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I am a Wiccan and so is my boyfriend. I told my mom he was (but not me) now she won't let me see him. My mom's a very conservative Christian who is very judgmental andtakes everything personaly. Should I tell her I'm a Wiccan, my boyfriend says I should..because even though we can sneek and talk we can't sneek and see each other and I'm only 16 so I still have 2 years before I can move out.
PS- I'm worried that if I tell her she will have me on complete lock down (link)
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I think you should sti your mom down and have a theological conversation with her. Tell her you want to discuss religion intellectually and just talk about it. Now, if she's like the uber conservative Christians I know, she won't be able to - most who act like that refuse to acknowledge that a person has the right to believe something different, and refuse to entertain any conversation that might suggest that.
However, you should discuss with her some of the reasons why you choose to be Wiccan rather than Christian, but without telling her anything about making that decision. For example, "I don't understand how the Bible isn't contradicting itself by _________ and I was wondering if you could shed some light on this for me." Ok, so that was corny, but still, hopefully you see my point.
After discussing a number of these things with her, you should tell her whether you agree with any of her arguments or not, and that you've chosen to follow a different religion that she has. She'll be shocked, and maybe upset, but it'll probably go a lot better that way than "Mom, I'm Wiccan and there's nothing you can do to change that because it's my choice and not yours!" Plus you'll have shown her that you aren't making this decision blindly (and you should point that out), and you've given Christianity a chance (point that out too).
And, for the record, I follow the Christian faith.
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