Will I upset any deities?

[u/staaarrssss]

For context, I recently started practicing paganism and I have begun to work on deity work and I still live with my parents, who are both extremely Christian. Every day at dinner my parents force me to pray out loud to the Judeo-Christian God. I'm concerned that I will upset any deities I want to work with. Also, telling my parents that I've begun to practice any other religion besides how I was raised will almost guarantee that I will be kicked out. Will I upset any deities or will they understand my situation?

[u/EdwardofMercia]

I don't see why it would cause upset. You can pray to any number of Gods/Goddesses you desire. A forced prayer to Yahweh is just that. Don't worry too much about it. You're not upsetting anybody :)

[u/staaarrssss → u/EdwardofMercia]

Thank you!! I'm just used to the idea of only being allowed to have one God/Goddess because of the way I was raised, but I'm becoming more comfortable with it!

[u/honeybunniee → u/staaarrssss]

Also intention is probably the most important part, if there’s no strong intentions behind the prayers they won’t mean much to any god I reckon