEEZ!

Yea, ok, I'm SURE my ass is just going to magically catch on fire....

[Underwater Ophelia]

Originally Posted by Gothic Piano

Sorry to bring it up. Well, since it IS a gothic website, I thought the poeple would be a little bit more open minded, that's all. Props to Duane who DOES have an open mind.

Just because we don't like something doesn't mean our minds aren't open.
I'm not crazy about the idea of bring shit into my sexual life--I'll be damned if that means I don't have an open mind.

Maybe the fact that you believe you need to steal energy (and yes, it would be stealing) from others is what's turning us off.