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The Craft & Significant OthersSubmitted by CleverLittleWitch on Mon, 02/09/2004 - 11:25pm.
I don't post as often as I'd like here, but I wanted to introduce a topic that has been troubling me. ( categories: From Grandmother Spider )
Hi! :) Firstly, I come from a very strong Christian background :) where all other religions are strongly denounced :((especially pagganism, witchcraft etc :(). Acording to my mother (who has a Theology degree and is a particularly strong and vigilant christian), withcraft and pagganism is just straight "devil worship" :(. To my father, he wouldn't mind what I did :D, just as long as I stayed christian, got good grades, and never do drugs :). I don't know what my brothers would think :?. I have already left christianity as I don't believe their fundamental faiths, and I have told my mother that I am no longer a Christian. However, what I really hate is how christians can be so puritanical, so prejudiced to those who aren't christian :(. So if their already being so sceptical about me not being christain :(, imagine what would happen if they found out what my faith is drawing me to :O :jawdrop:. I am very confused right now :?. I am deeply interested in Wicca, Pagganism etc ;), and I feel that it may be my place :D. My heart tells me that I should go there :). However, my up-bringing tells me that it is vile :(. I don't even have access to reading materials etc here :(, so I really don't know where to start (I live in Kenya). I am being torn appart on this decision :(. I had read your comment and realised that you have experience on such issues :). Would you mind giving me some help and showing me some wisdom? :? :D Liv Life :), Luv Life 8), Ramazon :D ;) :D :) :D 8) :D When your fiance strongly disapproves of your choice of religion and reacts negatively to everything you say or do, then I think you should be looking for a new boyfriend. You are not a possession of your fiance that he can dictate to you what religion you must follow, many woman are oppressed by societies because of religion if you have not been born into a very strict religious family, and there are ways to get out of situations such as those with help available from Women's groups. Follow your heart, what does it say to you! find another man that appreciates you and the choices you make, for yourself my husband and I may not always agree on everything but he is not religious, and does not abuse me for my choice of religion, your fiance may change his mind but it can take a lot of deprogramming on your part, it is hard for some people to break with religious practices especially if their families are from strict Catholic or Christian backgrounds like the Mormons, etc. This is really a choice of the heart, and what you want to do with your life, if you wish to remain Pagan you may need to end your relationship with your current boyfriend, the situation is entirely up to you and 'You Alone' may the Goddess and God give you guidiance on this very important question. Brightest Of Blessings: LadyMeg :) )O( Sorry to hear about your difficulties. all, who responded. I know for a fact that I am completely unwilling to give up my craft. It took me until I was 14 to stumble onto the right path for me; 14 years of sitting sullenly in churches and asking questions nuns hated and putting my ear to trees because I could feel them speaking to me and telling my mother I wanted to be a witch when I grew up. I never knew I was religious until I discovered paganism. My spirituality is too important to me, was too hard to come by, and is too much a part of me, for me to lay it down. My fiance and I are going to have a talk, with me making a lot of the points mentioned here; the effect of our differing religious views on children, is he willing to go through with a handfasting, etc. I am completely willing to go through a Christian ceremony for him, as long as he is willing to have a handfasting. We'll see how it goes. If this is to be a continual bone of contention, and if he can't learn to respect my beliefs, we can't get married. Period. Goddess Bless Religion is faith, faith is belief, belief is yours, you have nothing to prove accept it or don't. Relationships are based on individuals who have crossed each others paths. You choose to travel the same road, accepting the other as they are. Or, you can continue your journey. If you change it should come easy, becuse you what to not forced to. You said "if he can't learn to respect my beliefs, we can't get married". Respect is all consuming it is about you not parts of you. He should respect you in all you do. Thought you might want to hear a male view........ Just wanted to comment of your childhood. In my childhood, I was a supprisingly strong christian which earned me strong christian friends. Now that I have understood the basic ethics and beliefs of christianity, I don't quite think that I can believe it all. One problem I have is that a lot of my friends and especially family are very sceptical about this religion. The african media portrays pagganism very badly. If I ever felt voices in trees as you did in my childhood, I would have been thrilled. I have always had a love for the super-natural, but my life never rewarded me with this luxury. Right now I am very confused. 