Vampirism

Venice Queen:

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Okay you're right and I am very sorry if I offended anyone.
BUT Can you at least see where I am coming from?
It freaks me out. I know I should have said pyscho and I apologised. But I mean, drinking other peoples blood, aside from the fact you could catch HIV/ hepatitis etc. Is like just a few steps below canabalism... which is some what frowned upon, I hear.

Canabalism is frowned upon, and so is Vampirism. People who do this need help, there's something wrong with their minds which makes them think that this is right, when it's not.

Agreed. It is barbaric, and those who do follow it in the way of drinking human blood, obviously have some rather indepth mental issues.

But I did find it interesting with the comment with the difference of beliving in Vampirism and practising it. If you want to believe in it as a religion, basically following all aspacts that you find make up this belief besides the drinking blood part of it, are you then still practising it? Or is that merely believing?

For it to be a religion don't you have to be worshiping?
Like a 'god' of some sort?

x_00.07_x:

Okay you're right and I am very sorry if I offended anyone.
BUT Can you at least see where I am coming from?
It freaks me out. I know I should have said pyscho and I apologised. But I mean, drinking other peoples blood, aside from the fact you could catch HIV/ hepatitis etc. Is like just a few steps below canabalism... which is some what frowned upon, I hear.

I understand, and I can completely see where your coming from.

I don't support it, but I figure who am I to judge in a world where there so many different religions.

But I do think that there is mass confusion between beliving in Vampires and beliving in Vampirism in this day and age. Because the only real widely known difference is the ingesting of blood.

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For it to be a religion don't you have to be worshiping?
Like a 'god' of some sort?

Not really. All religions are different and I don't think there are set guidelines that one has to follow for it to be classed as a religion. Well that's what I believe and I have gathered.

And with Vampirism, do they in fact worship anything? Because from what I've read, blood or somesort is more of a necessity as food then something to worship...

I've heard people file their teeth to look like vampire teeth , and kill people & such. It's pretty weird *Shudders* But I think its cool for movies and books. But some people want to take it too far D:!

xpunkprincessx:

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If vampires are real, so is Santa.

Practicing Vampirism makes you a pyscho... not a creature of the night.

People who practice vampirism are NOT pyscho! They are allowed to choose and believe in whatever they want. And just because YOU don't believe in vampires doesn't mean they aren't real. In my personal opinion i think the idea of worshipping a 'god' so that when you die you go to a wonderful place in the cloud is absolutly absurd. But you don't see me going around telling everybody who believe in that that they are pyscho. Have a little human decency.

There's a difference between believing in a god so you don't go to hell and killing people and sucking their blood. If you saw someone sucking a poor girls blood, would you honestly not find that at least a little disturbing? Maybe they aren't psycho, but just because vampirism is their belief does not give anyone the right to kill.

If you ever find an actual vampire, please show me.

Are we talking 'actual vampire' like fangs, pale skin, tryanslvainain accent, cape and the abiltly to turn into a bat?
Or just some one who practices Vampirism?

Because one of the above exsists...

I don't understand on what could this belief be based since the actual legends and folk stories about vampires have nothing to do with the way they're portrayed in modern literature/movies/etc.

mmmm.... I am quite sure in some point of my life i will become a vampire (call me insane if you want to) I think that blood tastes good (yeah, sometimes I drink my own blood after I cut myself).
I do think vampires once exited or still exist because I believe most of myths might be real.
the suff of going out and killing someone just to suck their blood, that is actually some turn some serial killers take and it is called Vampiric Killer, but that is some kind of mental deseased such as esquizofrenia (or what ever it is spelled)can cause.
love
~-VampireXx

sweet_revenge123:

mmmm.... I am quite sure in some point of my life i will become a vampire (call me insane if you want to) I think that blood tastes good (yeah, sometimes I drink my own blood after I cut myself).
I do think vampires once exited or still exist because I believe most of myths might be real.
the suff of going out and killing someone just to suck their blood, that is actually some turn some serial killers take and it is called Vampiric Killer, but that is some kind of mental deseased such as esquizofrenia (or what ever it is spelled)can cause.
love
~-VampireXx

I believe people who practice vampirism exsist but the stereotypical Vampire? Not so much. It's impossible.

CrookedSpoons.:

xpunkprincessx:

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If vampires are real, so is Santa.

Practicing Vampirism makes you a pyscho... not a creature of the night.

People who practice vampirism are NOT pyscho! They are allowed to choose and believe in whatever they want. And just because YOU don't believe in vampires doesn't mean they aren't real. In my personal opinion i think the idea of worshipping a 'god' so that when you die you go to a wonderful place in the cloud is absolutly absurd. But you don't see me going around telling everybody who believe in that that they are pyscho. Have a little human decency.

There's a difference between believing in a god so you don't go to hell and killing people and sucking their blood. If you saw someone sucking a poor girls blood, would you honestly not find that at least a little disturbing? Maybe they aren't psycho, but just because vampirism is their belief does not give anyone the right to kill.

If you ever find an actual vampire, please show me.

If you didn't hear me earlier in the thread, I know people who practice. And they don't kill anyone, they take blood from volentary(sp?) patients and then they drink it. And whose to say they don't test it before they drink it? And i don't think that people drinking other peoples blood volentarily isn't wrong. And it really does offend me when all of you guys say how barbaric and disgusting and wrong it is, and how the people are 'pyscho' when I doubt you even know anyone who practices. My friends are really nice and just because they drink other peoples blood doesn't mean they are any less human. It just means they have a different taste for food.

