How to calm my Mom down about religion

Your mom is scared. She’s worried about your eternal future (and I would be too - I’m a Christian mom, like zionkc). But being scared makes us do some stupid things. The way your mom is handling it is not sensible, but maybe you can understand why she cares so much, and is making such a mess of it. She really loves you and fears for you!

If you can sit down and talk to her, and maybe reassure her that you have a spiritual side to your nature, and would like to find out things in your own time and your own way, maybe she will relax a bit and leave it up to you and God. That’s what she needs to do (accept that she will pray for you, but encourage her to leave it at that). I would advise that you don’t swear using God’s name, though, because it hurts her feelings, and you need to show that you can respect her feelings in the same way you hope she will respect yours.

Well im christian but you should tell your mom, forcing you to read the bible will make you have a superficial love with Christ, and your not ready to firther your relationshop with god, because you dont feel his presence tell her to be patient

I bet you right now that most people don’t LOVE god you only obey because you don’t want to go to hell.

Love doesn’t drive you, Fear does.

She is doing it for your own good but you have your life to live and on the last days, you will have your own questions to answer. Hell is forever and I guess you don’t want to go to hell

In my own opinion you can find some interesting things about history by reading the bible. You don’t have to read it as a religious text, it’s just a book like any other book.

Follow the white rabbit…

Well I’m what you would call very “religious” and I’m a mom. She is worried about you and I understand that. Sit down with her and tell her how your feel but be open to what she is saying too.

Your mom probably should have figured out that if your dad isn’t a believer, that her kids were probably going to end up like him. Hardly anyone who realizes that religion is not mandatory follows it anyway. Given the freedom not to be religious, most will marginalize religion to a very small aspetc of their lives, or abandom it altogether.

…”Mom, I’m not religious. I just don’t believe all that stuff and it makes me feel like I’m going insane to even hear it. It sounds like crazy talk to me.” …say.

It is a very hard thing, for a Christian mother to watch her child, live her life, apart from God, however, this is one of the tests of faith, that one may be called to endure, no matter how hard it is.

She will have to learn how to trust God to watch over you and hopefully, be able to lead you into the fold, at some point in your journey.

Her prayers will go a long way, in your life, however, the ultimate choice will be up to you.

My heart goes out to her, and all the other moms out there that have to experience the same thing.

When we accept Jesus as savior, we do so, knowing that we may be the only one in our family that will walk with him, that is just a price that we pay, and when we have a child, we do so, realizing that child may or may not choose to follow the Lord.

That makes it bittersweet for a Christian parent.

I kinda agree with fossel head. Since she’s religious she is going to worry bout your “eternal life” after you die. just sit down & talk to her, express yourself. She’s your mother, flesh & blood, she’ll love you no matter what. & just try to watch what you say I guess. It is hard once it becomes habit(believe me I know), but if you do that maybe she’ll calm down a bit.

just listen to her if it keeps her of your back…

its the best choice for you and your dad

Yes it would kill me and Id probably go to hell.

Would it really kill you to worship the Creator?

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just say that you cn chose your own beleifs. She can’t comtrol you forever…