Do you resent your parents for raising you religious?

[Bateluer]

Resent? No. But definitely wasted a lot of time.

 

[mammador]

No....I wouldn't even call that abuse.

 

[chin311]

Yes and no, more yes than no if I dwell on it.

 

[KeithTalent]

Was not raised religious, was told I could go to church if I wanted (my family did not go, but I had friends who did and they invited me all the time), but after attending a couple of times I had zero interest in returning.

KT

 

[Retro Rob]

I kind of do. My mom took me to church against my will and my sister went willingly.

I just love this asinine line of reasoning..."against my will". Know what, parents are to do precisely that because as a child, you don't really know a damn thing, only what other people tell you.

Your parents made you get up and go to school when you don't want to get out of bed "against your will", they cook healthly food for you when you'd rather eat junk "against your will", they set your bed time often "against your will" becasue they know how valuiable a good night's rest is, but when they take you to church "against your will", that's a problem?

As someone stated, they thought its was the right thing to do, you can never resent a parent from doing what they think is right especially if they're not deliberately putting you in harms way.

There are a lot of things my mother did that was "agaiinst my will", and now that I'm mature enough to see why she had to violate my "will", I don't resent any of it.

 

[Retro Rob]

Of course not. They raised me according to their own beliefs and I made up my own mind when I was able.

I don't resen it either.

I fall somewhat in this boat becasue I was encouraged, though going as a child, to still make up my own mind.

When I hit my mid-20's, I decided that I wanted to be a Christian, and did just that.

 

[soulcougher73]

I just love this asinine line of reasoning..."against my will". Know what, parents are to do precisely that because as a child, you don't really know a damn thing, only what other people tell you.

Correct. Its the same reason kids are so easy to believe in Santa, Tooth Fairy, Easter Bunny etc. You willingly lie to them out of tradition.

 

[n7]

If i was raised in a "normal" Christian family, i would not have.

But i was raised in what turned into a cult-following extremely strict and delusional religious family.
Thousands of people have had their lives by permanently messed up by Bill Gothard, and i was sadly one of them.

 

[moonbogg]

I just love this asinine line of reasoning..."against my will". Know what, parents are to do precisely that because as a child, you don't really know a damn thing, only what other people tell you.

Your parents made you get up and go to school when you don't want to get out of bed "against your will", they cook healthly food for you when you'd rather eat junk "against your will", they set your bed time often "against your will" becasue they know how valuiable a good night's rest is, but when they take you to church "against your will", that's a problem?

As someone stated, they thought its was the right thing to do, you can never resent a parent from doing what they think is right especially if they're not deliberately putting you in harms way.

There are a lot of things my mother did that was "agaiinst my will", and now that I'm mature enough to see why she had to violate my "will", I don't resent any of it.

That's right. I know they didn't lie to me on purpose, but I can't help but be a little resentful. I was surrounded by adults who I trusted to tell me the truth and none of them were able to figure out the implausibility of filling a boat with 2 of every creature? No, instead they had me singing songs and believing it like it was God's special true story, written just for me. I resent that.
I resent all the years it took me to deconvert and to finally cleanse my mind of the falsehoods that I was taught, and then it took even longer to cleanse my heart of the fear that I still felt of getting it wrong and going to hell. Yes, I resent all of that.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Yes, I am angry that my mother made me go to sunday school and church even though I made it very well known that i loathed them with every fiber of my being because I did not believe any of their horseshit, and also because I had to sit still and be quiet while people were telling the boring parts of the bibles slowly and adding extra horseshit.


Thankfully my mom stopped forcing me to go by the time I was about 7 or 8.

 

[SlitheryDee]

Nah. My parent weren't super religious anyway. They were technically Christian, but they weren't sticklers on church attendance.

It makes me feel kind of bad that my mom blames not taking me to church enough for my not believing in their religion. Of course I don't think that would have helped. I don't remember ever really believing in it, even when I was going to sunday school fairly often as a very young child. It always rang of bullshit to me. I only had to think "How do they know all this stuff is really true" to realize that they didn't know it was true at all, at least not any more than I did.

 

[OverVolt]

As an adult in your prime you aren't really supposed to spend all your time in church.

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/i.../15/the_curious_economic_effects_of_religion/

But I'd take the kids one day, I went through the same thing and was smart enough to figure it all out. I would help them along more if I saw them taking it too seriously and struggling to make sense of it all. Overall I think it serves a good purpose. I came out with a good moral compass and self control which to me was the entire point. I didn't even have to meditate!

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Better question

"Do you resent that your parents brought you up stupid, and do you know it yet".

 

[Elfear]

I actually wish my parents would have raised me in a religious environment. I don't resent them for it but if I had a Delorean and a couple pounds of plutonium it's a conversation I'd be having.

 

[IronWing]

No, it has given me insight into how little so many internet Christians know about the faith they purport to adhere to.

 

[bradly1101]

Although I wasn't raised religiously my mom sang professionally at a Christian Science Church and brought my brother and me a few times. I liked the examination of the mind (much as I do in Buddhism). The testimonials spoke of apparent miraculous recoveries from illness. In my mind there was a scientific reason for the recovery, but I occasionally wonder if 'positive energy' could exist, not divinely but born of glowing joy and good intention.

 

[SP33Demon]

No, I'm grateful they did.

 

[Jwyatt]

I'm a a loss to understand why people have issue with church and religion. I am a true believer in the bible. I know that Jesus died on the cross for my sins.
This will be my only post to this thread, so bash away.

 

[SlitheryDee]

I'm a a loss to understand why people have issue with church and religion. I am a true believer in the bible. I know that Jesus died on the cross for my sins.
This will be my only post to this thread, so bash away.

Why do people have issues with anything? People think the things you believe aren't true. Don't you point out incorrect or nonsensical things when you notice them? That's all they're doing. It's the same impulse that drives people to argue about everything else. Why would you think religion would be somehow exempt from that?