How many of you have pagan parents??

[Fane Ayuma]

I was just wondering, because most people seem not to, and does this mean that we are the first generation of a pagan revival or something??

[Ahautenites]

Not sure I'd call us the "first" generation in the sense of Generation X or Generation Y, but most of us are really first-generation Pagans.

[FaerieGothMommy]

My mom was christened, but doesn't follow a religion. My dad just doesn't have a religion.

[IndigoMoon]

My mother is pagan. My father doesn't really have a religion. But he's more pagan than anything else. He has a great interest in Native American religions. As a teenager I rebelled against my parents by going to church. It was a little backwards, but I though my mother was weird until I got older. Once she put mirrors over the all of the drains in the house. My friends would ask me about the mirrors, and I would say "My mom wants to stop her money from going down the drain" It was a spell that she did. And I thought she was crazy. Now it's very normal for me and my daughter thinks it's weird.

[Tullip Troll]

hmmm parents...what are parents

[Annyka]

I was brought up pagan, though I never realised it until I found the path for myself (my parents weren't pushy or too forward with their ways). I also have pagan religion as far back in my family tree that I can find so far (1870's is where I am up to) - so I am pretty happy about that! :D

[Katya]

my mom is pagan, but didn't introduce me to it until i was about 8 or 9. my dad believes that something has made us up there and that's it.

i never thought my mom was weird.

[Twig]

I was just wondering, because most people seem not to, and does this mean that we are the first generation of a pagan revival or something??

Is this the first generation of a pagan revival? No that distinction goes to my generation, the hippys. Way back in the 60s would be the start of the "Pagan revival". If I had to pin it down I would personally say it was the week that Life magazine pronounced "God is Dead" on the front cover. oOf course we all that it's BS but it sems that from then on Paganism took off.

This would be the generation that it was accepted into the mainstream.

Peace
twig
:elf:

[Draco Celtae]

Both of mine are pagan as well...but from different belief systems.
More ecclectic than naught

[badkitty]

I was raised by my grandparents, my grandfather is not religious, my grandmother is a VERY open minded Catholic who does not attend church. I have an uncle who is 9 years older than I am who leans toward paganism, though wouldn't self identify as one. I first learned of paganisim by sneaking in to read his books when I was in elementary school and he was in high school.

[Convallaria]

My mom believes in Jesus Christ, but she also believes in the tarot, and dream-work, divination, astral travel, phsychicism... She loves that I'm pagan, and is always interested in my theories. Her gods are not my gods, but her ways are my ways.

[Pure Ahimsa]

On my mothers side, their were mostly Pagans: Witches, Celtic Shamans, and many others. Their were Mormons and Prodestants and Jews also on my mothers side, she liked Judaism and Wicca the most. My grandma and grandpa and several other aunts converted from Prodestant to into the Mormon church and then they left it, calling them all "Sanctomonious Hypocrites", my grandma loved nature and the pagan view of the afterlife, so she considered herself Pagan, and my grandpa liked Judaism so he converted to Judaism. My mom is a witch, one of my aunts is a very nice Prodestant who doesnt baptize, chirsten and she doesnt believe in hell, and often says "I don't need a middleman" when she hears about Jesus Christ, tho she still says she is Prodestant for the sake of being Prodestant, while my other aunt is a really religious Prodestant.

On my dads side: Orthodox Judaism, Jainism, Hinduism, Taoism, Buddhism, Romani and one Druid hehe, we have a big family, though most of them are now in England and Israel.

I, embrace my cultures, I love all things Celtic: the food, music, land, langauges, but I embrace mostly my Jewish Culture, I love Israel and all things in it and about it (excpet terrorists and Saeb Erekat :toofless: )
I consider my self a Witch, with many beliefs from other belief systems.

Blessed Be
Yannai

[PoisonIvy]

Both of my parents are Christians.My motherand father were both Sunday school teachers at one time and my father was a church deacon. I have no clue what happened to me! :halohead:

[misschief]

yep. well.. were is more accurate. i was born and raised in a dual-trad. witchcraft family. meaning... i came from witches on both sides.. for many many many generations. my mom isn't 'pagan' anymore, i don't believe my dad is either..... everyone has kind of veered off into their own thing, but no matter what we are still just a bunch of witches.

