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Originally Posted by Hockey_Ninja
Over the past few months something has really changed with my mom. She has always been a religious person and i live in a fairly religious family but now she has become way more religious than i have ever seen her. In my 20 years of life i've never seen her act or talk the way she has over the last few months. Going on about witchcraft, demons in our house and the fact that me not believing in god apparently means that i believe in the devil.
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That's worrisome, maybe she's really worried about your soul and is starting to wonder if your doubts might be demons or some other evil force. It would not be unusual for a worried religious parent to start grasping at straws.
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Last Sunday i went to church for the first time in years. It was an African church so things ran quite differently than the other christian church i went to as a kid, and i have to say that it was one of the most eye opening things i've ever seen in my life. Seeing a room full of people act like they're having a seizure while yelling out "god, god, god" over and over again made me realize that i honestly have no need for church or religion.
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Yeah I can only imagine seeing that in person, its really hard once you take the veil off organized religion and you see it for what it really is difficult to see people act this way, not to mention people you care about believing in demon's.
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Before i was on the fence about religion but after that and some of the stuff i heard my mom say it made me truly believe that i have no need for god. I still haven't told my mom and she told me that if i don't go to church with her than she would put me out of the house. How do i tell my mom about my views on religion without her kicking me out?
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This is a tough one, sounds like she might not be very receptive but I think the best thing you can do is be honest, maybe tell her that organized religion is not for you, that you are "spiritual" and see if that appeases her. I have a feeling if you went all out and you stated you did not believe in God that she would not accept that, but maybe if you stood up to her she would become accepting of it eventually.
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