My father forced me to go religious services every week when I was a kid. I would say I hated this from about age 6 until I stopped going at 16, because I got job so I could work every Sunday. We had two services on Sunday and one on Wednesday. I calculated roughly 6 hours a week including the actual service, preparation and travel time. Over this 11 year period that is approximately 145 days or about five months. I was also punished physically if I showed any resistance in going to these services. My parents robbed me of five months of my life and never asked me if I believe in God or if even wanted to go to a services. Any of you experience this?
Forced Worship
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For a while, my future MIL would have me go to Mass with her.
I probably wouldn't have minded so much but my fiance, his sister and his father never had to go.
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I probably wouldn't have minded so much but my fiance, his sister and his father never had to go.
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yeah, for sure. I think that most people do. I think really through conditioning is the only way that most people become religious. I don't know anyone that was raised non-religiously (not to be confused with athiesm, which has a tendancy to drive kids into religion out of a sense of rebelling against thier parents more so than actual devotion) that later on in life chose to pursue religion and become an firm belieiver. On the other hand everyone that I know that is religious has parents that are religious and they were always told that.
myself, during my rebelous adolescence was anti-religious, mainly in part because of my experience in a religious world. I consider msyelf today to be spiritual, because I have studied it and I always study human behaviour and beliefs, but like everything else I don't prescribe to any organization and most especially don't accept a doctrine without question or criticism.
myself, during my rebelous adolescence was anti-religious, mainly in part because of my experience in a religious world. I consider msyelf today to be spiritual, because I have studied it and I always study human behaviour and beliefs, but like everything else I don't prescribe to any organization and most especially don't accept a doctrine without question or criticism.
I don't want to offend you, but it wasn't forced worship. It was forced attendance. A parent has a right to force their children anywhere the law permits. They don't have to ask their kids if they'd like to go to school that day, for example. The only choice a child has is to run away or go. Regarding asking you if you believed in God or not, that's the whole point. They wanted you to believe in him and that's why they made you go. So it's not like if you would have said you didn't believe that would have solved the situation. If anything, they would have been even more certain you went.
I see your point but I was forced to worship. My father made me remember certain Bible verses, he made participate in the youth choir and he actually would peek into mine and my siblings room to make sure we were saying our morning and evening prayers. I don't know how he could see that, because most of the time I was just wishing he would die. If I said I didn't believe in God I don't know what would have happened. My father wasn't very intelligent so he probably would have beat the shit out of me.
Then, indeed, you were forced. I don't blame a parent for forcing their kids to go, but I do blame them for forcing participation. There is a big difference to me. Theology teaches that God wants someone to choose him, not just go through the motions because someone wants him/her to.
dave_rhino
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Thought this wanna gonna be about forced sexual worship, damn.
Legzman
what the fuck you lookin at?
My dad was a minister so as you can figure I was forced to go till about 16 myself! I grew up in the damn church and now look at me! Rude as hell, don't give a fuck about...well...anything really, smoke and drink and LOVE drugs!
Also I no longer believe in the lines of shit they feed you in church! So fuck it!:thefinger
Also I no longer believe in the lines of shit they feed you in church! So fuck it!:thefinger
ChefChiTown
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My ex girlfriend made me go to church with her but she never made me "worship". I just faked it so she would take my pants off when we got home.
I was *so* going there.
I blame this person's parents. This isn't the middle ages (or the 1950's). Respect is earned, not given away.
If anomaly's parents ever read this, I have a special note for them:
What the fuck are you doing forcing your kid to go to Church all that fucking time you ignorant peeons? Are you so fucking stupid that you really don't get that by forcing him/her to go against their will that you will either a) make them hate it or b) make them go by fear alone.
Where does it say in the Bible that God wants his disciples recruited by force?
I don't give a shit that 'that is how your parents treated you'. Then your parents were even stupider then you are on this subject.
You owe your child a big fucking 'I am sorry'.
And also, if you are reading this: What the fuck are god fearing parents doing on a porn chat forum anyway - lol?
If you are offended by my words anomaly, sorry but, too bad. Based on what you typed, that is what I truly feel about your parents on this particular subject.
I am not offended by your words because that is how I feel about my father's religious fanaticism. I feel sorry for anyone who has religion forced upon them or has been outcast from family and friends because of their refusal to accept a particular faith. :yinyang:
I am honestly sorry you had to go through all that shit anomaly.
As I have typed many times on here - major religion's (if not all religion's) are, IMO, a COMPLETE and TOTAL waste of time.
I'm glad you feel that way. I have always thought that forced religion is brainwashing. I think parents need to understand that their job is not a create a mental clone of themselves but to help their child become something better than they are.:yinyang:
Man, I thought this topic was going to be about forced ass worshiping! :thumbsdown:
I agree completely. Organized religion is the single worst thing to ever happen to mankind.
ChefChiTown
The secret ingredient? MY BALLS
Worse than the Macarena?
