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I live only with my mother. She is a christian. I am 17.
Today, it hit me. Why would I STILL hide that I'm a Pagan? She is not exactly a christian fanatic, but she believes, I thought. And she got me into beliefs about reincarnation, meditation, etc. in the first place.
So... I come to her. My heart going 150 beats per minute. I get extremely nervous/excited. I found Paganism (I will not call it Satanism and I will not call Father Enki "Satan", I don't have any idea why you slander the Gods like that by calling them "Demons". Just call them what they are, GODS.) about two years ago, and dedicated less than a year ago on Beltane.
I start telling her, and I finally, after 10 minutes, get to the point and tell her that I'm not a christian anymore and that I'm a Pagan.
And then she starts talking how she now realizes why I stopped wearing my "crucifix" and why I stopped being so "enthusiastic" about the "christian holidays". Then we start talking about it all, and suddenly, I'm super-surprised when I hear that she's actually "disappointed" (but as I expected, she didn't try to force me back, of course) and starts asking questions, I keep answering. After about two hours of talk (quite uncomfortable but not that bad) she asks me "Do you feel like a fool now that you realize that your Gods are actually the same as 'saints'". I'm like "What the fuck?" and I tell her how the attributes of the Gods were stolen and made "saints" and how christianity is a branch of judaism, a religious program created to destroy Paganism. Then I ask her "Now do you understand?" she says "No, I don't really understand.". I tell her "You do not want to understand.", seeing she's doubting her beliefs, obviously. She's smart and all that's holding her to christianity is our family's traditions, one of which being filthy lie of christianity. And traditions are important to her. Then I just tell her "You just don't want to understand.". She nods and says "Yes. I don't want to understand.".
I just wanted to share it with you guys. I also wanted to ask you how you revealed your allegiance to the Gods to your family, what was their reaction. And I wanted to know how to keep "explaining" it to her, maybe even make her believe. She seems to think that Hindus, Native Americans, Buddhists, Taoists, etc. (all different kinds of Paganism, like us) are the wisest people in the world. Also, today she told me that she believes in reincarnation, and that she developed herself quite a bit, and meditated every day long ago before I was born, but she can't understand how "I could give up my faith/traditions so quickly", and "why can't I spiritually develop myself and meditate while being a christian".
I hope this doesn't discourage anyone to reveal their new path, the path of truth and knowledge. Do it, but don't expect them to agree and respect your choice right away. It will only help you, you won't have to hide anymore.
Today, it hit me. Why would I STILL hide that I'm a Pagan? She is not exactly a christian fanatic, but she believes, I thought. And she got me into beliefs about reincarnation, meditation, etc. in the first place.
So... I come to her. My heart going 150 beats per minute. I get extremely nervous/excited. I found Paganism (I will not call it Satanism and I will not call Father Enki "Satan", I don't have any idea why you slander the Gods like that by calling them "Demons". Just call them what they are, GODS.) about two years ago, and dedicated less than a year ago on Beltane.
I start telling her, and I finally, after 10 minutes, get to the point and tell her that I'm not a christian anymore and that I'm a Pagan.
And then she starts talking how she now realizes why I stopped wearing my "crucifix" and why I stopped being so "enthusiastic" about the "christian holidays". Then we start talking about it all, and suddenly, I'm super-surprised when I hear that she's actually "disappointed" (but as I expected, she didn't try to force me back, of course) and starts asking questions, I keep answering. After about two hours of talk (quite uncomfortable but not that bad) she asks me "Do you feel like a fool now that you realize that your Gods are actually the same as 'saints'". I'm like "What the fuck?" and I tell her how the attributes of the Gods were stolen and made "saints" and how christianity is a branch of judaism, a religious program created to destroy Paganism. Then I ask her "Now do you understand?" she says "No, I don't really understand.". I tell her "You do not want to understand.", seeing she's doubting her beliefs, obviously. She's smart and all that's holding her to christianity is our family's traditions, one of which being filthy lie of christianity. And traditions are important to her. Then I just tell her "You just don't want to understand.". She nods and says "Yes. I don't want to understand.".
I just wanted to share it with you guys. I also wanted to ask you how you revealed your allegiance to the Gods to your family, what was their reaction. And I wanted to know how to keep "explaining" it to her, maybe even make her believe. She seems to think that Hindus, Native Americans, Buddhists, Taoists, etc. (all different kinds of Paganism, like us) are the wisest people in the world. Also, today she told me that she believes in reincarnation, and that she developed herself quite a bit, and meditated every day long ago before I was born, but she can't understand how "I could give up my faith/traditions so quickly", and "why can't I spiritually develop myself and meditate while being a christian".
I hope this doesn't discourage anyone to reveal their new path, the path of truth and knowledge. Do it, but don't expect them to agree and respect your choice right away. It will only help you, you won't have to hide anymore.