I'm Coming Out...

[lestatdark]

Teo said:

lestatdark said:

AkibaFan said:

lestatdark said:

I had to tell my parents, who are mildly Christian based, that I had converted to the Wicca religion. It wasn't nice and pretty at the start, and I had to deal with a load of bad stuff coming from them in the first days.

Eventually they grew to accept it, because that's who I am and what I believe, and they (as I) found that there is no reason why the two beliefs couldn't co-exist.

My grandparents (from my father side) were another whole story. They are fervent religious people, they have a gigantic cross on their backyard and have had priest do mass on their house. I was called child of the devil, witch, Satan himself and threatened by them. 

Since then I haven't talked to them, if they chose not to accept me for what I believe then it's their loss, not mine. I will always respect them and accept them for their choices, even though their attitudes really go against what the Christian religion supposedly represents.

tht must have been hard for you. hopefully they will supprt u soon

It was harder for my dad, since he was a bit torn in that time. I really don't mind if they don't support me, it's their decision. It just saddens me to personally know people who know little of what is to actually love and comprehend all for what they are, closed in dogmas that have no sense nowadays.

I hope you realize there is no such thing as magic. Lay off the videogames dude.

And why do you pin Wiccans as fervent believers of some mystical and unexplained force? What we call magick can be explained as a series of practices meant to be some form of meditation, that can enhance the production of stimulants inside the body for our well being.

Incenses and herb teas have been scientifically proven to stimulate production of endorphin, serotonin and dopamine, which are very important well-being hormones.

You say that you as an atheist must question everything logically. I do that as well, since I'm a geneticists. I logically know that most of the things we believe in don't seem logical at first glance, but it's far from being so.

As for the belief in pagan gods, well, that just boils down to personal belief of something bigger than ourselves I guess.

And for your last comment, which was very uncalled for, what does videogames have to do with someone's personal belief?