...let your kids meet them and their kids? Go over to their house to play with their kids? Go trick-or-treating at their door? Would you ever ask then to baby-sit your kids? Go over to their house for dinner? Celebrate Winter Solstice with them?
Would you feel uncomfortable around them if they talked about their spiritual beliefs?
2007-08-06 11:09:12 · 23 answers · asked by Lady Morgana 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Absolutely! If I have any children, I want them to know about other spiritual traditions. I want them to be Christian not because they think it's the ONLY way, but because they've learned it is the RIGHT way. I want them to learn to respect other people, and I want them to learn that human differences aren't bad things. We all have a lot to learn from each other, even if we don't necessarily agree about everything.
To address your points specifically:
Let my kids meet them? Yes! They're our neighbors!
Let my kids play with their kids? Sure, if the kids all get along.
Trick-or-treating at their house? Absolutely. I'd be along anyhow.
Baby-sit my kids? If they demonstrated to me that they are responsible caregivers and respectful of our theological differences, certainly.
Over to their house for dinner? I hear witches are great cooks. ;) No seriously, why on earth would anyone turn down a dinner invitation because of a theological difference of opinion?
Celebrate Winter Solstice with them? I wouldn't celebrate in the sense that they, as Wiccan practitioners, celebrate Solstice. However, the solstice is also a cosmological phenomenon. Nothing wrong with marking the occasion. If they are polite enough to invite me to whatever festivities they plan to hold, I would be an equally polite (and honestly curious) visitor. I would then probably invite them over for Christmas dinner and also to Mass, if they were inclined to attend.
2007-08-06 11:50:12 · answer #1 · answered by nardhelain 5 · 9⤊ 0⤋
Christians, how would you react if your next door neighbor was an interracial couple? I would present the good news to them just like any other family. "I'm mainly asking whites because they, genetically speaking, still have issues with interracial relationships, mainly black/white couples." You havent met a white Jehovah Witness then. I remember a black guy came to become a Jehovah Witness and he was so shocked to see Whites and blacks and asian and *keeps going for awhile* getting a long and treating each other as family. "The couple might experience harassment in the neighborhood." Not from a Jehovahs Witness, I am Black and I am planning on Marrying a Japanese Jehovah Witness women. Mind blowing huh? We are truly united by love unlike the false christians here.
2016-05-20 00:17:16 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm wiccan and i no the question isnt focused towards me but in the other half i would like to say a few things.
First off as long as the Christians next door weren't preaching to my kids I would let them hang out with their kids.
Secondly, Just FYI most of the Christians that say they wouldnt let their kids hang out with those who are wiccan... you probally wouldn't even know your neighbors religious status. Most who live near me don't no I am, unless of course the topic of religion has come up. And i am respectful enough to not say anything offensive towards their beliefs.
As I always say:
A God/ Goddess only exist if their are those who worship them.
Blessed be, great question by the way!
2007-08-06 14:44:31 · answer #3 · answered by kazee 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋
As I expected, even the first answer was negative, people judge by what they hear, not by what they experience themselves, there is good and evil in everything, it is up to each individual as to which side is dominant. Witches in general are not a bad lot, most choose to embrace the earth and it's natural magick. Most people do not realize that people chose to embrace this belief before christianity came along.With the exception of a few bad apples"which exists throughout history in humanity" this is a peaceful religion that does no harm, only peoples fear of the unknown gives them a bad wrap. As for me, if these were good people, I would rather be around them than most other religions.
2007-08-06 11:24:23 · answer #4 · answered by amondriscoll 3 · 10⤊ 1⤋
I would pray and put it in Gods hands and treat them like a neighbors.
2007-08-06 11:19:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 10⤊ 0⤋
Hugs Sis,
You certainly stirred the cauldron here!
You know my answer.
Blessed Be
2007-08-06 16:14:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't have kids, but your question amuses me because we are the witches, and the neighbors are the Christians. I doubt they know . . . our religion is non-proselytizing. But we definitely have the best gardens around.
2007-08-06 11:20:29 · answer #7 · answered by Todd T 5 · 10⤊ 1⤋
I would give them directions the reede the locak herb and crystal store here in town. and sure I would lete them watch my kids if I ever had any, and hells yeah my kids would be begging for candy at that door come saimhain, and yule would rock!!! but i'm a pagan and not a christian so my opnion doesnt really aply
2007-08-06 11:13:38 · answer #8 · answered by slo18 3 · 8⤊ 3⤋
I don't think God left us here to be jerks to unbelievers.
I'd treat 'em like I treat all other people, get to know 'em.
Sooner or later they'd ask me about my faith and I'd tell them. I'd invite them to church with me, and if they accepted or not, I'd let them know they're still welcome to come by and hang out.
-Pitbull Fever, Catch It!
2007-08-06 15:50:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
From the responses here, I am getting the definite impression that the nice, Christian man next door that beats his wife would have probably moved away if he realized my husband and I are Wiccan? Wow, I could have eliminated all that torment. Damn, missed the boat again.
2007-08-06 11:20:49 · answer #10 · answered by mikalina 4 · 10⤊ 3⤋