Families And Religion (beliefs, hell, doctrine, church, LDS)

[anders]

Originally Posted by beckysoup61

Just wondering, has any of your family ever told you you were evil or going to hell for believing in a certain belief, or reading a certain book or acting a certain way?

How did you deal with it? What was your faith/belief/etc. that made them flip out?

None of them bother about the beliefs or any other inclination of other relatives. I've tried to provoke several of them into at least expressing an opinion, but they all seem to think that religion, if present, is a personal matter of no interest to others. Fortunately, my present Significant Other or LF (Lady Friend) expresses her views as, "I have no religion".

[Pardus]

I have found only the most monsterous individuals call other people "evil".

Tho i guess since i personally like making indivudals like that in my family feel extremely uncomfortable (wearing my ritual robes to their houses and spend a good deal of time muttering non-existant words) i'm not such a nice person either.

But atleast i know how to entertain myself.

[robtex]

I think most people know how their parents will react so and act accordindly. I don't have a relationship with my mother and have not had one for a decade but she wasn't religious and didn't ponder the issue. I think she may have been an agnostic but I am not sure. My father was raised methodist and was a methodist until 92 when he converted to Jehovah's witness to marry his current wife. Since his conversion he has become a strong proponet of the their faith system and at this time I have chosen not to share my views with him based on the faith he is a member of and his conviction of it.

[Mike182]

Originally Posted by beckysoup61

Just wondering, has any of your family ever told you you were evil or going to hell for believing in a certain belief, or reading a certain book or acting a certain way?

How did you deal with it? What was your faith/belief/etc. that made them flip out?

my family are relatively conservative christians

we get lots of ... ... ... discussion ... ... ...

i can remember at church one night they had taken the collection, and on the way out their was a second charity box for a muslim charity which only had a few coins in it, and it had been put next to the church offering (which was full)

i got quite annoyed by the fact that people were prepared to donate as usual to their own faith, but have no time for other peoples faith, so i put note in the box, and my mum looked quite dissapointed with me

i don't think my family knew what they were getting themselves into when they seriously introduced me to religion, i think they thought i'd become a passive and acceptant-of-doctrine son ... ... ... ...

[MidnightBlue]

Oh, yeah. Most of my family thinks I'm going to hell, and some of them say so at every opportunity. That's one of the reasons I don't like to be around my family.

[MidnightBlue]

Originally Posted by robtex

My father was raised methodist and was a methodist until 92 when he converted to Jehovah's witness to marry his current wife.

At first glance, I thought your father had married at age 92.

[Shadow Wolf]

Niether of my parents know yet, and since I'm stuck living with my mom for awhile, it's better that way. Especially since what angers her ripples and also gets my dad going.
They do know my brother is into Paganism, and my mom is always saying stuff like "Maybe someday he'll figure everything out and get his life situated." "I don't care what he says, he can't read Tarot cards," and when I accidentally left a business card out of a metaphysical shop, my mom replies "It says Tarot cards, must be Erics, I hope he straightens his life out soon *sigh* and I hope you never get that stupid." I can't wait to see the look on her face the first time she comes into an appartment I move into, and she sees a couple shelves full of metaphysical books, my four Tarot decks, my Runes, and everything else.

[Darkdale]

Originally Posted by beckysoup61

Just wondering, has any of your family ever told you you were evil or going to hell for believing in a certain belief, or reading a certain book or acting a certain way?

How did you deal with it? What was your faith/belief/etc. that made them flip out?

My family is Christian and all believe that I am going to hell and they have told me so. I try not to be bothered by it. I'm blessed with an extraordinary father and grandfather, and many wonderful ancestors. It is not my place to concern myself with their religion or their judgments of mine. They know I'm pagan, but they know nothing about Asatru, only that I do not share their worldview. It is sad that they feel my eternal suffering in their hell is justified and deserved though. It's hard to imagine my parents loving a god that will torment me for eternity for worshiping other gods than himself. The very fact that he would do this is enough reason for me to pay him no mind.