Rosewicket Wicca Coven

My parents don't completely approve of Wicca. My stepfather will get really angry or leave the room if I bring it up. But it just feels so right. My mother says she still supports me but I don't know how much support I am really getting. I am seventeen, almost eighteen and I know i shouldn't lie about it to them but I don't know how to come out and say that I don't want to be Christian anymore. And i'm not quite sure how to cut all ties from that life without hurting my predominately Catholic family.

Greetings and well met!

First off, have you checked the index and read the section on "How to tell your parents"?

Being an Christian and embracing Wicca is not mutually exclusive.  In the Rede, Wiccans are to do no harm.  You don't want to make a rift that might seperate you from your family.  So you have to walk a tight rope for a while.

I understand that the out of date Christian churches are hard to swallow with all the preaching and middle ages morality.  But the basic teachings of Christ and the way of life for a Wiccan have a lot in common.

By  quietly educating your family, with out hitting them in the head with your choice might be the best way of bringing them around.  There's just a lot of stereotypes that you have to fight.  Like a stream will wear down a hard stone, gentle teaching will bring the results you want.  This WILL take a while, so have some patience with them.  Us old folks are hard to change.  And Jesus  did say "If they're not against us, they're for us".

Greg

Merry meet! Thank you for responding. i was so hoping that someone would. I went back and read the section about how to tell your parents. i think you are right about this whole thing. i shouldn't hit them in the head with it as you said. i like the idea of quietly taching them. i think by inching the idea to them they will take it easier. i do realize how similar Christianity and Wicca are but i don't think my parents do. maybe i can show them how similar they are. Thank you once again for the advice.

My blessings on whatever path you decide to take.  Time is on your side.  Feel free to vent when the parents get especially dense and mulish, which I guarantee they will from time to time.

You are growing a new branch now, but remember that your roots will always be with family.

Greg