Question by The Reverend C: A question for Christians. If you’re child’s best freind were wiccan or pagan and your child wanted to attend
ceromonies, rituals, help cast spels, etc. Would it be okay with you? What if he or she still went to church with you? Would you respond in some way? What would you do if your child (say a teenagers) refuses to stop participating in pagan rites?
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Answer by Octal040
They’re gonna have a field day with this one, lol.
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The Bible says to have nothing to do with witchcraft. Christians are to obey this and it would not be okay to allow or condone giving their child over to the teachings of withcraft.
Let it go. Obviously, Christianity isn’t for them. Or, if it is, they don’t know it yet. Let them explore and decide. If they don’t decide on Jesus on their own, then there is nothing that you can do, and forcing your beliefs down their throat will only make them want to rebel.
Nobody who is a true believer in Jesus Christ is going to allow their Children to attend a wiccan rituals and let them cast spells , On the other hand Christians do practice a lot of pagan ceromonies out of ignorance of the word of God
No, it would not be okay for them to participate or attend such rituals. I’m not saying that pagans, etc are ‘the Devil’, but if the Devil invited you to a party to celebrate… i dunno… his birthday, would you let your kids go?
And as far as if they still went to church with me goes:
Would you think it was okay to occasionally drink a glass of poisoned water as long as you still drank glasses of pure water as well?
I don’t know. I might.
I would make a trade. If my child wants to know about Wicca or pagan because their best friend…I would say ok…if your best friend was willing to learn about my child’s faith as well. And they can discuss, with me and their parents, about the various beliefs and rituals. Would I allow 2 children, even teenagers, to do it by themselves. My children are to important to me to not be involved with such a major part of their lives.
As a general rule most rites are closed. My child was raised exposed to Paganism and Christianity. He was never FORCED to make a choice or attend either.
I believe in exposing children to different things and letting them decide what is best for them.
I’m not Christian, but even if I was I’d have the same opinion, so please listen. Everyone has a right to experiment in many things. I’ll try not to get off topic here so we will keep it as religion. Say your child wanted to go to a Catholic service, How would you feel about that? Would you be more open to allow your child to experiment in Catholicism because its a major religion, or? I say if your child has an interest in something, don’t stop them unless its drug/violence related or “bad” In the near future, Paganism, Wiccan, and Reincarnation are not going to be the “bad” or “Outcast” Religions, In fact they are growing because people are more interested in them. Did you know that Catholicism and Paganism were once the two main religions, but If the king at that time had not been Catholic and not put a bad outlook on Paganism then one of the main religions now would be Paganism. It was merely a set back in the growth of paganism. If you think that “Magic” is bad, then your basically contradicting yourself, because in every single religion there is magic. How else do you think that we were created? How was your God created? Simple what we now call “Magic”. Only in the spirit realm it is not called magic, it has a much higher name. And Paganism was one of the first religions, people over time have tried to hide this fact but there are still traces that it was around before Catholicism and Christian came after Catholicism. But whatever you believe, you gain nothing being ignorant.
i would do my best to encourage the child to learn about other religions, education is always good, but i would also discourage the child from getting too involved. in the end however it is the child’s choice. remember that even god doesn’t go against free will(he created it in point pf fact). to force your beliefs on a person, child or not, will always backfire. you teach your children the best you can, and provide an example of the behavior you want that child to grow up with. if you set a bad example, that child will follow that example. same with a good example. from the age of 1 children are learning everything they can from you. from the age of about 4 they start adding what they learn from other children, friends or not. up until the age of about 9 or 10, you have the most influence on that child’s development. after that age, you lose influence, but not as much as one thinks because by that time that child’s behavior and character is pretty well defined. this does not preclude the child from becoming rather wild in their teen years as this is the time in which they are starting to spread their wings, and become their own person. you still have influence over the child, but you need to be more savvy about how you exert that influence as teens are not stupid, just uneducated.
minors are to be under the control of their parants, or legal guardians, untill they are of legal age to be on their own… untill that time they are to do as they are told..so long as it is legal… as adults they are legaly free to do as they wish… within the law of man…. I can only speak to what the teaching of The True Christian Faith says… if they ingage in such activities as you state… and they remain unrepentant about it… then they must be kept seperate from The Body of The Church… that means they have cut themselves off from all fellowship with any one who is of The Church… that includes parents…prior to legal age they could still be emancipated under man’s law… they would then be just like any other “adult” and they would have to suffer the concequences of their actions… if they cut themseves off from their family by their action they would have no one to blame but themselves…those of The Christian Faith are not to be supportive of any of the practices you cite. Or of any one involved in them… including family members.
I think it’s good for children to be exposed to all religions, if he/she decides that he/she’d rather be pagan because that’s what feels right to them it’s fine. Plus, if the kid in question is a teenager, he/she might be in love w/ paganism one week, Xtianity the next, Buddhism after that, you never know. It’s good to let them explore.
I would have to research each individual ritual or ceremony first to see how appropriate it is for someone my child’s age. I wouldn’t allow my child to cast spells, though.
Proverbs 22:6 Teach your children to choose the right path, and when they are older, they will remain upon it.
Romans 13:11 Another reason for right living is that you know how late it is; time is running out. Wake up, for the coming of our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
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There is but one true God and His ways are the only ways that are important in earth as well as in Heaven. If a child wants to go another way would be the same as if you saw him jumping in front of a on coming train . . . would you let him?
God Bless You
No, it would not be okay. One who is committed to the truth doesn’t dabble in untruth.
No it would not be ok. In the unlikely event that my boys would make such a friendship they would be more likely to give their friends the gospel. If my child were to begin practicing these things I would be very surprised. He would be grouded.
As a Wiccan, I would not allow my young child to participate in any such activities unsupervised. I have no idea where the friend got their schooling, if any, or if they just made crap up.
I don’t want to have to explain to my child the reason why his friend did stuff he may’ve done for dumb reasons.
Not all Wicca is created equal.
A Christian would be CLUELESS as to the child’s level of knowledge, and have no tools to correct silliness.