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This may be a little too late reply but i did a web search and found your message. I know how you feel. My MIL lives up the road. Ever since i met her she has been nothing but a total over the top born again pusher. I told her so many times religion was personal but now she has her son, my husband doing it. She won't give up until she gives all of us a nervous breakdown. My husband belongs to a non denominational church... and all they do is preach about getting rich and ask for money. I dread Sundays... and now he got tickets to a christmas party (which i did not give my consent to) that i have to attend tonight at 7pm and then we have to wake up in the morning to go to church. Sunday service starts at 9:45 and we don't get out until 1 or 1:30. He is part of the music team.
Ask this question... what made them like this? My MIL started doing this when her husband was diagnosed with cancer and her other son became disabled from smoking angel dust. Since then, her husband has passed away and her son won't ever come to chruch...all we do is fight, so is this helping anyone? What she really needs is a good therapist. I still don't know the answer, except try to make compromises, stay home half the time, and only go when you want to just to keep the peace.
advise please: my husband's family are evangelical christians. it seems that their whole lives are centered around god and the bible. they appear normal on the outside but are really heavy duty with the church and god thing. that of course is their right but they cant seem to stop trying to convert me. it seems they think i am a heathen even though i am a really good person and am actually pretty "spiritual" in a sense. they have gone so far as to send me a letter full of gobbledy **** nonsense about how i need to know the truth and find jesus blah blah blah. i was a bit hurt that they cant seem to accept me as i am. they have made me feel like i am not good enough to be a part of their family. truth be told i may just be a better human being than some of them even though i dont attend a church or subscribe to their beliefs. part of me just wants to stay as far away as possible from them (pretty easy since i live in another state but also not easy when it comes to family vacations together and phone calls). how do i deal with this situation?
i cant very well lose my temper but i fear this will never stop. why cant they understand that there are tons of really great people out there that dont believe what they believe in? what to do?
Well, heathens are pretty good people. I am a Pagan, but some would call me a heathen. Most heathens believe in the nordic gods such as Woden/Wodan, and most heathens and Pagans I know are good people. I would not be concerned about being called a heathen because to me it is not a bad word. You could always tell them you believe in the heathen Gods!
advise please: my husband's family are evangelical christians. it seems that their whole lives are centered around god and the bible. they appear normal on the outside but are really heavy duty with the church and god thing. that of course is their right but they cant seem to stop trying to convert me. it seems they think i am a heathen even though i am a really good person and am actually pretty "spiritual" in a sense. they have gone so far as to send me a letter full of gobbledy **** nonsense about how i need to know the truth and find jesus blah blah blah. i was a bit hurt that they cant seem to accept me as i am. they have made me feel like i am not good enough to be a part of their family. truth be told i may just be a better human being than some of them even though i dont attend a church or subscribe to their beliefs. part of me just wants to stay as far away as possible from them (pretty easy since i live in another state but also not easy when it comes to family vacations together and phone calls). how do i deal with this situation?
i cant very well lose my temper but i fear this will never stop. why cant they understand that there are tons of really great people out there that dont believe what they believe in? what to do?
Tell them you've decided to start worshipping Satan, and you'd like to talk to them about joining your "anti church". That should immediately stop all phone calls and family vacations
This may be a little too late reply but i did a web search and found your message. I know how you feel. My MIL lives up the road. Ever since i met her she has been nothing but a total over the top born again pusher. I told her so many times religion was personal but now she has her son, my husband doing it. She won't give up until she gives all of us a nervous breakdown. My husband belongs to a non denominational church... and all they do is preach about getting rich and ask for money. I dread Sundays... and now he got tickets to a christmas party (which i did not give my consent to) that i have to attend tonight at 7pm and then we have to wake up in the morning to go to church. Sunday service starts at 9:45 and we don't get out until 1 or 1:30. He is part of the music team.
Ask this question... what made them like this? My MIL started doing this when her husband was diagnosed with cancer and her other son became disabled from smoking angel dust. Since then, her husband has passed away and her son won't ever come to chruch...all we do is fight, so is this helping anyone? What she really needs is a good therapist. I still don't know the answer, except try to make compromises, stay home half the time, and only go when you want to just to keep the peace.
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Yeah, no big surprise anymore to hear things like this happening. I hear and see these things all the time and constantly hear "Well, that's not Christian" but indeed it seems like the refining theme throughout Christianity doesn't it? I think you should give them all a nice big Christmas present. It's a wonderful idea! Christopher Hitchens' God is not Great. It'll make for an excellent read!
I never met a heathen i did not like, hate to say it, but i met alot of religious people who know nothing bout kindness or love....
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