Overly religious mom?

1. Denounce family
2. Move far away
3. ???
4. Profit

your mom's thing seems to be getting popular today with women. in fact, i had an employee who was calling me at my home saying the same stuff. i urged her to resign, which thankfully she did, as i intended on firing her.

in fact, did you see the thing on the news about the christian militia? they're getting crazy.

anyway, about you: i don't know if there is anything you can do to change your mother. people usually turn to religion to work out some of their own issues.

but, the one thing you can change, is how you react to her. i wish i knew something quick and easy for you to do. sorry

My mom was always strict and narrow minded but in these couple of years shes become very religious too she went from not caring to not that religious to now religious she hasn't changed that much though but just her getting more religious over the years is weird

Since your mom thinks tattoos are evil, I guess this means she doesn't like it when people have the face of Jesus tattooed on them?

That's ridiculous that your mother didn't come to your bridal shower because you lived with your fiance before you married him. My relatives are religious, but not to THIS extent. No, this isn't normal.

Well she's a crazy bitch. Hope u tell her how u feel.. And btw god wldnt hate u for moving in with someone b4 marriage and for gettin a tattoo

Jesus is our Lord and Savior, He died for our sins, He's the Messiah and Son of God, and He LOVES YOU. So does your mom. Ever consider for an instant that she might be right?

I really know how you feel. My parents, especially my mom, are really conservative Christians. They pushed me away from it for a long time, and only recently have I found my way back to God on my own terms (with a more liberal, loving credo). The way you are feeling is standard, really. What your mom doesn't register is that when she talks to you like that, she is passing judgment and actually dishonoring God. If it continues to get worse, you may have to keep her at arm's length in order to have peace and sanity in this life.

she just don't like your fiance

No matter how deeply held her religious beliefs are, telling somebody else they are going to go to hell is disrespectful and wrong. How can you have a relationship with someone who thinks you are going to go to hell? I really wish I could come up with a solution to this problem but it is so complicated. Tell her to respect your way of life? Tell her empathy and compassion are fundamental to the christian religion? I dont know, I really feel for you and I hope it works out :(

Some people get that way when they get older. She's probably reverting to her childhood upbringing. Tell her how much you love her but you resent the preaching. It shows a lack of respect for you. You should also remind her that it is not Christian to judge others.

This is just your basic right-wing christian crap. Don't pay it any attention. Unfortunately, it may be too late for your mother. Maybe she'll start thinking for herself one of these days.

I know a lot of mothers like that.

However, you shouldn't let her turn you away from religion. It's not the religion itself causing the problem, it's your mother's interpretation of the Bible.

This might be normal behaviour, in the sense of commonality, but that's just proof that normalcy isn't always a good litmus test for rationality or well being.

That's pretty sad, but my mom went through a similar deal. She hit a religious phase, but then she got burned by her church and stopped going because she realized how greedy the church leadership. After hopping around to different churches, she realized how common this was and how out of touch with reality and self righteous a lot of church people were. Recently i read to her a bunch of verses from the Bible that condone all sorts of weird things, like racial, generational slavery, child rape, etc.

Leviticus 25:44-46

Numbers 31:7-18

Look up evilbible.org. It exposes all sorts of crazy stuff from the Bible.

Not all of the Bible is bad though. I can admire aspects about the Bible, because I know that its a collection of separate, and consequently, often times contradictory doctrines. The official cannon was decided upon by the bureaucracy of the catholic church, so I know a lot of these books were just put in there to manipulate people and enforce a certain, status quo that agreed with the agenda of Roman government at the time.

While these Evangelicals want to preach fire and brimstone and neo-liberal politics,
I explained to my mom that I respect the social teachings from the Gospels, like the Golden Rule. If you ever get into a serious discussion with her, tell her what you respect in the Bible, if anything at all.

I absolutely despise most of these Scheisters who preach hell fire and damnation from their podiums. Any ideology that seeks to gain membership through evoking existential fear in people is just ignoble and perverse. They preach the basis of morality as being some arbitrary abstraction and not empathy itself. To them, it comes down to, "you can't do this because God said so", not "its bad or good because it affects yourself and other people in such and such a way".

I wouldn't lose hope. Attempting to Debate with your mom and trying to understand the different aspects of Christianity might just increase tensions, but it also might help. Go about it in a wise manner.

You could stop being insulted. Just accept that this is the way she thinks of everything now, including you. She means no harm. So there is no use personalizing it. Just don't comment on it, or take it in. Redirect her onto something else.

Its her, and her overly-religious delusions, not you. Thats not going to be easy. But there is no point debating, reasoning and so on.

You may want to meet her family Dr and just describe this change in her personality.

THEY'RE ALL GONNA LAUGH AT YOU! THEY'RE ALL GONNA LAUGH AT YOU!! THEY'RE ALL GONNA LAUGH AT YOU!!!