Instant messege exchange -- tonight

[capri0mni]

Mike394inMS: hello
(oop! think I. Is this some guy about to ask if I'm hot or want to date?)
CapriUni: hello? Can I help you?
Mike394inMS: hi, how long have you been pagan?
(nope. either a wannabe or a Christian proselytizer. Probably the latter)
CapriUni: my entire adult life.
Mike394inMS: do you believe in a actual goddess and god
(sounding even more like the latter. Ahem.)
CapriUni: Well, actually, I am a Polytheist, and my faith is a personal one that closely mirrors the Gaia hypothesis, and has been built up over a lifetime of prayer, meditation and study.
(No response. I think I may have baffled him with all my big words. Or demonstrated that I won't be easily swayed by quotes from the Bible. Either way, mission accomplished)

Comments

[alryssa.livejournal.com]

*laughs* I don't think it had enough IQ points to respond... ;)

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

Probably not. But they're so much fun to play with... like distracting a basset hound with a squeeky toy... (no offense to basset hounds)

[snowgrouse.livejournal.com]

Goodness. Great response.

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

Well, it's honest. And it's a good test. If it was a Wannabe, I probably would have gotten something like this as a response:

Polytheist? Which Trad is that?

If it was a fellow Pagan, I might have either triggered a discussion of James Lovelock, or gotten a question regarding particular pantheons.

The fact that I got no response at all strengthens my assumption that it was a proselytizer.