It's really an awful thing to consider throwing someone out because they're seeking God, even if we disagree with how they're doing it. You should be ashamed that the thought crossed your mind, imo.
Thats the thing....the son is not following God like the rest of the family is. If its house rules that they follow God, then the son isnt....that would be breaking the rules they set.
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This is my 1st post, and it's a diffrent one. OK, in a nut shell one of our twin sons is into Wicca. We were hoping it was just some kind of teen rebellion but it seems he really likes it and will go out in the woods and do his "nature rituals" and such.
So my wife and I are faced with a choice, ask him to leave to house and find his own place as soon as he's done with High School or stick to our life-time plan and let him stay home while he goes to college?
Our background is S. Baptist born again and have lived our faith. Kids went to Church 3 times a week plus Awana (both making it to pioneers) since birth so they are not ignorent of the Lord, one just chooses to turn away.
I'm currently on a year tour in Korea so wife has to deal with this until I return home in May
Any suggestions?
I hope the OP will update us on his son's life now, nearly a year later. Wicca is a very seductive religion. Please do educate yourself. Wicca is not witchcraft, though some practitioners of Witchcraft also practice Wicca.
I hope the OP will update us on his son's life now, nearly a year later. Wicca is a very seductive religion. Please do educate yourself. Wicca is not witchcraft, though some practitioners of Witchcraft also practice Wicca....
-Mary
Hello everyone
Well it has been a while but I felt led to give an update on how things went. In short no one was "thrown out" and the Wicca thing seemed to just be a phase and is gone. Of course, things weren't easy, the three months after my return home were very turbulent as I reintergrated into the family. After the kids graduated high school my one troublsome son threatened to "move out" becuase of how unfair I was being. I shared with him I'd miss him deeply but the door was always open and it's best for him to leave on a good note and maintain a relationship then get in a big fight down the road...well that called his bluff and he changed his tune rapidly faced with life on his own.
So where are we at now? The good news is he and his brother conformed to the rules of the house and they're both going to college locally. They both have part-time jobs and are reasonably responsible. Both will remain home with us till school is over and we all get along well. The bad news is the cost of maintaining our relationship is our spirtual life is dead. My wife and I go to church on occasion but to be honest we're defeated Chiristians. My one Ex-wicca son is a good kid but with no intrest in the Lord or anyting spirtual. My other son, in the spirtual vacuum that followed, discovered he doesn't believe in God/Christ either and is a Homosexual to boot. We all get along now but the kids do their thing and my wife and I do ours.
How did this happen? Well, in an attempt to spend time with the kids and maintain a family relationship we engaged in activities that "would not offend anyone" meaning away from church and christian fellowship. We went camping and watched T.V. and other family stuff but we turned our backs on Christ and after a while we got used to it.
The intent of this post is to simply share with other parents there is a cost for every decision and every course of action. Did I/we make the right decision in all this...to be honest I don't know.
That's what Satan wants you to think but it is a deception. Dabbling in Magic, witchcraft, etc is clearly against God's Word. The result is opening doors to things you don't even realize are there and the ultimate end will be destruction of the individual, both physically and then spiritually. I urge you to read God's Word, the Bible, asking that the Holy Spirit would guide you.
I would really like to see someone unleash these so called magical forces/energy that is either controllable or uncontrollable.
I personally think all they are doing is waving their arms, chanting, and looking a bit silly.
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Be very careful of what you'd like to see. That, in itself, is an open invitation to Satan. Much of what is 'released' is in the spirit realm and we don't see it with our eyes, but the effects are all around us. Have you noticed the increase in drug abuse, cutting, promiscuity? All of these are a result of Satan's destructive work in the spirit realm which most Christians simply bury their head about. The bible tells us to be on the alert because the Devil prowls around like a roaring lion, waiting for someone to devous. It also tell us that we are not fighting against the flesh. Read Ephesians 6 12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
there is a battle going on, whether you recognize it or not, a battle for the eternal souls of people.
Humans have been messed up for a very long time. The world was never, ever this nice sweet place were everyone got a long, had enough food, and noone ever abused each other, drugs or anything else. People have always had sex both in and outside of marriage, and humans have always had some sort of additicon to drugs or liquor. At one time, not to long ago, it was 100% perfectly legal to beat the snot out of you wife. And only about 150 years was 100% ok to beat the snot out of your salve. And that is in America. There are still many places were these are still OK.
So no, I have not noticed a rise in such things when you compare it to the rest of known human history.
I was referring to the increases in recent centuries. There have certainly been increases in the things I mentioned and a decrease in a general sense of morality as compared to, say, 100 years ago. Of course, there have been other times in history where things we similarly bad. The world goes through cycles of morality it would seem.
And no, it wasn't 100% ok to beat the snot out of your slave or abolition would not have begun. There were certainly some who thought this was okay, but that is not accurately representative of everyone during that time. Exageration does not help.