[Faith-talk] Getting Dragged to Church

[Maria S]

My mom made me go to church until I had my confirmation. She was
Catholic. I knew at that moment I didn't believe and after that I
stopped going. She was really upset but she doesn't go either so I
don't get it. I wandered around to my friends' churches in high school
sometimes but most of their pastors made it clear I wasn't welcome and
I felt like a hypocrite because I was really angry with God. I still
tried it once in a while in college. Where I live church is kind of
the only way you can socialize with people unless you want to take
your chances at a bar and I never felt comfortable doing that alone.

I do wish my mom would go to church herself, to heal her spirit or to
make some friends or to do something besides work and go to sleep, but
I know that's her choice.

Maria

On 9/24/15, tina sohl via Faith-talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> my grandma on my dad's side always dragged us. It was her thing, Nd she
> just expected everyone to go along with her. It reallynca caused
> conflicts when I was an adult and went off to college and at that time,
> didn't want to go. She would alwways tell me she was praying for me
> too. At the time, I wasn't saved so didn't know what to say, but now
> that I know the Lord I can appreciate the prayers. I would love to see
> my parents go to church and we offer when they visit but we don't
> insist and we just pray for them, same thing for people on botyh sides
> of the family. I wonder if dragging can just turn someone away in the
> long run though. It was my own life experiences and some people and
> experiences I have had over the years that drew me to Christ, not the
> dragging from my childhood.
>
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