And. Canabalism is frown upon in SOME countries, not all.

x_00.07_x:

sweet_revenge123:

mmmm.... I am quite sure in some point of my life i will become a vampire (call me insane if you want to) I think that blood tastes good (yeah, sometimes I drink my own blood after I cut myself).
I do think vampires once exited or still exist because I believe most of myths might be real.
the suff of going out and killing someone just to suck their blood, that is actually some turn some serial killers take and it is called Vampiric Killer, but that is some kind of mental deseased such as esquizofrenia (or what ever it is spelled)can cause.
love
~-VampireXx

I believe people who practice vampirism exsist but the stereotypical Vampire? Not so much. It's impossible.

Nothing is impossible.

xpunkprincessx:

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I believe people who practice vampirism exist but the stereotypical Vampire? Not so much. It's impossible.

Nothing is impossible.

I could list you 10 things right now that are impossible.

xpunkprincessx:

If you didn't hear me earlier in the thread, I know people who practice. And they don't kill anyone, they take blood from volentary(sp?) patients and then they drink it. And whose to say they don't test it before they drink it? And i don't think that people drinking other peoples blood volentarily isn't wrong. And it really does offend me when all of you guys say how barbaric and disgusting and wrong it is, and how the people are 'pyscho' when I doubt you even know anyone who practices. My friends are really nice and just because they drink other peoples blood doesn't mean they are any less human. It just means they have a different taste for food.

And. Canabalism is frown upon in SOME countries, not all.

I already apologized for saying pyscho.
Doesn't make them any less human? They are trying to be vampires. Vampires are not human anyway.
I also can't help but think that it's a bit unfair when people are crying out for blood donors to save lives and there are people just drinking it...

xpunkprincessx:

If you didn't hear me earlier in the thread, I know people who practice. And they don't kill anyone, they take blood from volentary(sp?) patients and then they drink it. And whose to say they don't test it before they drink it? And i don't think that people drinking other peoples blood volentarily isn't wrong. And it really does offend me when all of you guys say how barbaric and disgusting and wrong it is, and how the people are 'pyscho' when I doubt you even know anyone who practices. My friends are really nice and just because they drink other peoples blood doesn't mean they are any less human. It just means they have a different taste for food.

And. Canabalism is frown upon in SOME countries, not all.

Well, I don't think knowing anyone who practices vampirism has anything to do with this, first of all. But for the people who do practice it, if you take blood from someone who is willing, then I don't see the problem. But taking the time to get it tested?

I never said that just because someone drinks blood doesn't make them nice, I just personally find it, for lack of a better word, disgusting. If you want to drink blood, go ahead, I don't care. I don't see a problem with vampirism as long as you don't go off killing people and drinking their blood.

sueno?:

I don't understand on what could this belief be based since the actual legends and folk stories about vampires have nothing to do with the way they're portrayed in modern literature/movies/etc.

Agreed.

Compared with the beginnings with folklore in relation to Vampires, nowadays they are portrayed in a more softened and watered down sense.

Which is probably why the idea to some of Vampirism is enticing.

One question I did have, are they considered to still be a follower of the 'religion' if they in fact drink animal blood, rather than human?

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I believe that yes, technically they are, but in a different sense.
Because they are still drinking blood, i believe it would be another FORM of it.

""Doesn't make them any less human? They are trying to be vampires. Vampires are not human anyway.
I also can't help but think that it's a bit unfair when people are crying out for blood donors to save lives and there are people just drinking it...""

Even you said that they weren't actual vampires, so yes, just because they drink blood they are still as HUMAN and anyone else. And they drink blood from friends, friends who ALSO donate blood regularly. And each person, doesn't more than a pint of blood every, like three days, if that much,so yea, as someone asked earlier in the thread they must eat something else. And sometimes, if needed they will drink their own blood.

"And sometimes, if needed they will drink their own blood."

Why would you need to drink blood?

In the myths it was to keep themselves alive. That is not the case today.

Its their RELIGION, what they believe in. And really you have no right to tell them its wrong. It might be wrong for the ones who KILL in it, but for the ones who don't, not so much. In America we have the right to freedom of religion. I live in here and so do they, they have the right to believe in whatever they want, and as long as they aren't hurting anyone, i think its ok. No, i don't think its alright for people who practice it to kill others.

No they don't NEED to drink it, but they choose to because thats what they choose. They have their reason, everybody has their own reasons. In my own personal opinion, they are doing nothing wrong. I don't see exactly why you do.

So if I said I needed to eat human flesh as part of my religion it would be okay?

Anyway, there have been killings in the name of the church for centuries... doesn't make it right though.

Dasha:

Yes yes, we've all read Anne Rice's books, Twilight Series, etc etc. I have wanted to be a vampire since I was 12, but I can see now that it's not possible. Of course, there are people who actually need to drink blood - I watched something about it on National Geographic, so maybe it's not true - but you can't call them vampires.

For now, I put on my $50 tooth caps and run around in my velvet dress with my hair curling down my back, for that is how hard core I am.

I agree..
Though, I've wanted to be one since I've been eleven. :D

I do the exact same thing, but, I don't need tooth caps, since my teeth are like a vampires. :cute:

..Pssht, my friends think I have problems some days because I do so.. :file: :lmfao :file: