Mothers..

[nyxieflower]

So today I explained to my mother I am Wiccan. I don't live with her any longer, and so I am now free to practice. Unfortunately she found out by lurking my Facebook profile - I didn't tell her directly. So we've been messaging back and forth...

What I said:          
"There are many different religions in the world. I don't believe that there is

Comments

[xstillxframex]

This is my belief and opinion:

There is one god, but a god of many faces. Your mother sees this god as "Him, the lord, etc" and you see him as "the horned god, (whatever your 'God' is)".

We all see God differently, whether you are Christian, Jewish, Muslim, etc. There are different faces of God.

As you know, in the Wiccan religion, there is also, the "Goddess". So the God in the Wiccan tradition is seen as male and female, both have different faces to different people.

[viron]

On the note of "All gods are one god", here is a nice short-story I posted here a while back called Celebrating Religious Diversity that I think you should let your mother read. http://community.livejournal.com/solitarywiccans/857782.html#cutid1

The best you can do is be logical and level headed and honest. Perhaps explain that the true purpose of all religion is becomming a better person. Love thy neighbor, respect thy fellow man, be good for goodness' sake.

"Regardless of how great may be your merit, be yeilding, devoted, and moderate, for then you have a true direction... And yet do not be closed, narrow, or filled with judgement; rather remain receptive to impulses flowing from within and without... Above all, be humble. Breaking the momentum of past habits is the challenge here: in the life of the Spirit you are always at the beginning."

[moonwolf23]

Ehh

Tell her the truth. She's right, you didn't tell her, so she feels hurt. Tell her how you feel about the religion. Tell her what makes you get all warm and fuzzy.

Maybe explain to her what a Patron or Matron is. There is no reason that God, couldn't have been really close to her.

[frecklestars]

My personal response would be something as follows:

I'm not entirely certain why I don't think there's one true god; I just don't, in the same way you just do. I'd like to hear what you have to say, but please also listen to what I have to say. You don't have to reconcile yourself with my beliefs, because they are _my_ beliefs (just as I don't have to reconcile with yours). They're our own beliefs for a reason, and I hope we can both respect and remember that.

[katmillia]

Good luck. Honestly, I wish you luck, because many times family is the hardest part to gain acceptance from.

Often, when I come to an impasse like this, I explain that there are many major religions in the world: they all think they are right, and that everyone else is wrong. If even one of them is RIGHT, the majority of people are WRONG. I believe that everyone is, in the end, worshiping the same deity, just doing it differently and looking at spirituality from a different perspective. I think that as long as religion brings you happiness and adds something to your life, then it doesn't matter how you go about practicing or believing. It all adds up to same thing- the same thing that every major religion claims to be following, and that's love.

I hope it goes well!