Religion has created a rift.

[anonymous.john]

I used to be really close to my mother. One morning I told her plain and simple, I don't like church. I still believed, but I didn't like church, I was about 12 at that time, and my mom sort of launched into this tirade about why church is important, god is good, etc but all it did was separate me from what she wanted me to be. I started really thinking about the world, and in a year, I had come to the conclusion that there is no God. Naturally, we got in fights. This has created a rift between us. But it didn't stop there. She told her friends, who kept their kids away from me, I eventually started going to a boarding school out of town where my dad is more accepting. I have since come to the conclusion that religion is a negative force, which naturally repelled us farther apart. It's this one silly God thing that keeps us apart. I understand that she think's I'll go to hell if I don't worship and love this God, but even if I thought he were real, I wouldn't worship something that would ever do that to me, and it upsets me that she would.

Is there a way that I can move beyond this? Is there any way that we can sort of talk this through without getting into a huge fight like usual.

[justmehere]

just let her know that you both have different beliefs and thats not going to change,but that shouldn't separate you guys. everybody has a right to believe whatever they want :)

[Magus]

You know I have to say to my father. Ah, yes I belief in allah and we are son of Adam.

It was the same with my friend. He was upset. But I had to tell him that this was a communist joke.

Indeed, in your place and your religion there are no harsh law on someone who disbelieve, here we have heads of the apostates to be cut. It is difficult but I have to keep my opinions to my self, for now.

[SimSailorNick]

I totally understand you. When i told her that, she wanted me to go to a retreat. But i was able to convince her otherwise. I have a feeling your mom's just upset because she wasn't able to raise you as god-fearing as she is. Maybe you should tell her what you really believe in and give her time to accept who you are cause i don't think you can force her to understand in an instant. :)

[JoshPagan]

I can relate. I am not Christian, I am in a more peaceful Religion. A Religion that except all others, a coexistent Religion, Paganism. My old friend left me because of Paganism. He thinks that what I do is evil and acts of the devil, but Pagans don't even believe in Satan. We care and love all people and Nature. Paganism is an Earth based Religion. Anyways, he just doesn't understand. He even has the nerve to say that any other Religion outside of Christianity is evil. So Buddhists are evil? I don;t think they even believe in a devil. But what does he know? Nothing. But anyways, I know how you feel and I am sorry that is happening to you. I hope everything gets better for you.

[Rayquaza]

They need to accept who you are. Remember they cant change you but you can change them.