[LittleRhiannon]

My mom is sort of a New Ager. She doesn't really believe in deities, but she does reiki and tarot and energy work. I wouldn't call her a witch, and neither would she, but she does come to PNO with me :)

My 2nd cousin who lives in British Columbia is Wiccan, and so is her fiance.

[ravynbynorthwynd]

both of my parents are born again christian

[TaysatWesir]

My parent (mother) is roman catholic my father who has passed not quite sure what he was into maybe kemetic if he lived long enough experiance it.

[Boogins]

Certainly not me!

[*Rain*]

Hmm, sort of, my mother would never dream of calling herself Pagan but there was a definite pagan theme to my upbringing. I never had any concept of deity and even my infant school was very pagany in it's outlook.

[charmedkisses1]

I wouldn't introduce my kids to any religions til they were 10-13... but i'd teach them values, etc. I am raised Christian; it's helped me alot.

[Sowelu]

Nah.....
although my mom would say, "There's a little witch in all the Barron women":p

[mattolsen]

I personally was raised in a mostly non practicing christian household. Although I think they like to think of themselves as practicing.

[DracoJesi]

well my parents are Christian well kinda, my mom dosnt go to church but my dad does, but anyway it sucks, they dont know and my parents arnt vary open minded, at least my dad isnt, and i have to hide the fact im Wiccan but oh well, they will probly find out some day but today is not that day, so i cant realy practice, even thought i want to, but i am reading alot and as soon as im 18, i dont care if they know or not so..... only 4 more years

[donatello51]

My parents and grandparents were not true believers. They were of the "just in case" class as many folks are. I'm not a "just in case" type. I stand on my own and take responsiblity for my actions. I don't need gods nor godesses nor "powers that be" but I have many friends. Very good friends who are just like my parents and grandparents. All "just in case" types. I feel sorry for them in a way. But then they all feel the same way about me. Your mistaken and you'll see I'm right after your dead. Well that will definately settle it perhaps? Perhaps not. If I'm right about reincarnation. Then I'll have this same conversation again. Just as I've always had it and will continue to have it. Somethings never change. :-)

[Cev'aq]

My parents are not pagan.

[Raven Reed]

When I discovered paganism at 16, I showed one of the books I bought to my foster mother. She took it and I ended up getting another copy. She up and joined a coven within about a year, while I stayed a solitaire for years. It was very funny.

[6th Angel]

My mom turned pagan a few years ago. In her oun way and by her self, then I started to get into it in my oun way and by myself. But now itīs cool īcause we can talk about related subjects and exchange ideas or knowledge.
My dad is Jewish though. He does not accept any of these ideas. lol

[sandra_the_green]

my mom raised me christian-ish....we went to church when i was real little but once i got older we stopped. she's really interested in paganism though and we celebrated mid-summer together, but now she's got a VERY chirstian boyfriend and so yae, she's changed to fit him *blah*, oh well.

[forbidden_vengence]

My family is heavy christian....I'm the first pagan in the family..they don't know it though. thay'd kill me!

[sandra_the_green]

My family is heavy christian....I'm the first pagan in the family..they don't know it though. thay'd kill me!

oh no cody they know, they're just in denial, lol.

[forbidden_vengence]

Yae sandra that's probably true.

[rain_fallen_tears]

I was raised Catholic, my father was protestant(I'm sorry, I can't spell!) but changed to Catholic when he married my mother...my father is kinda a crazy religion person(yet he cheated on my mom and over all a horrible person) but my mom is more laid back and open to my path...but in short, not exaclty from a Pagan background...

