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**gDGwm8BC** · 12-02-2008, 09:32 PM

Well my dad isn't an Atheist in the typical sense......he is an Atheist because he hates God! His mom died from diabetic complications during a mastectomy (breast cancer) a few days before x-mas when he was 12. His older sister (not the oldest) took over the mother role of the boys...she died a few years ago suddenly from a massive aneurysm.....needless to say my dad has something against god......
Non-Christian beliefs to him are just silly.......

My spiritual upbringing comes from my mom. She let me wander on my own...she was always supporting and loving....I became a Witch in high school...I knew that path was coming from the time I was 6 or 7.
Although I still call myself a Witch...I have drifted from a lot of the dogma and mythology...held on to what I consider the good stuff!

What is funny is that my mom was a Christian for years...she never went to church and wasn't preachy or anything, but a Christian none the less....I think she has finally embraced the fact that she is a Witch...
hehe.

I was raised a Catholic, but always got into trouble for asking the questions that couldn't be answered.... I was allowed to stop attending the weekly "Katty-kizm" classes, when I started dating the teacher. (I was 15, he was 17.)

I still sort of believed and raised my kids as Catholic thru their 1ST communions, mostly out of habit, and the belief that even if I was wrong, and it all was real, they were covered.

When my dad died, I started on the path I am on today, but never really expressed it to anyone else until my mom passed 10 years later. She was a strong Catholic, and wouldn't have ever understood.

So here I am now, back to my heritage, a Druid, with a strong background in Toltec beliefs, and a fair bit of hedge witchery. In other words ME!

12-02-2008, 09:32 PM	#27
gDGwm8BC Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 563 Senior Member	Well my dad isn't an Atheist in the typical sense......he is an Atheist because he hates God! His mom died from diabetic complications during a mastectomy (breast cancer) a few days before x-mas when he was 12. His older sister (not the oldest) took over the mother role of the boys...she died a few years ago suddenly from a massive aneurysm.....needless to say my dad has something against god...... Non-Christian beliefs to him are just silly....... My spiritual upbringing comes from my mom. She let me wander on my own...she was always supporting and loving....I became a Witch in high school...I knew that path was coming from the time I was 6 or 7. Although I still call myself a Witch...I have drifted from a lot of the dogma and mythology...held on to what I consider the good stuff! What is funny is that my mom was a Christian for years...she never went to church and wasn't preachy or anything, but a Christian none the less....I think she has finally embraced the fact that she is a Witch... hehe. I was raised a Catholic, but always got into trouble for asking the questions that couldn't be answered.... I was allowed to stop attending the weekly "Katty-kizm" classes, when I started dating the teacher. (I was 15, he was 17.) I still sort of believed and raised my kids as Catholic thru their 1ST communions, mostly out of habit, and the belief that even if I was wrong, and it all was real, they were covered. When my dad died, I started on the path I am on today, but never really expressed it to anyone else until my mom passed 10 years later. She was a strong Catholic, and wouldn't have ever understood. So here I am now, back to my heritage, a Druid, with a strong background in Toltec beliefs, and a fair bit of hedge witchery. In other words ME!
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