Is it normal that i have a religious fanatic mother.

I'm proud you stuck up for your brother like that. Super nice to know Castlevenia too!:D I also want to say very good independent thinking. Even though being more tactical/cunning could yield better result, you gave an honest opinion.

Even surprised you can respect a mother like that. That is certainly a privacy no-no.

To all the supposed parents out here I'm shocked by your comments. Certainly a lot of privacy issues and archaic thinking going around here.

I especially like the one saying she raised an A student. And gave up her 'job'. (Talk about archaic) I can only imagine you raised a drone/zombie with that attitude. I've went against my mothers religion/opinion by refusing to go to church and call it something only needed by the emotionally weak or dumb. At the age range of 6-8. Owh, she worked. And I went against my parents on everything I believed to be wrong. Guess what: I got a 100% on my SATs.(at least our equivalent of that.) And got straight 100% grades at the University. And I can not imagine someone with equal intellect to live with a parent like that and not go against it. Except ofcourse if they exhibit the drone like behaviour so often abused by opressive goverments. (Those people that see wrongs, but lack whatever one needs to stand up for themselves and injustice.)

My child will be taught to question everything, find out for themselves what they want to believe and I will respect that, like a good parent. (Though I must say that I will probably be unable to respect or interact with it if it turns out to be intellectualy challenged like most people, which is why my gf and I have decided to not take our chances, at least for now.)

my mother is like this. i know where you're coming from. sounds like maybe you've bottled these things up for awhile and now it's bursting out. it doesn't seem like she's doing these things maliciously. she just doing what she believes is right. when you've had a chance to calm down, you should probably have a talk with her and explain your feeling without attacking her. my relationship drastically improved with my mother when I moved out and I was no longer forced to live by her rules. we still don't see eye to eye on religion. we had a discussion about it a few months ago that made us realize we never will. but I know she loves me and I love her and that's all that counts (even it we both think the other is batshit crazy at times.)

your brother is probably going to be really mad when he comes home, and i realize why you were upset, but that game is just a material posession. you shouldn't talk to your mom like she is dog shit, even if you are just angry at her for your brother's sake.

Yeah it's normal to have a religious nut of a mother. That doesn't mean it's a good thing though. For example, as I type this I'm sitting against the door of my room and playing music into y ears on high because my mother is right outside screaming for the "demon" to come out of me.

My mother is like this. The things I love, she says are evil. She says my religion is evil. She keeps trying to force her religion on me, disrespect my beliefs and threaten me about hell. It's not normal. These religious fanatics are fucked up! she had no right to do that. My mother tried something similar but I basically told her off. She had no right to do that to his stuff. They use their religion to excuse the horrible things they do. It's not right. You shouldn't have to deal with this. Go to college, take your stuff and never come back.

Well, my sister has alienated her 2 sons and her husband and most of her friends because of her obsession with religion and especially the 'demonic' forces. What l do not understand is that if God is almighty and so powerful, why do they not believe that he can deal with these things and why do they not spend more time doing good things and concentrating on God instead of spending SO MUCH TIME with thoughts of what satan is supposed to be doing.
Next they will be burning witches and using the ducking stool again.
My advice to you is to move out of her home as soon as you can, before she ruins your faith in everything. Extremist always try to spoil what is fundamentally good and should be rejoiced in. Yes, I believe in a Greater God, but one of Love and understanding and one who rules and one who says that we should not judge each other. Believing in false prophets and demons is all a load of hogwash to control the masses. So many of the so called evangelicals are further away from god than they would care to believe in, because they spend all their time thinking about 'demonic ' things and what the devil is up to.
Good Luck Girl..You need it. Try to put a distance between you and your mother, but love her and try to understand that she has been brain washed. She loves you too..even though you cant see eye to eye.
Glad I live in a different country to my sister..it is easier to love her that way.

You obviously wrote this in a fit of temper and sometimes its good to get it out. Hopefully you have calmed down now and put things in a better perspective.

It can be very hard growing up with a fanatically religious parent when you think differently. It means coping with the standards and expectations they set even if its not your beliefs. After all she is your mother and it would be good to be on reasonable terms, even if you have to work round some of the extreme behaviour.

Having been brought up in a similar environment myself, I am aware how 'out there' the behaviour can get. Be polite and respectful and move out when you can, you may have the chance of saving something from this.

it might seem like a huge thing at the moment, her damaging his booklet but later it will seem like nothing. go ahead and hide his stuff like the good sister you are, it doesnt seem like she will change her mind about these things so they should be hidden until both of you have yr own places and lives, good luck to you and brother

Its good that you stood up for your bro like that. I can't believe that she would just barge in and destroy things your brother values like that. I would have been pissed as hell too if I was in that situation. I don't support any religion, I don't hate any, but dumbasses like that make my blood boil. They're so blind they can't see the stupidity and sheer idiocy of their own actions.
Though don't generalize everyone, there are reasonabal religious people out there.

