So, I guess I'm off to church...

[Epimethean]

I'm sorry to hear this. I hope the madness relents soon.

[cratehorus]

Forcing your kids to go to church, should be considered child abuse.

[Cato]

Whatever you do, don't brown bag whiskey in the back pew. They won't invite you back.

This is especially effective if you go without bathing for a week.

[5thHorseman]

How old are you OP?

[Napoléon]

You could just look at her profile 5th, it tells you

[5thHorseman]

In that case, don't argue. Go, learn something about their theology. Look at it like a learning experience.

And your mum's an ass. No offence.

[Erinome]

As a mom, I wish I could give you a big hug, and tell you how absolutely brilliant you are. My mother was a cold, crazy cunt too, who never gave a thought as to how she made me feel either. Now, as an adult, all that bullshit has made me strive to be a great mom to my kids, and I am a counselor to young ladies whose parents don't get them. I have to admit that I am somewhat losing touch with youth, as closer I inch toward 30, but you know what's timeless? Compassionate understanding.

Your mom can make you go to church, but she can't make you listen. She can make you do lots of things, but she can't make you believe. What's in your head and heart belongs to you, and people in this world can take everything from you, but they can't touch any of that.

If there is this paternal deity that the brain washed masses adore, what a shitty fucking parent he is. If he was a human on earth who treated his children with the same indifference and abuse, he'd have his home raided by social services, and his rights terminated. I have a feeling his "mysterious ways" excuse wouldn't help him out of that bind.

[Minimalist]

what a shitty fucking parent he is.

Well....if you listen to their bullshit he DID send his own kid to be fucking crucified for something he did.

Sounds like a real scumbag to me.

[zebo-the-fat]

Just keep asking for the evidence of their claims...ask them how they know god said whatever it is, keep asking until they give evidence (no the babble is not evidence!)

[Creed of Heresy]

Oh for fuck's sake...when will people realize....er...when will religious people ever realize that FORCING religion onto people no longer works? They can no longer maintain a standing army of men with swords, javelins, archery equipment, pikes, halberds, and lances and go around threatening to torture confessions from individuals; the most they can do is force you to attend their churches and without the threat of violence to force people into submission, going to church is a waste of fucking time and the best way imaginable to alienate an individual from another individual.

I'm sorry but your mother is a fucking shitty parent. She's not much better than the abusive, neglectful, irresponsible foster parents I had to endure growing up with and I hope you remember her actions when she's old and lonely and you've moved on in your life and become a GOOD mother by example of what not to be, like Alei.

Most you can do is just follow some of the advice others have already given...if at all you can without your mother being an even more unbelievable jackass than she's already being.