[RavensEye]

My grandma Strega was pagan as was her sister... but no not my parents , when I met my dad he was a Jehovahs witness, and my mom was Catholic..even though now my mom is wanting to learn more about paganism :D

[Muireannach]

I have Catholic parents who believe anything non-catholic is wrong. :shot:

[WinterTree]

My father is Catholic, my mother believes in Christ but doesn't have a specific religion. Neither of them are really practicing though. They never go to church, except when my uncle (who's a priest) does a mass somewhere in our area. My mom knows that I'm Pagan and is okay with it, but I have no idea how my dad would respond if he knew.....he's known for his unexpected reactions....

[BabblingImp]

I was brought up pagan, though I never realised it until I found the path for myself (my parents weren't pushy or too forward with their ways). I also have pagan religion as far back in my family tree that I can find so far (1870's is where I am up to) - so I am pretty happy about that! :D
That is what my mother has done and she has always been open to new things and ideas, she has reaised me to follow my hart.

[Pandoras]

I was born into a Roman Catholic family. I was baptized and did my communion, but when I told my mother I didn't want to continue, she was fine with it. My folks have never been very religious and we really only ever attended church for weddings. I'm Cuban and in our family, Catholicism has included Santeria, card readings, herbology, and superstition. I am the first person in my family to identify as Pagan which has been an extremely difficult concept to explain to my family because Paganism as we understand it has not really made its way to Latin America. Nevertheless, my parents have been totally cool with it and my mom is even my business partner. If I have ever children, I will definitely raise them Pagan.

[kissesree]

me mum raised me with the choice, she is wiccan. I was wiccaned at age 8.

[Little Willow]

I was brought up in a Christian household. Specifically Church of England. When I told mum I was a witch she almost fainted ... then said "with you're imagination you're gonna scare yourself to death" and wouldn't discuss it at all. She's since learned her previous ideas about witchcraft were totally offbase, but still only discusses certain aspects of my practices like herbalism and craftwork and she loves discussions involving reincarnation. Anything else is just phooey to her and has better things to do.

[Gwyndara]

My parents are Mormons. :tongueout

[MorningDove030202]

Ok, My mother is a Christian but we didn't go to church because we never found one we liked. We did go to church when we visited grandma. Even though I didn't go to church I did go to "vacation bible school" in the summer to my Aunt's church and in my home town at a friend's church. It was something to do in the summer.

My family has always believed in evolution, always taught me that the bible is alagory, most of wich isn't to be taken litterly. I was also raised to respect nature and the environment. We went camping, recycled, went bird watching, the whole nine yards. My parents never taught me anything bad about gay people, or non christians. Once my mom told me that we all worship the same god, we just give it different names.

So with my interest in nature and lack of litteral belive in the bible, it was an easy switch for me to Paganism, which I discovered in college.

Now I have a son Vincent who is almost 3 years old, and I'm teaching him about Wicca in simple ways., but ultimatly it's his choice, he can study any religion he's interested in.

Dove

[Dreaming Mind]

I read the title of this thread and just laughed. Like right now for example ... I'm giggling out loud but it's more of a scoff because the answer is no.

[blindfaith^_^]

My parents are devote Roman CAtholics who are convinced that I am going to Hell ^_^....oh well at least I'll be in good company.

[elfmage]

Nope. My dad is an aetheist, and my mother drifts between being an intolerant non-Church attending Christian and non-denominational.

[Dreaming Mind]

my mother drifts between being an intolerant non-Church attending Christian and non-denominational.Sounds like my mom.

[lilromantyc]

My mom and dad were not pagans. My dad was raised a strict Roman-Catholic, and my mom was raised Presbyterian. My whole family is rooted in some branch of Christianity...Be they Presbyterian, Roman-Catholic, Mormon, Lutheran, Baptist--all of 'em are scattered along the family tree somewhere. I'm the only non-Christian. :D

[lil_suzie]

My daddy's pagan and my mom was too, but I never new her... but him and
me worship together and always have, he raised me in his own faith and
it's always been a part of my life. I donno if I would have chosen to be pagan
if he hadn't because it seems easier to be a christian but I'm glad that
he did because our faith is honest and real to us like a living thing, not
something we had to be told by some book or preacher.