You seem as "fanatic" as she is. I feel like you shouldn't hate a religion because of one person or one part of it. I am sure God didn't say everything they preach now, it's man that interpreted it that way. So I wouldn't dis Christianity or God, but humans who interpreted it wrong. If your mom as a Christian tore up the game, why don't other Christians tear up games? No need to hate an entire religion over one person or one aspect ;)

So rather than speaking about feelings you want people to vent them online and keep pretty faces and lies to eachother? Seems pretty dysfunctional to me.

Imho I see no fault in her behaviour, but do see fault in the behaviour of her mother. I'm all for respect and clearly her mother didn't have it for privacy and the choice of her son to like that sort of game. She stood up for her brother and told her mother, albeit tactless, her position and feelings on the matter.

How is this a bad thing? It is something to be proud of. Blind faith and respect can never be good, drones are only benificial for the dictator.

And I don't know how old you are. But I just want to say: I'm proud of you and hope any children I might have will have the same strength to stand up to a autority figure, when it feels they commited injustice. I truly feel sorry for those that don't.

I'm not really sure what exactly you're asking is normal!

What they watch on TV!? - their business.

That you talk to your mother like this!? - absolutely not and if you were my teenager you would not be under my roof one minute longer than necessary! I would throw you out, so that someone you like better than me, could feed you, clothe you, pay for the utilities you use, and take your abusive shit!!

Destroy your brother's possessions!? - If they're in her house and more than likely she paid for them, then she can do what she bloody likes! If they were so important to him, he should've taken them with him or put them away somewhere safe. Hopefully he will have grown out of them by the time she lets him come back.

Remember this - It is HER choice as to who lives in her home!!!

A number of years ago I put a poster up in my teenage son's room
"Sick of your annoying parents? Move out, get a job, pay your own way - while you still know everything!"

Now, you do the same, or grow up and apologise to the poor sucker that gave birth to such a brat. The lady who probably would've drowned you at birth if she knew the way you were going to behave and the same lady who is praying to God that deep down you are not a demon but do have some 'good' qualities that are just well hidden!

I have same experience with you. Well in my opinion my aunt , who live with my family, I think she becoming a religious fanatic since she watch I don't know what professor or any other people speech about Christian. And the things that really annoying me are she like to say we should keep away from satan. Ok I got that but not mostly every night when she tuck my little brother in bed she keep telling some story about satan and I mean WHAT THE HELL?! She don't like it but she keep saying it sometimes and I think they ARE friend because we don't mention somebody when we hate it. My family is Buddhist and she is a Christian , funny is she like to force my little brother to go to church with my cousin every weekend although my little bro don't want. And I really tell my aunt , as you did , that don't force him if he don't like! If you want go then go yourself! And most ridiculous part is that some words of movies that she think is 'evil' , she tell us not to watch ! I mean , it's minions and they are so cute! And that really bother me everyday and feel poor for my little bro since he still so young . And like just now , my bro didn't go to church and she will say to him " you don't go to church for two weeks and that's mean that 'evil' win two times" !! Ha! Now they were really ' friends ' .

Dear buddha, I am just so glad there are sane people in the world like you. What you did for your brother was wonderful but what i cant drasp is how hypocritical a lot of bible thumpers are, they try to cleanse your soulf of demons and the devil, pray literally over you hoping the holy spirit will enter your soul and shit i dont want to go into and yet when you very politely state that you dont believe in god and would like them to very kindly fuck off they say it is disrespecting their beliefs apparently. Now i dont mind if you want to chant around naked in your garden every full moon or practice astrology or whatever the hell it is whackos believe in as longs as you don't tell me to keep an open mind and very kindly FUCK OFF! but uhm... the point is... even from someone who has a catholic family (14 aunts and uncles and buddha knows how many cousins) I think it's safe to assume that someone regardless of any beliefs would personally destroy someone elses belongings based on some insane belief is quite wrong and very 'unnormal' if anything a tad mental so yeah... You seemed so pissed though, You started crying?

Wow! This there is so much anger displayed under this post. I think that we should all just calm down a bit and breathe.
In my opinion, when people are scared they make things certain. Religion used to be a a belief and the beauty of it was that no one knew for sure, it was a belief. People that are scared have made it so certian that they are unable to open their mind to any other point of view. If your child is a good person and likes to play castlevania ..... why not? I dont understand the fear .......
You have raised a proper son, just because he doesnt think the same way as you do does not mean that you have failed as a mother.
The same thing goes for parents that are not religous at all but their child is, live and let live.
If someone is so angry about one way of thinking or another I think they should take a look at themselves first, and then try to UNDERSTAND the other persons point of view. I would be interested to know why this game is so evil to your mother, maybe a calm, understanding talk about it -

@joybird It might be hard to understand for some people, but I can guarantee you I would be proud. See some people value individualisme and intellect. Some people are able to rationalize instead of only 'feel'. This enables me to not be personally hurt in such a situation. Getting hurt in such a situation sounds more like a hormonal parent with a social/religious dogma, can't blame the teen for being hormonal, but the parent?

And hell I get enough hormonal teens being a highschool teacher. (I'm also a computer scientist working on artificial intelligence, but I like teaching the young ones.)