Hey, if you think it’s appropriate to refer to Apep as a “thing,” with ‘it’ pronouns, or say he’s not a god, please block me. If you’re so worried about other people’s religions, maybe you should do some soul searching about why you have such negative feelings, because I guarantee you that the gods wouldn’t bother with this petty bullshit. I know my patron would smack the shit out of me if I was acting like how y’all do about Apep.
Additionally if you shame people for their choice of deities to worship just because they’re evil, destroyers or chaotic, block me. If they want to follow that path, even if it’s against all your personal faith, honey it’s none of your goddamn business. You have no right to shit talk the gods, divine entities, or their devotees just because you feel you’re doing your own deities a favor. Fucking get a petty level check and get those lemons outta your ass 👌
Idk if y’all missed Kemetic induction day, but A/p/e/p isn’t a Netjer (God), CERTAINLY isn’t in any way ‘divine’ and his worship (shudders) has no place in the Kemetic community or any well-meaning pagan circles. Just so we’re clear, IT is literally Uncreated – it doesn’t technically even exist so, like, giving it pronouns and referring to it as a ‘thing’ seems pretty generous imo. But if ppl wanna worship a literal unfeeling, unthinking black hole thats only drive is to tear their entire world apart in front of them, then I can’t really stop them from doing that. Just do it somewhere far away from me. Enjoy your endless void of terror and darkness I guess – different strokes for different folks indeed.
tl;dr – a/p/e/p isn’t some misunderstood or demonized deity (Unless you’re reading some of the weird, badly researched/ translated sources that conflate him with Seth). To us Kemetics, worshiping it is essentially wishing a slow and painful death upon each and every one of us. Not sure how opposing that is petty, but go on I guess.
Mmm, writes post about respecting other peoples religions…immediately disrespects other peoples beliefs and religions…thats some tasty hypocrisy. Delicious.
Speaking of petty bullshit…That comment…prime.
Just for extra context… @deadlydeamonflashmob was just trying to give you some context to this entity and some information as to why this entity isn’t worshiped and why it’s railed against, but be a dick I guess.
How is me saying I don’t care about ranting being disrespectful of beliefs? Pff. You’re reaching. I know of people who worship Apep and I know of people who worship other gods of destruction and chaos in various religious. The Tumblr Kemetic community just seems to have a stick up their ass over individuality. Shrugs.
Oh honey…in your original vagueblog:
“If you’re so worried about other people’s religions, maybe you should do some soul searching about why you have such negative feelings, because I guarantee you that the gods wouldn’t bother with this petty bullshit.“
You’re directly saying kemetics believing the Wyrm being a horrid entity of Uncreation, the force of returning everything to before matter and energy, before the big bang…is “petty bullshit”.
You’re directly saying kemetics believing that this thing should not be worshiped because it’s the worst evil imaginable, is petty bullshit.
The Wyrm wants to tear your soul apart and eat it like an hors
d’oeuvre. This is not “petty bullshit”, it’s a fundamental point of our
religion, which you’re disrespecting by unironically telling us we
shouldn’t talk about how evil it is…HOOONEYYYYY!!!
You’re saying, kemetics offering you information about WHAT it is and WHY its bad so you can make an informed decision…is petty bullshit. Honey, HHOOONEYYY...No. You literally sat there and tried to tell us we are wrong about our religion. Because believing what we believe is somehow “inappropriate”. Child, sit down.
But lets look at the other part…
“ I know my patron would smack the shit out of me if I was acting like how y’all do about Apep.“
Mmmm…delicious.
According to your blog your patron is Fenrir, you know what, I know plenty of people who worship Fenrir and he’s a good guy to them…but I would hope they’d encourage you to not no near the universe negating blob of nothingness…I would hope they care about you enough to not encourage you to interact with it.
The Wyrm isn’t like Fenrir. It wasn’t a loyal member of the pantheon whom the pantheon betrayed and sealed away over a prophecy. It came into being at the same time as Atum (the embodiment and god of being, creation, substance). The Wyrm is his polar opposite and is constantly trying to destroy him.
I recommend this lovely article about the Wyrm if you are interested in learning about it. ( Apophis: On the Origin, Name, and Nature of an Ancient Egyptian Anti-God by Ludwig Morenz
). It’s a good article.
“You’re reaching.“
Mmmm, not a reach my dude, friend, pal. Not a reach. I’m just informed.
You’re conflating the Wyrm with other “gods of destruction” which is not what it is, this is simply a point of accuracy. It’s an “Anti-God”, if you want to classify it.
All anyone said was “You shouldn’t worship it but whatever, do what you want”. But here you are going off XD. This has nothing to do with individuality, just concerned people who know what they are talking about, giving ya fair warning, and trying to offer some education on this entity you want to die on a hill for. But hey, do what you want, we’re just trying to inform you, its a bad idea and maybe we know what we’re talking about here.
“The Tumblr Kemetic community just seems to have a stick up their ass over individuality.“
Ooooh child, this is petty. Again, all anyone said is you shouldn’t …not you can’t. So calm down, we aren’t your parents telling you weed is bad mmkay. Now, there are some topics the kemetic community can be stuffy about but we all seem to agree that the Wyrm is not a good guy. Every single one of us is individual, and we all have our own practices, done our own ways. So I dunno where you get this bullshit “such cultish unindividualzez” crapola from.
“More cultish then christians”, oh child, that’s adorable. While the Christian concepts of demons, evil, and Satan/Lucifer all come from demonizing former Caananite gods and creatures…That’s not the territory we are in here. If you’re going to make some one off snarky comment, at least be accurate otherwise it’s embarrassing.
Also no, no one’s “sending their buddies after you”, I just saw my friend send you some info and gently suggest that, you shouldn’t worship it, and you wanted to be a dick. But whatever, be a dick I guess.
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