Today, I decided to tell my mother what I thought about religion. I've been raised catholic. I told her I was converting to Wicca, to which she sort of nodded and walked away. I went into my room to study with my earbuds in, music loud. I walked out to see a cross nailed above my door. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my mom is becoming a Wiccan, at least that’s the lie I told the neighbours when they demanded to know why my mom was smoking weed naked, waving charms around, and dancing amongst our trees. I actually have no idea what she was doing, and when she sobered up, she had no idea why she did it either. FML
Today, I finally mustered up the courage to tell my overly-religious parents that I'm an agnostic. They asked me why. As soon as I gave my reasons, my mom called me a "bigot" and hurled a bible at me, and it nailed me in the crotch. She then said, "That's what you get, non-believer." FML
Today, I told my mom I've been taking yoga lessons, and that it'd be cool if she took some with me. She immediately went on a rant, calling yoga "satanic" and accusing me of trying to get her into "devil worship". Well, that's the last time I try to patch our relationship up. FML
Today, while having dinner with my girlfriend's very religious parents, her mother called me a heathen and said she'd convert me one day. She wasn't kidding. FML
Today, I came out of the closet, after years of fear and shame, thanks to my mom making me to go to a church full of fundies my whole life. In the end, I was in tears. All I got was a frown and a "So? Want a medal or something?" FML
Today, my mother told me she wanted me to get an exorcism. Yes, she was serious. I'm Jewish. FML
Today, I finally decided to tell my parents I was a lesbian. They spent the next few hours reading me the bible. FML
Today, I’m devastated that I had to completely sever all ties with my mother. She’s a hyper religious zealot who’s gone as far as to threaten to kidnap my children in order to get them baptized after I refused to raise them in her archaic, abusive, oppressive cult-like “church”. FML
Today, I met my mother's deeply religious fiancé for the first time. His response upon seeing me was to look me square in the eye and say, "You'll need to take out that nose stud or I'm afraid you'll not be welcome in our home." FML
Today, I got a tattoo. My mom got upset and threw a bitch fit about how my body "is a temple and it belongs to God.” I told her, “My body, my choice.” She responded with, “Oh really? Well, my house, my choice who lives here. Pack your shit and get the fuck out.” I’m currently in my car with nowhere to go. FML
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ZiggyMorrison 0
I sense a big theological debate in the works on this one any minute now oh and atleast she didnt throw holy water on you screaming THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELLS YOU!!!!!!!!!
nonotme 0
#14: I judge all religion as bad for society, but there are some that are worse than others. #11: Google's your friend, but it's one of the Pagan religions, based around peace with nature and all living things. Its beliefs including never harming any living being except for food or self defense and the "Rule of Three" which states that if you hurt someone, you'll get hurt back three times as bad (and likewise, if you do good, good will come to you three times as strong). As far as religions go, it's probably one of the best out there.
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bcrklein 0
#60 and 61, she may be retarted, but y'all are obviously ignorant idiots yourselves.
aback 5
Your religion, like your sexual life, shouldn't be made any of your mother's business.
tipsypiink 0
I have to agree with the FYL on the account you had to be raised Catholic, and most of them are pretty misunderstanding when it comes to other religions. I don't know much about Wicca, but isn't it a witch craft type religion? Well, wherever you end up, hope its not hell anyway.
AntiChrist7 0
Wicca is even more retarded than any other faith. It isn't even a faith. It's some sort of Harry potter rip-off. YDI for being completly stupid.
elara15 0
Judging by these responses, don't tell people you're Wiccan. Just say you're a pantheist (the natural world divine). Blessed be. I'm sorry your mother is not someone who respects the beliefs of others. To help her understand, explain you know magick isn't real -- spells are just a more involved method of prayer.
asdtertrwttewt 2
Eh, all religions are passing fads.
jenMalfoy 0
LMAO, sorry I'm Hispanic...I know what you mean, I got a similar response when I said I was simply Christian and not really Catholic. But realistically, you should have seen it coming.
nametags 0
You can use that to your advantage. Crosses do have pagan meanings behind them. Research what it is and accept it into your life.
elara15 0
P.S. #43 -- I grew up in a family of Catholics. People who don't agree with birth control, women's ordination, or letting priests marry, while stubbornly insisting transubstantiation is NOT metaphorical? Pretty intolerant to me. But you don't judge a religion by individuals.
ArtsySwag 0
Good for you :). It's good you told your mother about your beliefs. So sorry to hear she's so ignorant and intolerant though. I'm not a religious person, but I believe in God. Wow @ all this bickering. There's no need to be condescending towards people who do follow a different religion. I think that's a big problem religious people have- they don't know how to respect people whose views differ from theirs. I like the way #33 thinks :).