how can someone be so closed-minded?

i am so fuckin pissed off right now.
i don't even know how to act angry.
my dad has got to be the most closed-minded,self centered man i know.
all because of god.....
he wants me to go to church and get baptised........cuz i never did as a child.
and no matter what i say it doesn't seem to make a difference.
he asked if i believed in god or man....[i didn't answer]
he doesn't care about my opinion and says if i don't believe in god or jesus im goin to hellwho the hell says that to their kid?he's crazy i say.
oh and im supposedly turning into a rebel
having my own opinions make me a rebel?

all these years ive kept my mouth shut like a good little girl
and now that im actually starting to think for myself im all of a sudden a bad kid.i don't understand some people.

this is where all my stress comes from

 

ohhh Im in a similar boat..... it comes and goes.....

 

Aww, i'm sorry to hear that your ticked off. I hope you and your dad can work things out, and come to an agreement on somthing.

 

Fuck, that sucks. My parents didn't even force me to have a bar mitzvah, but I chose to anyway. Now that I have, I decided Judaism isn't for me, and they can accept that. But if your dad is forcing you into that, then don't do it. He can't make you, and it is probably and hopefully illegal for him to force his beliefs on you. Don't take that shit from him. I can definitely understand why you feel that way.

 

mayn, if you dont want to be baptised, it should be YOUR decision. parents are, of course, going to try to push their beliefs on you but just stand by your opinion and in the end they will probably respect you more for it. i think pretty much all religion is stupid tho so im probably not the best person to listen to haha...

 

Just because I feel like being a nice person, I am goign to try and find scripture to quote at your dad (but I will warn you, he will probobly shoot back with his own)...

 

im afraid im gonna have a breakdown soon.i can't take it
i don't deserve this bullshit.im not even a bad kid.i mean ive
done stupid shit in the past but nothing too serious.no matter
what i say is gonna make a ifference so i don't even know why
i bother sometimes

 

your number one priority should be you not your parents.. thats how I look at it.. my dad gives me shit about who I am and who I've become.. but now that my mom sees Im going to be ok she's not so hard on me about it... just dont go winding up in jail or something and eventually your dad will adjust..

 

Haha, being raised by a Pentacostal/Southern Baptist can be tough, but at least I'm not a muslim extremist shiite/baath or something...

I was never formally baptized...

Just because you're baptized doesn't mean you accept God. Haha, I bet most churches up there in Massachusetts are all formal and "yes we love Jesus"...

Haha, my dad and I went to a black baptist church in North Carolina one time. I've always wanted to go to a revival.

 

i wish it was easier to get through him.sometimes it's like talking to a wall.you just get words thrown right back at you.i don't think he'll be adjusting anytime soon.at least not until im out of the house.which i should do as soon as i leave high school.

 

jkust tell him to fuck of.......whats he going to do? drag you to the church?

 

well he thinks that if someone believes they HAVE to get baptised and he probably thinks he's 'saving' me by doing so.

 

Well... he's kinda... wrong, especially by what my Pastors have said in detail.

 

everything that comes out of his yap sounds wrong

 

wouldn't be surprised

 

ahha http://www.biblestudylessons.com/cgi-bin/gospel_way/infant_baptism.php

Yeah, it is about infant baptism, but still...

Although it would probobly lead to a whole slew of other conflicts like forced bible instruction...

I hope it works out

 

yea I always said right after I was done with school I was going to leave... but I have nowhere to go.. lol.. so I deal... and just smile at my dad when he's being an asscrack..

 

thanks burby....

dont even get me started about the bible and him

 

Ive have a new philosphy toward religion particularly Christinity

I can forgive the shit the Christian faith and stuff has don in the past

I also disregard the Old testement as non important as most Chrsitians dont follow it or dont take it literally

So thesedays, I judge people on an individual basis

I used to be so bad i wouldnt even talk to someone if they were a Christian

 

man fuzzy... i shot a tear for you!

there is not much you can do in a situation like this, chances are your dad is quite old already (hehe... not to be mean, but it must be true) and his perceptions are already strong in his mind, and they wont change (unlessssss *thinking evil thoughts involving LSD in cup of coffee*)

Just keep thinking for yourself and i say dont go get baptized if its truly what you think is right. this world is too damn unknown, we cant be certain of anything.
but good luck

Im happy my parents were never like that, my mom is native and she has the coolest beliefs which i soon adopted, and my dad is like.. i dunno lol. a workaholic i guess.