15 years, I'm inches away from persuing a religion I feel is right, but access here is practically impossible. Please give me a hollar as soon as you can! Love and Light, Liv Life :), Luv Life 8), Ramazon :D ;) :D :) :D 8) :D Good luck! My mate disapproves of me making it known to his family. He thinks his parents would take it all really, really wrong. My mate is an insufferable agnostic and envies the peace my faith brings me. I wish he could find his own way. This situation of your's sounds terrible. Religion & politics, dangerous shit. Almost walked out on friends during political arguments. I couldn't deal with my lover picking on me & his self-righteous delusions of grandeur. I can just picture Jesus acting like he doesn't know the followers of his who act like this. Good JC Fans: A couple I knew, JC followers, were incredibly sweet to the goth kids I hung around with, they always talked with us, and not always about religion. They never pushed anything. I loved them, and they had love for us. I wish all JC's people were like them. I can't tell you how many times I've wound up having religious debates with people. It's amazing, because I try so hard to never press people when it comes to religion or spirituality, as it's a very private personal thing. Yet, when some people find out my religion, it seems to be a challenge for them to argue with me. I study religion as a hobby, for cripes sake. I am the last person an ingenue on the subject would want to challenge. And yet this never deters them until later. My favorite was a Muslim man who insisted that my religion was "wrong" and his was "right" because some tree branches in Outer West Bumblyfrig spelled out "Allah is God" in Arabic letters. While I will certainly endorse the possibility of such a thing happening, that does not prove anything about any god to anyone, in my opinion. No matter what religion you are, I hope your faith rests on something a little stronger than some gnarly tree branches. He also would not concede that one or both of us could be "wrong" in any way, while I freely admitted that either of us could be completely off-base concerning the true nature of God/dess. That bugged me. At least have the humility to say that it's only your opinion, and not fact. I feel ya! My point is, you will always find people who will object to your religion, no matter how close they may be or how distant. You just have to either find a way round it or come to an aggreement with them. Heck, even my Hindu friend gets critisism from some people about his religion. I'm a person to know. In every dark cloud there is a silver lining. 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This is a difficult position for anyone to be in. It may be time for you to do some soul searching and decide if you really want to spend the rest of your life with someone who doesn't accept all that you are.
Marriage at first may be very romantic, but as you go along through the years, differences of opinion and beliefs can grow to be painful and can disrupt your life together. Speaking from almost 30 years of marriage, I will testify to that. If I knew now what I know then.... Well you have heard that one.
Perhaps you should discuss with him what is going to happen in the next 30-60 years. Perhaps you will change your belief, or he, but that is unlikely. Can he live with what you are? What about children if you should decide to have them?
Religion, and belif systems are a fundamental part of who we are. It is like giving up a physical part of our body if we decide to "give it up." But can we actually change our beliefs?
Actually, in order to learn and grow, we need to be willing to give up our "beliefs" in order to learn. Or, we will not learn and believe what we have learned. Oh...I won't get into that one.
My husband doesn't believe what I do, but he credits me with intellegence and doesn't interfere with what I believe, and choose to practice. I raised my son to know Christianity as well as discover his own belif system. He chose to be Pagan. Not by my chosing it for him. My husband was disappointed, but he doesn't feel it is right to force one's own religious practices on another.
My husband's family are fundys. If they lived closer to me, this would be an extremely unpleasant and difficult life for me to live. I don't believe in causing anyone anxiety, so when they visit, I put my altar and the tools and my books in a private place. If they happen to wander there....oh, well.
My 90 year old father in law was here for 3 months. He couldn't help but see that I believed something different than he. It is apparent in my art, and my lifestyle. If my hubby had to have this conflct around all the time, we would not have made it the almost 30 years.
So, my thought would be for you to reevaluate your proposed marriage, handfasting. If neither of you can adapt, then there my be a reason that you don't go through with this committment. Perhaps you are not meant to be together. Also, think about "growing old together." Look at him and see him as he will be in 20, 30, 40 years. Look at other men in his family to see how he will act, or look in those years. How does he behave towards his mother, his sisters, and other family memebers? How about his friends? Is he generous or self serving? You might get an idea how adaptable he might eventually become.
Oh...sheesh. I do run on. But I do hope you give a lot of thought to the future you may have. It could be a painful lesson.