[Wiccamagikal]

Unfortunatly I was not raised pagan, but was exposed to it whenever I was pretty young through a babysitter. I wish I were raised pagan, but I was raised Southern Baptist LOL...And to say the least I found my own way pretty quick,..lol :hailmol:

[SIthErAc]

mine are both moms roman catholic (but was denounced from their faith for marrying my father) my father iam not so sure what his religion is but they did a good job keeping my mind open to the other options open to me i think theyre kicking them selves in the asses for it now tho hahahah

[wakywitch]

:eek:
no both were christians.

[ravenmyst]

Although I had to say no to the question, the right option wasnt available, my folks both were explorers of religion, open to all sorts of things, dad had a mormon dad and catholic mom, mom;s family was some sort of babtist I think, not real sure, I rember doing yoga and buddist type meditations with her when I was little, I have tried on so many religious cloaks growing up, was babtized several times by various groups, so I suppose eclectic comes natural, My folks are from the hippy era and are now exploring some of my paths, so now they are pagan but not as I was growing up, at least not in name. Does any of that make sense?

[Sonic Seamus]

My mother is an episcopalian(sp?) but I also think she's a witch and doesnt know it.

She's seriously into herbal healing, the laying of hands, makes homemade incense, candles and paper. I could go on.

I mentioned once that she should sell her candles and paper through a local shop and she refused siting it's ties to Wicca. As you can imagine she doesnt know about my interest in Druidry and I dont think it would go over very well.

[Dark Phoenix]

My fathers was Catholic and my mother is a non-denominational Christian

[Galaxia]

Ω

[Dawa Lhamo]

Yep, both pagan. Wiccan, specifically. As such, I couldn't say that we are the first generation. Some, perhaps are first-generation, but I'm second, therefore can't be first in either sense. I think the 60's is a good time to cite, since that's when there was this explosion of religious exploration, including paganism, but the Fourth Great Awakening, as it is called, had direct roots as far back as 1945. Now the 4th followed from the 3rd in the 1880's-90's, with the rise of spiritualism (and mediums), Theosophy, Neo-Vedanta, and this is also the time most focused on in history of many ceremonial magical groups, like the Golden Dawn and OTO. So, you could say that it's been stewing for at least 120 years, perhaps just boiling over 45 years ago, and spilling onto the floor in the 90's and currently. ^_^ And you can't forget that there are some pagan trads that claim founding or "revealing" in the 20s. ^_^ I like to make things more confusing, I know.

Tashi delek!
Dawa Lhamo

[Luminessence]

Nope. My dad is a Christian (the open-minded kind :)), and my mom is a Tibetan Buddhist. I was raised Buddhist, and converted to Christianity when I was ten. When I was about fifteen or sixteen, I realized that while I might call myself a Christian, my beliefs really didn't fit Christianity, so I decided to drop the label. (If I'd known about esoteric Christianity, though, I probably never would have left :))

[Teresa]

I was raised my my Native American grandparents whom I guess you could label as pagan. They taught me much about Hoodoo although they never mentioned any names or titles of things. I was taught a great deal about herbs and wild crafting, giving offerings and never taking more than I needed. To appreciate the beauty of nature and to commune and give honor and thanks. Honoring the Ancestors was also stressed and respect was as well for others who are not like you.

[Rosana]

Well... my parents and all my family are Catholics, but my two aunts (my mother's sisters) are definitely "witchy". They're more spiritual than religious; tolerant, cheerful, loving young souls, interested in divination, herbalism, ecology and so on. We exchange books, articles, magazines and informations, and of course, we go together on annual esoteric fairs. As for my parents and brothers, they are respectful (regarding to my occult interests, but not spiritual ones...) - they must, after hm... 7 years on my path (a bit paganish, but not wiccan).

[Fang of Loki]

No, both parents are Christians.

My Father is Roman Catholic & my Mother is Protestant.

