Initial Reactions

When a person first finds out that I am a pagan, there are a number of reactions that they show.
One would be-recoiling as if I am a disease, hands reaching up for their cross, then quickly leaving the room Two-Nodding understandingly as if this were something bad that has happened to me, like the flu or strep throat
Three-Telling me outright that I will burn in Hell for all of eternity unless in join in the cleanness of Christ (just like Lisa)
Four-Saying that it is cool that I have chosen something different, and that they respect that.
Five- and the most common is the gasp of shock as they think "She worships the devil??!!!"
I think that people have been so freaking brainwashed from birth that anything that everybody else does is normal!!! Oh, yeah, drinking wine every Sunday and believing that you are drinking the blood of a dead man is normal! Following a religion that tells you that if you make one tiny little mistake you will go to Hell! That if you do not conform to their religion,  that you will burn in Hell! I am just so sick of people telling me what to do with my life, and how to choose to live my life that I could scream!
But more often than not, I do, admittedly, take a little pleasure from that fact that every time somebody see's my tattoo (a key with the triple moon on the top. Don't freak, it's on my leg) or when I wear a pentacle or an ankh around my family. That little frown that they give when they realize that I am not covering up my religion as if it something to be ashamed of! Awesome! My rant is now over, thanks for listening. Reading. Haha. -Maize