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Well let's just say that I have grown up with close friends of many different religions (though I've never met a Wiccan in my life!). I am from a Baptist family but my dad had a job that had him traveling a lot internationally, and I went to high school in the Middle East. Now my closest friends are Jewish, Muslims (Sufi and Sunni), and one Hindu. I also have very close church friends, but my friends that I grew up from childhood with all belong to those above faiths. Some of their beliefs would provoke scornful reactions from my church friends, which would be as disrespectful as the PPs in this thread (whackadoo? Really?)[b] Maybe you don't see them as disrespectful, but I do because I grew up learning specifically how to be sensitive and respectful of other people's beliefs.[/b] The only time I personally experienced attacks on my faith were actually from atheists, not from people of other religions.

BUT this is just my reaction to your Wiccan cousin being called crazy or "whackadoo" or that other PP being told her religion "isn't less stupid than all the other religions out there" (in saying that the PP insulted our faith too, OP).

My opinion of your cousin's behavior is separate from my opinion of your cousin's right to have her beliefs. Obviously, I don't agree with your cousin's beliefs but I would have respected them if she hadn't tried to force them on you and especially your kids. She deserves a slap for that. It's not ok and my first reaction was to write a very long angry post about how shitty her intrusive behavior was. Then I got sidetracked by this other problem, lol.

You need to cut your cousin out of your life completely - estrangement, in other words - because only through your actions will you show her that her behavior is intolerable. Cut her out for years if you have to. Her behavior is toxic and shows mental instability.[/quote]

I guess I don't because I've never really seen them as religious beliefs. I know this is wrong and I need to respect that this is her religion. My brain just doesn't work that way yet.

Thank you for your perspective, it really put me in check and I need to think more carefully about this situation.[/quote]

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