Is it normal my family won't accept i don't believe in christianity?

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Ever since I was about 11 or 12 I realized I didn't really believe in Christianity. My parents are both extremely religious, so I didn't tell them until I was 14. When I finally told them they just wouldn't accept it and keep telling me that I'm Christian. Even when I would refuse to go to church my parents would yank my laptop or phone out of my hand and literally drag me to the car, despite my screams. They force me to go every single week. Also every night before dinner we pray as a family, and of course I pray along with them to not be disrespectful. At the end of prayers my family signs the cross except me, and when they realized I didn't do that they would start yelling at me and tell me im a bad person. As for my little sister she always tells me "you know you believe in God and jesus and christianity" and when I would politely disagree with her, she would annoy the living hell out of me repeating that statement and saying that I "definitely do" and I'm pretty sure she isn't joking. All of this made me hate christian people so much. Whenever I am interested in a boy and I found out he goes to church or is christian I immediately shut him out. Is it normal my family is like this? Please help

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  • Darkoil
    11 years ago

    No they sound like religious nutbags.

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  • watermelonninja
    10 years ago

    You gotta choose for yourself.No one can be saved unless they want to.

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  • Aewe101
    11 years ago

    My grandmother is Christian I use to go to church till the age of 10 I used to cry every day because I fucking hated it, my mom and dad they kin of believe in god but they don't force it on me, my mom kind of knows I don't believe in religion, she just wants me to keep that part of my life to myself and not talk about it around my grandma because she is crazy and thinks god is her master, I mean I love my grandma but I don't love her beliefs

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  • Hippie
    11 years ago

    Some Christians should just accept that we're not all going to believe in god. And that we can still be good people even if they believe we're hell-bound. Personally, i can't believe that there's a god simply because people say there is. Perhaps if god appeared to each of us at a certain mature age and said something like" believe in me, and live your life according to holy deeds and your spirit will live forever in heaven" and then call THAT faith, there'd be a religion worth following for me.
    I'm not saying Christians are idiots, they're not. That's just what would make me a believer.

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  • Caryopteris
    11 years ago

    I have the same problem. They are all convinced, but it all seems very illogical and unlikely to me. There are so many religions; why do they think theirs is right? It all sounds like brainwashing to me. The Catholics are supposed to do many things the Bible expressly says is wrong, like chanting, elevating Mary to something above a common woman who was just a vessel, making more and more rules, just like the Jews did, and so many things. I was raised Lutheran, and they also chant, but in English. It put me to sleep ... literally. The Bible is intentionally confusing. If God wants us to know him, I really don't think he would be so confusing and tricky. He'd just tell it plainly so we could all know ... not guess right and pass this all-important test.

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  • Humanbeing
    11 years ago

    It's normal for a Christian family to do it. Christians are so stuck in their beliefs they refuse to see reason. I'm about to move out for college and my folks still make me go to mass.

    I sat down and had a long long long conversation with my family about why I don't believe in god, and we both tried to dissuade each other. It didnt work. The final matter it came down was was that they accepted faith as proof of god and i did not. I said that as long as we disagree on that then there is nothing we could do. Then they started to leave me alone.

    So sit down with your family and have a conversation and get it all out of the way. But before you do, know all your arguments and understand fully what you believe. Good luck!

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  • nowhereboy
    11 years ago

    Good on you for standing up for your own beliefs and thinking for yourself.

    Maybe you should show this video to your family...

    http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/why-i-am-no-longer-a-christian/

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  • Gravy
    11 years ago

    It is normal for religious nut jobs not to accept another's opinion. If you're in a western country, make a complaint to the child welfare agency. Good luck to you. I would not put up with it.

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