Being forced into a religion

[At Dusk And Forever]

My parents are the type of idiots who would believe everything the bible says and so they believe that they should go to church to save themselves. Since they want their family to be saved to they have to force me into being part of it. Seriously I laugh at the idiots who believe Christianity is the religion to go there are billions of religions out there and none of them is correct talk2hand .
Whatever happened to FREEDOM of RELIGION.

[imperially-slim]

Yeah, whatever did happen to freedom of religion?

People should be able to worship as they please. It's not up to you to decide whether or not they can or should. Stop whining.

[Arjuna Simha]

Just because you don't believe in a religion [or all of them], doesn't mean you should say everyone who believes them is stupid. It's THEIR choice to believe. You wouldn't appreciate it if someone told you whatever you did or didn't believe in was the wrong thing, so don't do it to others.

If you don't want to believe, then don't. But I feel sorry for you if you never find anything to believe in.

[musapan]

I'm sorry they're forcing you to do that... I disagree strongly with people who don't allow others the right to choose.
I'm agnostic, so I believe that anything is possible, I'm not tied down to one religion. My mom was great about it... When I was nine I told her I didn't want to go to church anymore, because I couldn't believe in it. I thought she was gonna be so mad... But she said, "Well, okay. I'm not going to make you go if you don't want to, because then you're just going to hate it more, won't you?"
I agree with you completely, there are so many religions, and so many of them came long before Christianity. But people want to stay blind to that sort of thing. *shrug* At least I can take comfort knowing that there are some other people out there with a good head on their shoulders.

[halves]

They can't force you to believe. They can force you to go through the motions of belief, but they can't force belief into you. Its nice actually, if you think about it, that they want you to go to church so you can go to heaven. Its a nice thing to want for someone.
But still, I know what you mean. I'm glad my parents are atheists :]

[At Dusk And Forever]

As for the first two replies you don't get my point

My point is that forcing someone to be a part of a religion is wrong especially since U.S claims to have freedom of religion

2nd reply don't feel sorry that I dont believe in anything its that believing seems so idiotic

[Arjuna Simha]

No, I understood your point perfectly. Just because I disliked you saying every religion out there is incorrect doesn't mean I don't understand your point. I agree perfectly that it's wrong to force anyone to believe in something they don't want to.

But to whine about it and attempt at claiming that all of the religions in the world are incorrect is enough to irritate some people. Also, the U.S. and other countries can claim they have all kinds of freedoms but that doesn't mean they're always going to be 100% true. The world is quite obviously not perfect and neither is this country.

&& WHY is it so idiotic? Because you yourself can't believe it? Or is there another reason why you think believing is idiotic.

[At Dusk And Forever]

That's why EDUCATION is important it enriches the mind with facts that are USEFUL
I seriously feel sorry for priests and other people who spend their whole entire lives on some religion. Religions are evil they brainwash people dude.

[halves]

Blessed Be This Nightmare

That's why EDUCATION is important it enriches the mind with facts that are USEFUL
I seriously feel sorry for priests and other people who spend their whole entire lives on some religion. Religions are evil they brainwash people dude.

You only get taught what the government wants you to know wink
But yeah, its their shot, really. Just because your bitter doesn't mean you have to insult people who like to find comfort in their imaginary friend, you know.

[Arjuna Simha]

Well, I hope you realize that there are plenty of people in this world who will disagree on that strongly. You shouldn't feel sorry for the priests or the other people who believe in their religion because it's their choice and what they enjoy believing in. So don't try and urge other people to stray from religion if you don't want people to urge you into one. It's only fair.

[Jess_Massacre]

Mine do the same things.
It's retarded.
Just deal with it for now I guess..

[At Dusk And Forever]

But all those priests and people could have done better with their lives they could've been the next Einstein for all we know. There are people who disagree with my ideals about religions yes I am aware of that.

[link622]

heart JESUS LOVES U! heart
but then again.. i still believe that people should have the freedom to choose what to believe..... its hard to find another religion as great as christianity though ^^ well maybe with the exception of "Jedi"

[Aekean Fairy]

Oh, the irony.

[Toast Is Me]

lol, you gain that when you turn 18, along with the porn and the cigarettes. ^_^
I know how that feels, my parents are the same way. They can't make you believe anything, so either sit through church and, I don't know, draw or something, or bite the bullet and tell them you don't believe in God and want to be let alone on Sunday mornings...
...though the second option will no doubt make them more earnestly force you there. They might even have people pray over you, which can be really annoying, depending on the congregation.

Or, depending on your age, you could just get a job where you'd have to work Sundays. That's always pretty easy. ^_^