I don't like my religion but i'm scared to leave it

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I have been indoctrinated into the Catholic faith and I personally do not agree with it. However, my mother has been instilling a lot of demon paranoia in me, saying that so many things get you possesed by a demon and such. I feel like if I do the wrong thing I'll be possessed, hurt others and go to hell. I know that this is not the point of following a religion, and so I feel like I want to become irreligious. It is also aggravating my obsessive compulsive disorder that has been on me for years. However, I feel afraid to offend the god and others. That's just one story of mine, but in general for others, is it normal to want to leave your religion but feel scared to do so?

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  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago

    Don't use Jesus as an insurance policy.

    If there is a god, he doesn't want you to be scared into belief. Blind faith is not realistic or natural. Soul searching, for the most innate, fundamental answers to the human soul, isn't going to let demons in. Blindly following man's faulty interpretations are far more harmful.

    Mother Theresa, herself, declared that not a day went by, where she didn't question her faith. It's all part of the process.

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    • Austalien
      12 years ago

      I want to join your cult :) I wish everyone used logic and reason.

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    • tbiM20
      12 years ago

      Good point! You don't have to stop believing in God, to disbelieve what a person says about faith.

      I'm part of an instrumental Christian Church (as opposed to non-instrumental.) It's a back-to-basics church, but individuals' interpretations are respected. For instance, there is a family who doesnt believe baptism is necessary for salvation, based on a few lines from the book of Romans.

      Point is, its normal to question your faith, or what people say about faith. If it were so cut-and-dry, why are there so many denominations? In the end it isn't demons or angels or what you parents or pastors say, its about your relationship with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

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    • NeuroNeptunian
      12 years ago

      ^This.

      Catholicism is a great religion, but there are many others. It is impossible to intellectually prosper or prosper in happiness when you're somewhere that you don't want to be.

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  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago

    You've joined a cult, be weary of the kool aid

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  • Who_Fan4Life
    12 years ago

    Religion itself is demonic.

    Free yourself from it!

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    • Aleks85
      12 years ago

      No it isn't, but religious extremism is.

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    • [Old Memory]
      12 years ago

      Enjoy going to Hell, remember your sunscreen, I heard it gets pretty hot down there. Like SPF 2 Million....

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      • TheManySingsToUs
        12 years ago

        Where is hell, anyway? On Google Map it says its a night club in New York... Are you suggesting its a club where atheist go? If so, if its as hot as you say (which I doubt), how is sunscreen going to help? Is it one of the clubs weird fetish? If so, how do you know so much about it? Are an atheist?

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        • [Old Memory]
          12 years ago

          It is a club in NYC, and the air conditioning broke a long damn time ago. Specially formulated sunscreen does help, you dont know about the experimental formulas NASA has developed? Get out from under your rock man. Life is passing you by.

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  • kelso
    12 years ago

    Very normal, it took me years to leave my religion and I still get a chill every once in a while thinking about it.

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    • uPSIDEOFDOWn
      12 years ago

      Kind of like you said kelso, I was raised Mormon (shudder/cringe/barf/blush). By the time I was 10, fucking TEN, I realized what a croc of fear and BS it is--with everyone paying 10% of their income to old men with private golf courses and beach getaways. I finally got the courage to leave when I was 19. In that particular faith, a psychological catch-22 is used to keep members attending. Church leaders tell you that you will become unimaginably, completely miserable if you leave. This is true. But, only so because you have spent your life thus far viewing things through the lens of Mormonism (or in OP's case, Catholicism).

      So, OP, when/if you get the courage to leave, you're going to have to break-in a new mold. For me, the process has taken 2 years+. Im still working on it, though things are considerably better for me than when I was in the faith, and MUCH better now than when I first left it.

      I wish you courage.

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  • keeping_up_with_da_kids
    11 years ago

    Leave you're religion and convert to satanist the idea is to reject god and live you're life the way you want and follow the eleven Satanic Rules of the Earth.

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  • Emma27
    11 years ago

    Get away from the indoctrination, you should make your own choices without fear instilled in you by another person, family or not.

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  • BHolt
    12 years ago

    Demons and gods don't exist. Become an atheist, you'll be happier. Everyone has imaginary friends as kids, but to keep them around as adults is silly. Besides, you're an atheist to Hinduism and Islam, just go one god further....

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  • Anonymous Post Author
    12 years ago

    OK Guys, please stop bashing my mother.
    She didn't mean bad. She's just passing on what others around her had to say.

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    • duckman985
      12 years ago

      I guess not, but it seems pretty terrible to me. I certainly wouldn't teach my kid "you're going to hell if you don't stay this religion"

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  • ninjaman
    12 years ago

    Very normal. I was the same. Don't be afraid to leave and be proud of your new beliefs.

    Watch a few of TheThinkingAtheist videos on YouTube,

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  • ESCtheCTRL
    12 years ago

    im not trying to convert you or anything but find a faith you like. if you dont believe in a faith find one you agree with. trusting this new faith can help you a great deal with your fears

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  • kyanviado
    12 years ago

    There are so many more out there. Anglican, baptist, Methodist, judaism, paganism, and so many more.

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  • emotionalwreck4ever
    12 years ago

    Try a christian church im sure you will like it better.

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