I'm not sure if I was clear, but I mean like, do your parents (or when you were younger) do/did they ever make you go to a certain's religion church, when you actually didn't want to go? Did you believe in something else?
My parents still force me to go to the Catholic Church even though I've been studying the Bible with Jehovah's Witnesses since I was a little girl. They threaten me to never even consider another religion. I just wanted to know if you any one else had ever gone through that.
And I want to get babtized.
2006-11-27 15:17:15 · 13 answers · asked by sweettreasures9 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This question does not mention the age of the questioner, but children are commanded to 'honor their parents' and obey them. The only practical exceptions are when parents instruct their children to disobey secular law or God's law.
Since Jehovah has made clear the form of worship he accepts, even a young bible student must recognize that and herself reject false worship.
Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/kn37/
2006-11-27 20:35:26 · answer #1 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was born into a Catholic family. "Force" may be a bit strong, but I was brought up in the "Catholic" way.
Ok, so now I'm older, trying to decide how to raise my own kids. I must admit that I have developed quite a distaste for any religion. I just cannot accept that mine, or anyone else's religion, is the right one. But that is me.
We all need a belief system. You have found one that works for you. Right now, your age is probably working against you. Your parents are doing what they think is right... after all, every religion asks its members to spread the word. You have your whole life ahead of you... so keep the battles with the parents to a minimum. if they won't see it your way, they won't see it your way... and you'll grow, believing what you believe, and things will work out.
If you believe in God, and they do too, focus on that. The actual mechanics of how you show it should make little difference.
2006-11-27 23:35:13 · answer #2 · answered by justr 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, your parents cannot force you to believe. They may compel you to go somewhere, but your belief is your own.
My parents did force me to dress a certain way, to go to certain schools (Catholic), and to go to church. The made me play baseball, and take music lessons.
Still, as a grown-up I now make my own decisions. They aren't happy with them always, but that's their problem.
As far as comitting to ANY religion, please look carefully. If you just look at one or two, you are likely to make decisions emotionally rather than rationally.
With a Bible, look at the translations, and what's different between the JW, and King James. Find out the WHY of the difference and decide if you can believe it rationally. Jumping into any religion with both feet, and eyes shut is never a good idea. Get a book on comparative religions and look at all of them before you make a final decision. Pray about it too.
2006-11-27 23:27:24 · answer #3 · answered by Deirdre H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depending on your age, you have two choices.
If you are under age and still living at home, there is the example of Naaman, who after being cured of leposy, by Jehovah's prophet, continued to take his King to the temple of a pagan god.
though he was required to go he didn't take part in false worship.
If you are an adult living at home or on your own, Jesus said that members of you house could be your enemies. And if you have greater love for family then you are not worthy of him.
Ask the one you're studying with to help you make the right decision.
If baptism is your goal, Jehovah will help you.
2006-11-28 13:34:31 · answer #4 · answered by TeeM 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's ironic. My parents purposely didn't take me to church or tell me what to believe, they let me go with my friends and figure it out on my own, which I'm glad they did.
This was because my dad was all screwed up because his mom made him go to church and forced a religion on him. He never believed in it and always wanted out. So he tried his hardest not to do that to me. What's ironic is the religion she forced on him was the Jehovah's Witnesses.
2006-11-27 23:23:18 · answer #5 · answered by Reject187 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My parents have tried to teach me beliefs that I don't hold true, neither is in any kind of way religious and my mother tried to force her half beliefs on us. Between the two of them there are conflicting beliefs and we've all had to pick out the ones that we believe as we come to believe them. My mother still tries to force me to agree with her and believe what she believes but I won't take it and break off conversation when she starts down that path because our beliefs are seperate. People, whether they be parents or not, should accept other peoples' religion, or at least try to be neutral in the way of religions and who must believe what.
2006-11-27 23:22:32 · answer #6 · answered by spirenteh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not after I was about 10 years old
2006-11-27 23:20:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Luckily they do not. None of us (immediate family) are believers. In reality, they even left it open to me, made religion accessible, to decide for myself what I believed or did not.
2006-11-27 23:24:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. No i didn't believe in something else. I still believed in God, Jesus and the Holy Ghost.
2006-11-27 23:32:36 · answer #9 · answered by CANDY_GIRL 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope... I was spiritual before I knew what religion was
2006-11-27 23:24:05 · answer #10 · answered by impossble_dream 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