Wow, really? rant

Ever have that spare change that you take to a coin star? I decided to take my daughter with me, cash in our change, and buy my husband some of those snack cakes for his lunches. When ever I do this, whatever change is left I put in the Ronald McDonald kids donation box. So, I'm in line, minding my own business, entertaining my kid, and some guy walks up and says, "Wow, how you could brand yourself with that mark? you know what that is right?" He is referring to my chest tattoo. I have several symbols, and the one he seen was the devil. here is an image.



There is also the symbol for neo paganism, the goat in pagan which is a symbol of fertility and power, the goat in Greek mythology where every time someone when to the underworld, they had to sacrifice a goat for safe passage, thus the term scapegoat was born. I am also a Capricorn.

Normally, I get approached by these people that MUST say how wrong it is, and how I should be ashamed and am going to hell. I am also usually alone and reply with witty come backs. Not today. I try to brush it off and say, "if that's what you see, than that's what you see. have a good day sir."

He continues to say how I need to save myself, he'll pray for me, how lucky my daughter is to NOT know what hell is. "Please tell me she's baptized!"

At this point, the ladies in front of me are as insulted as I am. I don't want to get upset in front of my daughter.

"No, she is not, and it is none of your business in what I practice. If you don't like it, don't look. Don't agree with it, don't follow. You have been incredibly rude to me and I am telling you to get away from me and my daughter."

I almost punched him for this. He placed his hand on my daughter's head. I slapped it away and went off, as did another woman. "Don't you dare touch my daughter! Get away from them you psycho!"

He then said that my daughter will die young because of a mother like me and will be trapped in limbo.

WHAT THE ****?!!!!

After all this, he goes into his lane and the lady in front of me was kind enough to let me go a head of her to get out of that store as fast as I could, and the other lady in front of me, already had her items scanning, offered to pay for my little snack cakes as an apology for that douche bag. I declined but said thank you. I am not going to let someone spend their hard earned money for my snack cakes, especially when I have throw away money.

Psycho comes back and says, screams really, "Don't you help that devil worshiping *kitten*!"

The cashier calls for security and apologizes to me. I pay for my cakes, and in full view of the douche bag, put the change, about five bucks into the donation box.

Normally, people like him, I don't let them get to me. But when you involve my daughter, my 3 year old daughter, gloves come off. I've had a similar thing happen just a few nights ago, (why would you do that to yourself? post) But really? WTF?

I am really not too religious. Believe in what you want. The one religious thing I do firmly believe in is Karma. What goes around comes around. But that, that was just crazy. I don't walk up to people that have crosses or the virgin, or the praying hands and ask why and get offended. Most of them look nice and it's none of my business.