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Speak Up! - View Question #175 |
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Question: Can my parents Force me to go to Church ? I am Atheist.
Answer: It all depends on your age or capacity. If you are a child or have been found to be incompetent, then yes, the parents of a minor child or guardian of an incompetent person can force the child or incompetent person to go to church (or anywhere else within reason).
For practical purposes, the Constitution (First Amendment), protects your right to BELIEVE anything you want to BELIEVE, regardless of every other factor. So, even if forced to attend a ceremony you don't believe in, your freedom of belief is protected.
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On 10/07/03
Anon from Othe said:
My parents say I'll go to hell for not being christian and way more(My clothes,my friends etc.).
I've never belived in god.I never will,so why do they waste there time forcing me into church?
Also I don't see how I'll go to hell when I don't belive in it
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On 10/05/03
Thomas from LA said:
I agree....My parents forced my to go to church . There wasn't a way in the world I could stay home.Now since I was forced to go as a child ,it put a bad taste in my mouth,so to say, about going to chuch.I think if your force you child like my parents did, trying to do the right thing, but don't relize what they could be doing to the child in the long run, or future, it could possiable turn the child against the church or god, making them extremly dislike or even hate it or Him.My thoughts....
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On 08/24/03
Stephanie from LA said:
I am 17 years old and my parents say they will punish me for not going to church....See they started going to church but they are getting mad when I say I dont think its right...Why would any parent push there kids like .. I think im old enough to decide if I want to go..Its not like im a nonbeliever or anything my parents just need to back off.......
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On 08/23/03
steve from AZ said:
Please realize that if you are under 18 your thoughts and opinons are in their early stages. You might change your mind as you mature. Parents sometimes keep minors from doing things they might regret whan they get older. Remember parents were children a loooooong time aaaago. Body piercing, tatoos, sex, drugs and rock-n-roll, can add hardships that will last a lifetime. Hey they can't control your thoughts anyway. Look at all the people at church as a psychology lesson. You have a labratory full of rats to study! Actually I hope your parents are not the hypcritical brand of christians, if so
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On 08/13/03
Scott from OR said:
i so agree with youu. my parents make me go to church and they don't let me get body peircings or listen to whatever kind of music i want to i think i might just run away.
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