Wiccan in the house?

Question

My sister's friend is staying the night (unannounced) in the house.

My mother and sister are Methodist, I'm Catholic, and my dad is Jewish.

The whole point is, she's in the room bad-mouthing Christians, and our God and beliefs.

I really don't like having her here. I tried to wake my mom up to let her know, but she got back from the emergency room today, and she's really tired.

Any ideas? Or special prayers?

PLEASE no sarcastic answers. Wouldn't it be alot nicer to earn 10 points instead of 2?

Answer 1

Well, to be completely honest she isn't a true Wiccan if she's bad-mouthing others beliefs, because part of Wicca is a respect for all living things and their right to choose their own path. Maybe you could point this out to her, because she's only, by her own belief system, asking the Universe to send someone to dump on her beliefs... The Rule of 3...

Answer 2

Wiccans believe, "An ye harm none, do as ye will." It sounds like your sister's friends words are doing some harm, so she's not following her religious beliefs. This is rather like those Christians who badmouth other faiths, even though their faith teaches of love. In other words, there are jerks in every faith.

Who is your sister's friend talking to? Is there no-one who can tell the friend, hey, it's not okay to speak that way about her hosts' beliefs?

I guess something you could do is try to ignore her now, but talk to your sister about it the next chance you get. Be honest.. tell her you didn't like her friend's actions.

Then, if all else fails, ignore her completely. Put on your headphones and listen to some tunes so you don't hear her at all.

These are just ideas off the top of my head; I hope they help.

Answer 3

Her problem isn't her religion. It's that she's a lousy guest. She's behaving very rudely, and is inadvertently giving people of her own faith a bad name by misrepresenting them to be anti-Christian bigots (most Wiccans are, in fact, quite nice). Take the high road. Don't display her level of rudeness. Just let it go. But maybe consider talking gently with your sister at some point and letting her know how much her friend's comments bothered you. It may or may not work, as your sister might resent your criticizing her friend, but it's worth a shot.

Answer 4

That's not really a true Wiccan, that's a rebel who is fearful of being wrong. She should be felt sorry for, because she is so insecure of her own faith, she has to rip down yours.

OK, this is going to sound bad, and I'm sorry, but as I try to find humor in every situation, do you realize how bad of a joke that question starts off as? "A wiccan, two methodists, a catholic, and a jew are having a sleepover, and..."

Answer 5

Hi there!

I'm Wiccan and I totaly understand your problem. The way I would handle this kind of behavior is to ask her why she became pagan in the first place. She will probably tell you because of hypocracy or some such, but you will most likely see that she currently doing the very thing she complains about most. Inform her of this, and she'll shut up. If she doesn't, then remind her that she may be the only example of her faith that your family may ever see and ask her what impression of her faith she intends to leave them with for the rest of their lives.

Be well in all things,
Good Luck
Rave

Answer 6

For the most part, Wiccans are respectful of other religions and other paths. I'm very sorry that you're currently having to deal with an immature member of our faith.

Please tell her that a Wiccan who's been in the game for 13 years says -- lighten up, and show a little respect to your hosts! Honestly, what, were you raised in a barn?

*grumbles* Kids today...

Answer 7

Normally, I'd say to show her the same respect that you'd like her to show you---but obviously that hasn't worked. It sounds like the kid needs to learn manners. I would be very blunt about it. It doesn't sound like I'd want her visiting my home--and I'm a pagan! She's giving real Wiccans a bad reputation. I seriously doubt that she knows much about the religion she's professing to practice. Perhaps you can remind her that a person can say positive things about their faith without degrading the beliefs of others. But I have the feeling that if you say anything to her she'll go into, "persecution-mode".

Answer 8

ideas.....

don't give her attention. that's what she wants. probably the reason she got into it anyway. ignore it. if you can, get your sister to ignore her as well.

change the subject. the 2 things you should never mention in public are religion and politics. here's an idea! talk about nine inch nails! can never go wrong with nin. it's the religion we can all agree on.

prayers will be ineffective as god is not against anyone. and wouldn't cause harm to anyone in that manner.

Answer 9

Pagans do no longer fairly choose for places to worship their Gods and Goddesses, like church homes of the different religions. it relatively is predicated plenty on nature, so in the process the Sabbats, you will discover that a brilliant form of folk use nature to have fun the holiday trips. they may be "worshipped" everywhere although, contained in the convenience of their own residences, exterior, any places that feels gentle. i think of one significant reason is the out-authentic hatred most of the main religons are shown to Pagans for the duration of historic past, preserving us from telling a brilliant form of folk what faith we are, and that i will in straight forward terms think of what they might do if any christian ever stumbled onto a church for Pagans. are you able to declare "fish fry"?

Answer 10

Just ignore the person. Clearly some Christains have been mean to her in her life making her think all Christains are mean. Your job now is to be as nice as u can be to prove to her that there are nice friendly Christains in the world.
Remember she's wiccan so she might have gotten many insults from Christains who had been mean to her.