Abbey Normal
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fuzzykitten99 said:well, i guess this is where I tend to be sliding more to the left.
I hung out with the Wiccan kids in school because many of them were in my interest groups like theater and band/marching band. They didn't really dress that differently, and were genuinely good and nice people. I felt accepted with them, even though I didn't believe what they did. Personally, I have never felt like I was truly accepted in the Pro-God group, even though I believe in God and Jesus, and was raised Christian. I always felt that because I didn't go to church (never liked going, just not my thing), I was somehow not good enough. I never felt like I was part of the group, just an outsider, and looked down-upon or talked to like I was an toddler. I think to them, it isn't enough to just believe.
The Wiccan kids were never like that, and treated me equally, as well as everyone else. They genuinely cared about me as a person, and never tried to push their beliefs onto me, and were always willing to answer questions about them-and not once did I ever think any of them were the devil. Maybe that's why I was very liberal for so much of my life. I have 2 friends with whom I still email every so often and have met up with them a few times in the last few years. My grandma was born/raised catholic. At first she didn't like my friends because of what they were, but when she got to know them, she realized they weren't what she thought.
Kitten,
Without trying to sound like I know it all, I would like to *gently* suggest that experiences in high school are not necessarily a good barometer for life decisions, and I think/hope you will find that to be especially true as you grow older. I am sure there are plenty of Christians on this board, and in your town, who are nice people, who would never want to make you feel unaccepted whether you attend church or not, and many Wiccan people who are perhaps not so nice too.