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I'm really sick of my family trying to force their religious fear driven be
it's gotten so bad that they took it upon themselves to "cleans" my room taking anything they thought seemed demonic, like a spiral of glow n the dark stars on my wall because we live n a spiral galaxy which to them is apparently demonic, they took my posters down lost all of my medication and threw it out & that's not even the most annoying part. I had a headache and just wanted to be left alone and they came in my room & pinned me down trying to perform an exorcism on me! I had bruises all over they were forcing me down so hard &I was just like dude just leave me alone I have a headache and you guys are screaming and yelling and crap, they ripped off my that I've had since 2010 of my favorite rock band that my friend bought for me & on top of all that they refuse to replace my medication that THEY lost because I have a sprained sacroiliac and bad back spasms and arthritis and an ulcer and my dr. can't replace my medication (Percocet) until the 5th. At first my dr. wouldn't prescribe me anything stronger than tramadol but my pain got to the point where I couldn't even walk by myself &I had really low blood pressure & anemia plus c-dif, but I have nothing to take for it because they through it all out. I have to literally hide the things in my room they took my mardi gras masks that I got for donating food to the homeless shelter and threw them out. Am I wrong for being totally pissed off at them at this point for trying to force me to go back to Christianity? I'm not an atheist or an agnostic I'm a spiritualist and my beliefs are based in love, peace, and harmony, I'm a vegetarian, I believe in aliens and I believe in spirit guides and God but not a jealous, fearsome judgemental one trying to convince us that we're all sinners. Fear is the opposite of love so why would a source made of love demand to be feared. I've respected their beliefs and constantly have to ask them to do the same but this time they took it too damn far. I shouldn't have to hide things in my room when my family comes over because they'll take it out it's my room and I have the right to have whatever I want in it, They even ripped my blinds down (which are black because I get really bad migraines ever since I was a baby) and broke them off the wall TWICE and I had to use push pins to put them back up cause I'm really light sensitive. And now they're doing the same thing to my twin sisters stuff (who has the same beliefs as I do) and I'm just getting sick of it at this point. They even consider me being a vegetarian a sin but apparently it's okay to torture and kill animals for food. How fucked up is that. I'm 24 and female.
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You have religious extremist and severely delusional parents / family members. Unfortunately the significantly brainwashed / deluded / crazy religious can not be reasoned with. They are not like normal human beings.
This is about self preservation for you now - you can't have this in your life, it will have a horrendous negative effect on your life. Unfortunately the only way forward right now is to cut the relationship with all those that are behaving in this way if they can't stop this at once and keep their utter nonsense to themselves.
If your sister is also on the receiving end of this then you and her need one another's support and that will help. But unfortunately you can't change people like this they are beyond reason and continuing to have a relationship with these people is no good for you. Without a bout both you and your sister should stop having them in your homes.
Take care
Ashok
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I'm sorry you are going through such a rough time in your life, physically, emotionally and mentally. While there's not a whole lot that can e done about some physical ailments (other then medication or physical therapies of some sort)the emotional and mental aspects do not have to remain a part of anyone's life.
Coming for a Christian background myself, I surely known and believe that Christianity at it's core can be a good thing for many people. However, a lot of times, as with any formal faith structure, people take things to extremes that both hurt the faith itself and people in their lives.
I'm assuming you've tried to reason with you parents and find some common ground. If you have not, try to help them understand that that at the core, all religions value the same things, love and the caring and humane treatment of others. If they won't accept that, then is truth the aren't really living out what the profess to believe anyway.
Follow what works for you as long as love, respect and the like are the goal. As my own priest once said, "there are many roads (religions/faiths/belief systems) leading to just one destination (Heaven/Nirvana/Enlightenment...).
If they simply cannot accept you, please seek help from community organizations and such that are out there to assist with jobs, housing and medicine.
Good luck.
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I'm spiritual and believe as you described for yourself. However I made this change as an adult after my parents died. However from teen years on till about 12 years ago, I was attending the type of churches where you see this kind of stuff going on. Yes, there are people specially skilled in working with actual cases of demonic oppression but what I have experienced in life, these are so few that most churches will never have to deal with it. However, I do have seen people I knew in church act fearful all the time, think more about the devil and hell than God and heaven, fearing hell, fearing they aren't good enough, and seen Pastors of the church along with elders believing someone had demon possession and attempting to rid them of something not there. People who are fed this fear based crap will react out of fear. And so, your parents are way off the edge, a product of the churches they chose to go to, the beliefs they chose to blindly believe, and just because they are your parents or adults doesnt mean they are right.
Adviceman is right. You are in a terrible spot. If any other person came into your home and pinned you down, whether for exorcism or not, and damaged or threw away your belonging, you could call the police on them for the reason Adviceman gave. The hard part in your mind is going to be having to do the same to your parents. If you do not, this will continue to escalate. If you do not turn them in to police with a heart full of anger and revenge, but simply for the reason of needing to protect yourself. throwing out all your medications is serious because in some people, without meds, they could die. So God would know your heart and that you reported them for right reasons. this may put them in their place and get them to leave your twin alone.
Whenever you feel you need support and understanding from someone old enough to be your mom, just write me on the column. I will send healing energy to you right now to help with pain and hopefully more. Thats another thing I believe in that churches would think was of the Devil. And yet I've seen more Wiccan's able to pray for someones healing and get immediate results compared to Christians who believe that the pain, and physical problems are God's will for a person. That's why Christians often can't be a source of healing energy to flow through. Well, good luck and blessings to you dear.
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Okay you have several problems with your parents that are police matters if you want to report them. The exorcism is an assault for they are not qualified to perform one. Only specific priests are trained to do so and only after they have done certain things to assure that the person is possessed. This type of assault could be felony assault considering they know of your medical history. Withholding of needed medication is also illegal as you are an adult of sound mind following doctors instructions.
I'm not sure if you are living in your parents house. AT FIRST I THOUGHT YOU LIVED AT HOME BUT YOUR LAST COUPLE OF SENTENCES MAKE ME THINK YOU DO NOT LIVE WITH THEM. If you do not you do not live with your parents and they come into your place of residence, be it an apartment you share with others or a rented room, they are trespassing unless invited. Since I don't think you invited them in to trash your room then they are trash passing or even burglarizing your room. All of these can be felony charges you can bring against them.
You are an adult, they have no longer have parental control over you unless they have some court order giving them guardianship. This could only be done if you are deemed medically or mentally incompetent. Even then some of what you have written about they cannot do to you or upon you.
Not knowing what legal status you parent might have over you I suggest you contact the police or an attorney for advice.
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Holy shit, are you me? My parents tried to pull the Mormon crap on me tonight and I'm dealing with arthritis and unknown neurological problems.
I am atheist, but not the militant type. I believe in aliens, I'm not vegetarian, but I've attempted a vegan diet before because the food industry is fucked up. The God my parents believe in is a jealous and petty God, I don't want that in my life. I like living life knowing that at any moment, my view can be challenged and I can accept it.
If you need someone to talk to who shares a lot of your views, you can Skype me at sillyrob7200, or I'm willing to text if you wanna do a private message.
I understand you more than you think, and I think being a listening device can help you more than anything else in the world.
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