need advice on what to do to not be killed by a priestess

not sure if this should be here but it is related to religion yeah anyway my girlfriends family wants to cleanse me and i really need help on how to beat them succesfully without moving away from where i live currently any suggestions would be appreciated

What the fuck are you trying to say, now?

my gf family wants to cleanse me and i want to know does a priestess have some kind of weakpont i could use to my advantage

Is she human?

yes she is but supposedly her family knows alot of magic

Then fucking laugh at them and their amusing little religion.

Her power is non existent.

and if it turns out that she really does have some kind of magic and i get killed by it i'd rather know someway to avoid that rather then shrugging it of and being killed later

Do you guard yourself with garlic from vampires and carry silver bullets just in case you run into a werewolf?

Your belief in it gives it it's power.



[This message has been edited by Sol463 (edited 02-21-2004).]

garlic doesn't work on vampires lol anyway you are right in a way but theres enough people that beleieve in it all over the world that it will stick be able to kill me

No.

Look, I tried to reason with you, but you leave me no choice. Stop believing in this bullshit or I will put a hex on you.

Magick is nothing but ritual. Thay can't do anything to you unless it's physical.

Take up boxing.

quote:Originally posted by jag:

not sure if this should be here but it is related to religion yeah anyway my girlfriends family wants to cleanse me and i really need help on how to beat them succesfully without moving away from where i live currently any suggestions would be appreciated

Seems it's already too late. Like an other poster said beliving in it, gives it power.

Since you are concerned, the option to just dismiss it won't work anymore.

When you can't beat them, join them.

Get your own magic. I'm sure there is a way to break whatever spell they have in store for you.

What you need first is more information. What kind of cult/belive?

For startes I suggest a medalion in the shape of a religion you feel comfortable with.

Regards

yeah, show up at the house with a huge cross on a mr. t chain and dress like a monk.

quote:Originally posted by SkyRat:

Seems it's already too late. Like an other poster said beliving in it, gives it power.

Since you are concerned, the option to just dismiss it won't work anymore.

When you can't beat them, join them.

Get your own magic. I'm sure there is a way to break whatever spell they have in store for you.

What you need first is more information. What kind of cult/belive?

For startes I suggest a medalion in the shape of a religion you feel comfortable with.

Regards

It is never too late to realise that Carebears aren't real and can't hurt you.

quote:Originally posted by jag:

garlic doesn't work on vampires lol

Who told you that? Buffy?

I'm lost. What about being "cleansed" is so terrifying? I'd call being cleansed "minty fresh" at worst...

cleanse means kill

Once upon a time, Jag wrote

>cleanse means kill

I'm going to assume you're making things up until you offer up some specifics. Besides voodoo, I don't know of many faiths where it's encouraged to hurt others.

(Why am I bothering? Oh yeah, sleep deprivation, right...)

quote:Originally posted by Schraff:

I don't know of many faiths where it's encouraged to hurt others.

Many faiths do. The Christians used to burn witches, "Thou shal not let a witch suffer to live" or however that passage goes.

Islam, well do we have to talk about that?

Hindus, in their vast religion are some violent cults. Kali and stuuf. Ever watched Indiana Jones ;-) ?

And so on.

The point is most faiths, if not all, define an absolute good. Wich means there is also an absolute evil. To destroy this is to do god's work.

Of course, only fanatics or psychopaths will use this to excuses their violent impuleses.

The bible can be a source of peace or war, it depends on the mindset of the person reading it.

quote:Originally posted by Sol463:

It is never too late to realise that Carebears aren't real and can't hurt you.

Do you know what a placebo is?

No.

Elaborate...

Once upon a time, SkyRat wrote:

>Many faiths do. The Christians used to burn >witches, "Thou shal not let a witch suffer >to live" or however that passage goes.

Doh! You're completely right. I didn't explain myself clearly. When I think of faiths, I tend to think of "smaller" neopagan/polytheistic sorts, not the "big three". Kind of like missing the forest for the trees

Forgot about the Kali cults, too. Do you know if those are related to the <i>thuga</i> murder-and-pillage mountain cults? It's been a while...

[Craftian]

Yep, the Thugee follow Kali.

Fun & interesting people.

quote:Originally posted by jag:

my gf family wants to cleanse me and i want to know does a priestess have some kind of weakpont i could use to my advantage

WAHAHAHAHAH ... sorry.

go talk to some haitians, they can help ya. the solution probably requires some rare spices, chicken bones, and speakin a lotta creole

Dude, don't let her get to LV6 she will get Starfall!!! Unless you have a Dreadlord you can do Sleep-interupt. Then you are good to go, she's weak anyways just surround her with Grunts.

Could you tell us some more about this family? What do you know about their beliefs? It might (just) help.

quote:Originally posted by Sol463:

No.

Elaborate...

The placebo effect is some weir and cool stuff. http:../../skepdic.com/placebo.html

Basically, a placebo is a fake medicine. If patients come to a doctor with some symptoms and the doctor has reason to belive the symptoms are only in the patients mind he will give him a placebo, a expensive looking sugar pill, with no effect whatsoever.

But since the patient belives the placebo is actual a stron drug, his symptoms will decreases.

This works on practically anyone.

I rember seeing a BBC documentation.

Two groups of people were given the same placebo, the one group were told it was a new pain reducing medicine, the others were told this drug would actually increases the feeling of pain.

Both were given small electirc shocks.

Before and after they took the placebos

Without drugs both groups reported the same level of pain for the same electric strength.

After taking the placebo, one group was able to withstand much higher eletric shocks without feeling pain, the others couldn't even tolerate the same electric shocks they experienced before.

All because they took a non-working sugar pill.



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It's all in your mind, you know :-)

I know that was sarcasm.

quote:Originally posted by SkyRat:

Many faiths do. The Christians used to burn witches, "Thou shal not let a witch suffer to live" or however that passage goes.

Of course, only fanatics or psychopaths will use this to excuses their violent impuleses.

The bible can be a source of peace or war, it depends on the mindset of the person reading it.

The qoute you have is probably from the Old Testament. Jesus came along to set things right in how to act "...love your neighbor as yourself." - Matt. 19:19

You are right in saying that it is the fanatics who take it out of context, but it is not how God would want you to act. Christianity does not encourage violence or similiar acts.

[Craftian]

Funny, that's not what most Christians seem to think.