Is it normal that being forced to church as a child ruined me?

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After years of being literally forced to get up and go to church, even when I had migraines as a kid, I just can't get myself to go to a service now that I have free will. I made a similar post about how I'm legal but my mom hit me and tackled me out the door once. That cut me off completely and once I stood up for myself she stopped forcing me. Now I just watch it live streamed. People are asking about me even though I haven't been in a year. I see nothing wrong with watching. I can join in soul even if I'm not there in body. I only go to take my tithe saved up to the office deacon every 5 Sundays, and when I'm there I have heart palpitations. My parents keep asking when I'm going back for good, but the thought makes me queasy.

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  • RoseIsabella
    7 years ago

    If you're legal then why even tithe? I don't get it? If you don't want to go to church then why tithe? If you ever decide to go back to church you can find a different one from the one where your mom goes.

    If my mom pulled that shit I'd be keeping an eye out for the worst nursing homes so I'd know where to stick her ass when she's old and feeble. Sorry, I couldn't help it. Ha, to be honest I'd probably just estrange myself from her. I dunno, stick by your guns.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      7 years ago

      I still believe in titheing. And lol..

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  • Tealights
    7 years ago

    Sounds like you're tired of your parents, but not church itself. Find another church to call your own and get to know the people there.

    From my experience, I was never religious, but my aunt was. As a kid, she forced me to start going to church. At first, I was miserible. Kept falling asleep and getting slapped awake, being force to sing songs I didn't know the lyrics to, and so on. Then... after hours of praising god, we had this huge feast. Cake, ribs, everything. I was sold. I went to church for the next year or so just for the food, until they stopped.

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  • Anonymous6996
    7 years ago

    You're just not religious. Nothing wrong with that I feel

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  • Ellenna
    7 years ago

    Look, you can choose whether or not to follow your parents' religion. I too was forced to sunday school and church by my parents, not allowed to listen to the radio or have any fun on a sunday and so on: when I was an adolescent my brain started to question it all, I got no satisfactory answers and got out of there as soon as I could.

    Do whatever feels right for you, but don't leave your brain turned off

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  • johnpartridge
    7 years ago

    You don't have free will. You don't have a soul. There isn't a god. You're going to die one day and there will be nothing of you after you die just like there was nothing of you before you were conceived. It's fine to have a comfort blanket but it doesn't seem to be comforting you at the moment.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      7 years ago

      All this supernatural shit happening around the world like hauntings and things that can't be explained and you don't believe in anything. Lol.

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