[starfire]

nope mine were not. Catholic and Prodistant, but even being raised catholic I have been taught to have an open mind. I know many people in the 40+ that are pagan, and my daughter has a friend that has several generations of pagans, so it is not only this age group, but I think it is like being renewed or more information has been allowed to get to other people. I guess it depends on where you are from, because in some areas I don't think they know the definition of an open mind when it comes to anything. lol

[RowanMegaera]

I was raised agnostic, both of my parents are very open minded liberals, but I started studying paganism when I was 12, dedicated at 14 and started teaching my dad at 20. So now my dad is a happy heathen as he likes to say.

[Sun Sprite]

I really don't know what my parents were, religion wise. I think my mother was into the darker arts. One reason I tried Christianity. I hated the thought of doing things to hurt other people. As for my dad, I don't think he belonged to any group, just a pure nature person. Kinda reminded me of Grizzly Adams.

[Ishtara]

No. My late dad was Lutheran and my mom is nominally Catholic, but neither practised or even believed, I think.

My mom is very prejudiced against spirituality in general and got quite worried when I told her that the Egyptian Gods were calling me (she even wanted me to get professional help).
However, she recently said that "religion" disgusted her "because it was so patriarcal", so I told her a little about Wicca and she sounded very enthusiastic about it. She even asked me to find her books that she could read when she comes to visit in September. I am not going to force anything on her of course, but it would really be wonderful if she could reconnect with her spirituality :)

[Meadhbh]

Mine were, and up until recently it wasn't really anything I thought about. Some people have begun to make an issue of it. But, if you ask me theres not a lot of diffrence between parnets when it comes to raising children anyway.

[Shanti]

My mom Catholic, dad pagan...he adopted the wiccan path in the 60's and before that he was just a witch! :)
Yes my parents are from the 1930's and my dad was always pagan. My dad was like me...just different since birth! The black sheep of the family! LOL

Heck my grandmother on my moms side never let go of her pagan roots either! She just married a man who was catholic...bad at that time...and thus all the kids (mom too) were brought up catholic. My grandma kept her views in the closet! Bad enough she didnt convert and that was in the early 1900's but they were all immigrants at the time so that may of helped society wise...didnt help family fued wise though.

[blueiris]

Mine are both Episcopalians, but they don't really mind that I'm Pagan.

[starfire]

Mine were, and up until recently it wasn't really anything I thought about. Some people have begun to make an issue of it. But, if you ask me theres not a lot of diffrence between parnets when it comes to raising children anyway.

Good point. Those of you who were raised pagan and had pagan parents, were some of them also right winged? That is not the word I am trying to say, I mean closed minded, this is the only way....I know there are pagans that have just as closed mind and many other religions do. I am cureous if those of you who have open minds are products because that was the way your parents taught you, or is it something you have decided for yourself.

My parents were good teachers of accepting people and that is how I am, and so far my kids are.

[Agaliha]

My parents aren't Pagan, but they are open to it and understanding. My mom has personal issues with religon due to her Catholic upbringing, but she is always helpful with me. She thinks of ideas for things to do with my Altar-- and even gave me a table for it. I talk to her about spiritual things...she many not be religious, but she still believes in things.
My father on the other hand, is "new age" or something...he doesn't exactly practice in anyway though...so I don't know what he is or believes in, but when I explain to him Pagan things he listens and doesn't say anything bad.
I guess I'm lucky :)

[RubyRose]

My dad was raised Baptist Christian I believe (if that's the right term) and my mother was raised Christian (Church of England).

My mum still holds on to her beliefs, but dad is an athiest.

[Philbo]

Both started out Lutheran. My dad is now starting to get into this whole "intelligent design" stuff, and my mom became a hardcore born-again baptist, right around the same time that I discovered paganism. Yeah, we have our differences...

