OKay what is the gothic religion all about ? What do they beleive in ? And why all the Black ?

It isn't a "religion." This is a common mis-conception. It has nothing to do with religion. It's about fashion, music, an appreciation for the beauty in darkness that most people are afraid to even LOOK at, let alone recognize as a form of beauty, and of not wanting to conform to the forced-upon-us ideals of society simply because we're told to do so by the mass media and our peers. As for why black, because it looks DAMN nice and goes with anything.

- Zaranyzerak

This is something thats always baffled me- How can you tell if youre a Real Goth? and should it be capitalised?


Beauty in darkness- check
Apreciation of music/goth fashion- check
Black clothes- check
Overwhelming desire to go to New Orleans- check
Strange fantasies about Popy Z Brite characters- check
Slightly masochistic outlook on life- check
A bizarre life which can be read not so much like a soap opera but as a Nine Inch Nails album- check

Oh, fantastic, i must be a real goth. Thats that one cleared up then.

Love to yas!

I feel somewhat goth, I suppose, but it's so hard to find a definition. I've done so much research online and the best I can find is "no one can tell you you're not goth" or "If you feel goth, you are" and definitions like creative, feels outcast, etc...yet I also know people that would call a person a "wannabe" if they don't listen to Bauhaus and think they're a vampire.

I mean, hell, I'm creative, somewhat dark in my thoughts, etc.--but I also fall very strongly into the "hippie" category and my music preferences run more to oldies (Beatles, etc.) and classical. Some people would say "hey, why not, you're goth" and other people wouldn't be able to stop laughing long enough to tell me to fuck off...