Ok, I got baptized 2 years ago but now I can't stand religion and so I left mine. Is that ok? Do I still have to associate myself with religion and if not how do I get all of the people from my religion to leave me alone but no tell my mum so she wont get mad tht I hate religion?
Don't worry about what other people say. Just do what is best for you. May you be freed from suffering and expierence perfect happiness forever. Peace and love
i know your family is Jehovah's Witness and your family forces you to 'be' one. the only advice i can give you is go just go with the flow until you are out of their house. my parents are christians and i go to church with them sometimes. not because i am a christian, but because it makes my parents happy and sometimes it's good to go and listen to the message the christians preach (at least my parents church, they never criticize other christians or religions). i've told both of my parents, in so many words, that i am not christian. there's nothing they can really do about it because it is what i believe to be true. i don't associate with a LOT of christians, and when i do, i don't argue religion with them. when they talk to me about jesus, i simply agree. there's no use fighting them over it. it might seem like putting up a false front but i don't see any other way to go about it and not have everybody on your ass because IF they are the typical JW (yea i know, i'm generalizing), then they won't be too happy and they will probably try to put the spirit back in to you with revivals, interventions, all that stuff. ive heard of them doing that to people who try to leave the cult. try telling your mom that you don't agree with it or that it isn't for you. using language like 'i hate your religion' is very hostile and not conductive to what you are trying to achieve by telling her this. and baptism doesn't mean anything. it's just dipping in the water (from a nonchristian perspective that is-if you're christian, no offense). baptism doesn't mean that you have to be part of the church the rest of your life. my dad tells me that i am going to be catholic forever because i was baptised into it. it really doesn't mean anything unless you yourself see some significance in it. what im trying to say is, you can fight it, but don't be hostile with them. my parents know im not christian, but i don't provoke them by telling them i hate christianity. im just going to go with the flow and be at peace with them until. sorry but it sounds like you'll just have to deal with it for four more years.
Alrigth now i got inspired by you, and I really feel that i got to open that thread or board i was talking about, and it is in fact now the second time you kick me into this! So now, promise, I ma going to do it! My home internet connection should be repaired tomorrow, (I hope!!) so I will be able to do that fast, if not, I will found another way around like using a USB key, and post it from this internet café I am into. I am sure it will inspire you in return, and will answer all possible questions you are tumbling around with now, and will give you the view you were looking for. I really like your open and genuate way, and will be very happy if my writting can help you out of htis dilema. And I ma sure and very positive that they wil.You and many others. I'll be back Brainstew, this time for doing the usefull instead of just naming it.. lol!