[bbnflpn]

my parents were never really religous, my mom wanted me to follow what path was right for me. she let me make my own decisions as to what i wanted to do. she didnt make me go to church or anything like that. my dad was anti religon, and later i found out that he was actually a catholic. he put on my birth certificate that he was protastant like my mom. they never raised me one way or the other. my dad instilled in me values that were ver pagan in nature. as did my mom. after i realized that i was pagan, i relized that i had been all along and that nothing had changed other than the fact that there was a name for what i was, and that was that i was a witch. my dad was the first to notice my witchy nature, i was a trainer for all the athletic teams at our school, and he would comment on how it was so funny to watch all the football players follow me around the field wanting me to fix their boo boos. he thought they all had crushes on me, i came to find out later that i have a knack for healing, mental and phyiscal. that has followed me ever since, and i would have friends call me to get rid of their headaches or help them fall asleep.

[coyoger]

Not so much as a new generation of modern thinkers as this; Alot of it started out as rebellion from what your folks were. (started off that way but became more of a path over time.)

[Ninjakitten]

My parents were never really religious. My mom pretended to be Christian, Heaven forbid she actually follow anything at all that any branch of Christianity or the Bible teaches on relationships with others (including her marriage). My dad was mostly atheist... or agnostic, I can't tell which. All I know is I'm the one who brought him back to his Christian upbringing.... heh, then I became a Christian witch, go figure.

In all, I was pretty much left on my own to figure out things in the world, so despite being "raised Christian", at least according to my mom I was, I never even knew what the whole death on the cross thing was about. All I "knew" was that "Christians" were evil and sadisitic bastards that killed people that didn't agree with them and caused inqusitions and crusades and stole people's boyfriends and broke up marriages (but I'm not bitter...), and I didn't want to associate myself with that. My mom not being all that great of a person because of her perpetual victim attitude (justifying junk that she did) kind of confirmed I didn't want to be a Christian, yet even now she tries to take credit for me coming to Christ. Never mind that it was the one person that was Christian in my life that actually acted Christian that did that and gave me a reason to find out what Christianity really was.

[-Ember]

Nope... Mother was before I was born, agnostic through my childhood. Father most genuinely atheist individual I know. His comment when I officially came out (not that it was a big surprise): "If you had to join a cult, at least it wasn't the Mormons" (the local majority).

[Retto-Pyrrah]

If you had to join a cult, at least it wasn't the Mormons
Heehee, that's pretty funny. My dad is a rather hardcore atheist himself and that is how I was raised. My heart is with the pagan path but I really appreciate the skeptical point of view my upbringing has afforded me.
:broomride I love this smiley

[David19]

Neither of my parents are pagan, my dad is catholic and my mum isn't really anything but i was brought up to treat others right and be open minded about other beliefs, my grandma on my mum's side is jewish. I started reading about paganism and wicca about two years ago when i was 17, at first it was just curiousity then i gradually began thinking paganism was for me although my parents don't know yet

[tecoyah]

Mom is a Holistic Healer/Shaman/Psycologist.....Dad is Crystal Catherdral Christian

Fortunately I take after Mom

[Bryony]

I had to vote no, because I have one Christian parent and one Pagan parent.
They are not divorced.
They raised me to be very open to all religions and faith practices, as well as other cultures. They also encouraged me (and still encourage me) to be honest with myself about what I believe and think, instead of about what others want me to believe and think.

[LyraDragonStar]

Nope. I was raised Christian by my Christian family. My mom never really went to church though. I only went to group things, but not usually mass and all that. I find it boring and pointless. It would've been nice to have had Pagan parents...or grandparents for that matter. lol.

[Kudzu]

My mom is a non-church-going Catholic who practices Ceremonial Magic. My dad is an Atheist. They encouraged me to seek my own way, and so I grew up as a sort of skeptical polytheist and only began seriously practicing Paganism when I was in my teens.

[Etoile]

My parents were both Catholic, but never went to church when I was little. My mom was actually a nun at one point in her younger years. She's very spiritual, but not interested in organized religion. She's extremely accepting of my beliefs, and enjoys talking to me about them. Sometimes I wonder if she's a bit interested in Pagan beliefs herself. Her friend, who was also a nun, is now a Pantheist.

