Should I leave?

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Okay, long story, I posted something related to Our Lady on the Politics, Philosophy, Religion Sub-forum, and last Tuesday, a Protestant started posting typical anti-Catholic attacks on my thread. I made a couple of responses and planned to, for the most part, ignore him. But a couple of other people appeared on that thread that didn't seem hostile, and I decided to expand my defense of Our Lady and reach out to them. Throughout Wednesday, things were quite straightforward for the most part, however the guy had posted another thread attacking Our Lady. I decided to simply ignore the thread at first, and simply let him make a fool of himself; because frankly, the stuff you see on that guy's thread is the kind you see from Jack Chick. However later on that day, I noticed that things on that thread weren't going the way I expected them to go, so I posted a defense on that thread and then moved on.

Last night, I didn't sleep well and woke up in a negative mood. As I checked things on this site, and discovered that things had gotten worse on that thread and it made me angry. I love Our Lady, and one of the things that gets me really, really, really enraged is when people attack my Blessed Mother, I cannot stand that kind of blasphemy. I started making hostile posts, and it didn't help that my morning was also hard and full of irritations. I logged onto a Traditional Catholic forum site I hang out on, and asked for prayers. Later I added the guy responsible for all this to my Foes list on here, and went on to take a break from this site for most of the day. (I was originally planning to stay away until tomorrow) Meanwhile, back on the Catholic forum site, a sister in Christ of mine, suggested that perhaps I should just leave this site, (no one on that site knows what this site is, or that I have Aspergers by the way) and I have been thinking about it ever since. I can handle a lot stuff on this site, right now I can only think of two things that can make me lose it, blasphemous attacks on Our Lady, and topics involving traditionally Catholic cultures apostatizing from the Faith. (Topics involving that state of moral and religious affairs in Quebec or Ireland for example) Yet even with these topics I might be able to keep control, as I was with this ordeal, it wasn't until I had a bad night that I started to get really angry. It seems I may be able to handle things on this site, but still, should I stay? Are there things I haven't considered, or are the said things mentioned above, in-and-of themselves, things that should give me reason to leave?

Tell me what you think?

My advise would be to just ignore certain treads. For the rest it would depend on what you are getting out of wrongplanet, or want to get out of it.

Just chill out, man.

People have different beliefs. That what makes the world go round.

please don't leave, your voice is welcome here and worth just as much as anybody else's. be more stubborn, please.

Yes, at least take a breather. If something is affecting you to that degree.

This is not a necessity to life, this website.


I don’t think the guy was insulting Mary, if I think you’re talking about the same guy, but if you feel so strongly, It may even be a misunderstanding, but even if Im wrong, its smart to detach and use that same time that wd be spent here, on relaxing.


There’s nothing wrong with wanting to defend Mary,
but why expose yourself to something stressful
not directly related to your real life.

As you mention your day was stressful anyway,
well maybe life is a bumpy patch right now for you in general,
and if you have Aspergers,
you will be like me and perseverate on angering incidents,
to an unproductive degree.

Then u wont have much energy left over to deal with day to day life ..

Like when I perseverated on a really bad incident ... PERSEVERANCE on BAD things is my biggest character flaw....

I was going two weeks without showering sometimes,
forgetting documents, dropping cups and breaking them by accident,
late for appointments ...just because i wd be frozen dwelling on depressing thoughts..oh also ...I was not paying bills which adds up...in fact I forgot so long that they actually cut my electricity once or twice..it just messed up my life.

That level of perseveration is actually destructive, that is what I found



Detaching yourself from something that seems to aggravate you, also gives you space for perspective.


You have to keep in mind you have Aspergers, always, because that makes things that others can delve into in depth , more stressful or exaggerated for you.

Your brain thinks on more levels, and longer, on topics, so if it is a negative topic, your mind will be submerged in it.

For me it feels like my brain is overheating.

In the same situation, a person without ASD would be able to walk away and not dwell on it
It’s healthy all around to detach briefly at least

You’re going to have to accept that some people don’t believe in what you believe in.

People have experiences in life which determines their belief (or disbelief).

I don’t believe in the Virgin Mary. It doesn’t mean we can’t be friends.

I hear your part of British Columbia has the hottest summers in Canada.

I see Kamloops routinely make it to the upper 30s Celsius every summer.

i nicely envy the OP his canadianhood.

It’s still pretty darn hot in inland southeast BC....at whatever location.

I can never understand religious arguments, religious wars. I am a jewess with a profound faith in God. God is pure love, anyone who attacks someone elses interpretation of God, their customs and traditions, is in fact denying God. "Love thy friend as thyself" is the correct hebrew translation, the Bible translates as "love thy neighbour as thyself." Attacking someone elses religion means that you are in fact "faithless." Verbal or physical violence against anothers' belief shows that person is a believer in theory but not in practice.

So stay, I never let intolerance defeat me