Sick of having to be a Christian.
My parents have raised me as a christian and my whole life I've had the Bible shoved down my throat. I've been forced to waste my life at church every sunday morning, they made me get confirmed, and they make me serve at church about once a month too.
But about a year or two ago, I realised something.
I don't believe any of it.
I'm not sure what I do believe. I like to think there's a higher power out there, but I don't know about God. I think there's life after death, but more like reincarnation than heaven and hell.
Today, my mum got angry with me because I'm not a christian.
It's not like I'm completely rejecting all my moral values and saying "fuck the church", it's just that I want to be allowed to decide for myself what I believe.
I hate the way that people of any religion always think that their way is the only way, and everyone else is wrong. I don't think any of them are right. No-one has all the answers.
I definitely think it's wrong to get young kids and indoctrinate them like that, forcing your religion down their throat. I wish my parents had let me choose for myself. Who knows, maybe then I would've grown up wanting to believe in God instead of questioning my religion.
It seems pretty fair to me that I should be allowed to choose my own religion.
But my parents will never understand.
I think they'd prefer if I just carried on pretending to believe in God.
What are your opinions on this? I'm open to discussion.
But about a year or two ago, I realised something.
I don't believe any of it.
I'm not sure what I do believe. I like to think there's a higher power out there, but I don't know about God. I think there's life after death, but more like reincarnation than heaven and hell.
Today, my mum got angry with me because I'm not a christian.
It's not like I'm completely rejecting all my moral values and saying "fuck the church", it's just that I want to be allowed to decide for myself what I believe.
I hate the way that people of any religion always think that their way is the only way, and everyone else is wrong. I don't think any of them are right. No-one has all the answers.
I definitely think it's wrong to get young kids and indoctrinate them like that, forcing your religion down their throat. I wish my parents had let me choose for myself. Who knows, maybe then I would've grown up wanting to believe in God instead of questioning my religion.
It seems pretty fair to me that I should be allowed to choose my own religion.
But my parents will never understand.
I think they'd prefer if I just carried on pretending to believe in God.
What are your opinions on this? I'm open to discussion.
You are questioning your beliefs. That is alright and no one can prove different. YOu can have your personal opinion and believe what you want. No one can stop you there.
worn-out astronaut., September 24th, 2007 at 09:04:48pm
I used to be a christian. I don't believe in god or any other being that created us iether. I believed in what I wanted to believe in, forcing someones opinions onto someone else isn't the best idea in the world. people can believe in it if they want to but that life just wasn't for me, every waking moment I was expected to be something I'm not. I was rejected by church, they found out I had a boyfriend( what guys and girls don't experiment and question their sexuality)
To me Christianity isn't about there being a god anymore, its about people who think they have the right to tell everyone else on how they are supposed to live their lives. A lot of my family is brainwashed and I'm not joking, speaking out against their religion to them is the same as interfereing a child but they said that god will forgive us.
When I was younger it was the one place i belonged to, they turned their back on me and stabbed me in the back for being different. For having an opinion and thinking for myself.
All religion is, is people with little bits of paper counting up how much money in the offering they are going to get in their pay packet. How do we know where the money goes to? We don't. We are expected to put our trust and our lives in something that is so f*cked up as god. I say f*ck the church, no offense to anyone. But when your told how to live your life the good christian way, you know exactly where you stand in life.
schooldropout, September 24th, 2007 at 08:29:38pm
i totally understand you. I am in the same situation, ive been raised into it all. And their whole 'getting confirmed before realising you have an opinion', their system is pretty smart to do that, ill give em that.
you should definately question oyur religion, mean, if you dont want to do something, why do it?
Vegemite, September 24th, 2007 at 01:50:51pm
No-one lives a life without questioning their religion.
My mam says she does it all the time...
I said I'm going through a phase where I'm really confused about god and I dont know what I am, and she said its normal. You're supposed to question! You can't just believe everything that you've been told! What if the church said, "Heeeeyyyy!! Ya know what, lets just all praise satan today!" You'd question THAT right? Well if you believe everything that's told to you, how do you know that satan isn't actually god and vice versa?
Believe in what you believe in, don't believe in what your parents believe FOR them! Maybe you believe in different parts of christianity, but not all of it. That's ok! As you said, no one has all the answers, your guess is as good as any!
So ignore your parents. Have a think about it and see what happens =)
Teh munkeh, September 24th, 2007 at 10:03:52am
Thankfully my parents were never like this.
This may have been because they themselves are agnostic or atheist, though.
Sad to hear that. Keep fighting the good fight and they're sure to give in.
Miley Cyrus, September 24th, 2007 at 04:20:54am
i agree with you whole-heartedly. My parents make me believe. They know that i don't but its one of those "family rules" as they call it. i don't think there is anything higher out there but im not like "f*ck the church" as you said. Going to church makes me believe less and less every week.
TheHobostacheSheriff, September 24th, 2007 at 03:38:37am
You have absolutely every right to choose what you believe or not.
I personally think some-most christians are kind of ... I don't wanna call them brainwashed but yeah, thinking their way is the only one. I don't think you can change your parents mind without long arguments and stuff. Maybe one day they will accept your choice though.
rollerpig, September 23rd, 2007 at 11:11:01pm
I think you should be able to believe in whatever you want to believe in. I used to have to goto a school at night to learn about god and stuff and I hated going because I didn't understand why I had to believe it. Don't get me wrong I mean people can believe what they want, but I agree with you on this one. I think there may be something up there whether it's a god or something else. You never know.. I guess nobody really does.
threeam., September 23rd, 2007 at 08:28:19pm
Well, I'm not a christian but I do understand wherer your point of view is coming from. I for one find myself stuck in a circle of counfusion. Sometimes I wonder if I believe in the right religion or not . I think what I have going on is agonasm or something like that. Which is basically not knowing weither you're sure of God's existanse or not ...
Explicit Sins., September 23rd, 2007 at 06:40:01pm