[WAHM-Brenda]

I think if my parents ever found out what I really believed I'd get the "you're going to hell" lecture LOL

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[circesraven]

my parents are of the hippie generation, my dad finally succeeded in removing his name form the roster of Mormon, its apparently rather difficult to get them to delete you, my mom isnt inclined in any real way, although she has appreciation for nature. They were not suprised or worried when I told them of my path, in fact not one person was suprised.

[Sapphire_tigress]

My mother is Lutheran with a bit of Catholic mixed in, and my dad is *i think* Christian. They gave me the "you're going to hell* lecture :)

I'm also not allowed to talk about it, and wasnt allowed to learn more while i lived in their house. I brought home a book from the library, and they took it away from me. I have just recently moved out, adn with work and college coming up, I'm sad that they took all that time away from me that i could've discovered more.

"my dad finally succeeded in removing his name form the roster of Mormon, its apparently rather difficult to get them to delete you"

lol, my mother allowed me to go to any church that called itself a Christian denomination, EXCEPT the Mormon church. She didn't have anything against the Mormons, in fact, many of her friends were Mormon...She just didn't want me being stalked for the rest of my life, adn through me, them. :D

[fairielove]

My mother, sisters both practice wicca/witchcraft. My adopted Granny taught me and my mom and sisters about it. I met her when I was about thirteen. Been doing it ever since. She reads Tarot .

[Kaiser]

My parents dont have a set religion... how ever they may not be pagan, my mother does have alot of pagan belives (altho she wont admit it) and my father i dont know... he abandoned by family when i was 9 (his exact words not mine)

[Astara Seague]

my family are LDS{morman}

[Redbranchwarrior]

my dad was a pagan, and my grandma, my mother was and is pentacostial

[alwaysfallingup]

My mom raised my sisters and I Southern Baptist (boy, did that ever not stick), since my dad hasn't been interested in religion at all since his father passed away when he was seven and a preacher had the audacity to tell him that it might be because he wasn't "a good boy" and was being punished.

[Sage Rainsong]

I was raised by my mother. She wasn't specifically Pagan but she was very metaphysically open. She talked about psychic experiences, talking to the dead, and other such things. She probably would have been a Pagan if she discovered it sooner.

[Kylie]

My dad doesn't call himself pagan, but he is...
haha.

[EvieLee]

My Mum raised me with no religion even though she's an ex Sunday School teacher. She encouraged me to look into whatever I wanted. Looking into Paganism wasn't the "rebellion" type of issue with me as I was already pretty open. My rebellion was just barracking for an opposing football team to piss off my dad.

[moonbride]

I couldn't really vote because I needed an "other" or something LOL.
I actually just recently found out my dad considers himself a Pantheist. I did not grow up with him... my parents divorced and he's in another state for much of that time but we are getting closer now. I found the fact that he drifted from Christianity surprising because he came from the more Christian/religious family.

My mother was Christian but not very strict at all (she passed away 14 years ago). I truly feel that I could have shared my path with her when I found it 11 years ago and she maybe would have even felt the same as I did when she heard about it... as if she 'came home'. If not, I feel she would have been very supportive of me.

[Nature's Kiss]

My parents are Christian...I think....LOL! They aren't very religious, actually...I'm not sure what my step-dad believes in. I've never heard him reference anything religious.

We will raise Kailey with some Pagan influences, but I will not raise her IN my religion. She can be/do whatever she wants. If she asks a question, and I answer in a religious answer....it will be like: "Mommy and Daddy believe that______, but there are many different ways to believe in _____." Or something like that...

[Astara Seague]

I was raised Morman..
this poll is rather interesting:hahugh:

[Sabella]

My parents are stout Christians, and don't even know about my conversion. I prefer not to tell them, as sneaky as that might sound. I don't feel the need to have to defend myself to them.

[SpiritMan]

Hmm - Astra, I was raised Morman as well... what one would consider "Jack" Morman. My parents were about as inactive as you can get without being ex-communicated. They just wanted me to pickup some morals before heading out into the world on my own.

[LadyDancer1181]

Good question. I voted "yes", but I should clarify a bit. I was raised without any form of religion. We blessed meals on Thanksgiving and Christmas and we always had my Grandmother's Bible in our home, but we never went to church and we weren't instructed to pray and whatnot. I started going to a Baptist church with some friends from school when I was twelve and did not leave Christianity until I was eighteen. My parents got involved with the church because I was involved. My mother pulled away quite easily and began studying Wicca along with myself and my aunt. My mother brushed it aside for awhile, as my father was still strong in his Christian beliefs and my mother wanted to be there for him. It wasn't until about two years ago that my mother came back to Wicca. My father is still a Christian, but would be what some in the church would consider "backslidden".

So, in summary, I was not raised in a Pagan home but my mother is a Pagan.

[Wicce]

Both my parents are catholic, but my mom (even though she is VERY fundamentalist!) believes in ESP. she believes that she has gotten flashes of certain bad things before they happened, thus preventing them from doing so, and thinks it runs in the family. my older sister randomly called us up to ask about our brother the day he broke his leg (and she didn't know) and my mother considers that conclusive proof. I don't know what to think about it.

My older and younger sister and I are all pagan-leaning, and developed it independently of one another because we are not the type to share our secrets. our 2 brothers are quite spiritually detached, though. as far as I know they are both non-theists.

[Tanya]

mom yes. Dad....pretty catholic

[LadyWillow]

My entire family are Christain, my grandfather's side of the family is Catholic though, and my grandmother has converted and has done everything to become Catholic so they could be married Catholic. My mom, is spiritual I guess, just doesn't do the whole church thing. I used to do it when I was younger, as did my mom, but I hated it. I always fell asleep and found Sunday school to be boring. I did vacation bible school with my aunt as she taught it, but I didn't care much for that either.

My mom however belives in psychics, ESP, ghosts, tarot cards, etc etc. It seems though that psychicness sort of runs in the woman side of the family, as we usually recall having flashes of seeing, or just knowing when something bad is going on, or going to happen. I don't know what anyone chalks that up to though.

[River]

My dad is pagan. Hemetic, i think it's called. He and my mom are divorced so I don't see him very much, so I don't know too much about his path.

[Rainsong]

My dad was raised Catholic. He was even in a Catholic orphanage for a while. He doesn't really claim to believe in any religon tho. He seems to me to worship alcohol and nature. Hmmm where does that fall?
My mom was raised Methodist but its a bit funny because she has a lot of pagan beliefs, but doesn't realize it yet.

[LadyBeth]

My mom is Catholic, but has been quite accepting of my beliefs. She has never really talked about it with me. My dad doesn't really have a religion.

[Whitewolf]

My parents are [reform] Jewish. We haven't gone to temple in years. They have always taught me to be open minded. After my bat mitzvah they let me choose if I wanted to continue to go to temple or not. I chose not to. They are open minded about my path.

[coeur]

My parents are atheists. I love them for it.

[Libris]

Nope, my dad was agnostic and my mom was Christian with a dash of Native American (Lakota Sioux) spirituality from her mother tossed into the mix. My parents did teach me to respect nature and inspired me with a love for the Earth, this partly led to my choosing to walk a pagan path...

[Kodi]

my mother is christian
and my father doesn't have a religion.

but my mother accepts that i'm pagan.
:hehehehe:

[imapepper]

Yes.

My mother was a Roman Catholic practicing Mexican Folk Magick for as long as I've known, but in the past ten or so years, completely dropped the Catholic half and has now adopted the Goddess path. She only worships the Goddess and doesn't do church anymore, and holidays are basically secular for her.

My father was baptized a Roman Catholic, but his parents became practitioners of black magick, and he doesn't practice anything, but he does consult a lot of witches who practice the dark arts, for assistance.

[Doodlebug]

Nope, my parents and guardians were not Pagan. My parents were Christian while my Grandparents who were my guardians for years were non-religious.

[VioletJadeWolf]

No, my parents are both Christian; my dad's Catholic and my mom's Protestant.

[irishxrose]

Nope, my mom is agnostic and my dad's a fundamentalist Christian.