Christian parents are insane

Rant

im 19F and come from a very religious african househould and i stopped believeing when i was 13 an as soon as i went to uni i never went to church, every moring in my house we have to wake up at 7:30 and do prayers and read the bible. If were so much as a minute late, you have to stand up for the entirety of prayers . and yuo have three strikes, if youve been late more than three times my dad will take my phone and make me go to bed early and every sunday we have ti go to curch obviously the one time i told my mumm i didnt want to go to church she screammed y dads naame and said " your daughter dosent want to go to church" nd it scared me so much as i am heavily financilly reliant on both my baorents, i am inuniversity and they pay for my rent and monthy expenses which i am greatful for, when i got to uni initially, i was looking for a job jut it took me six months of continuous applying to find a temp job for three months and by the time i finished my contract it was the end of the year so i had to move back home. i quite literaaly hate being at home with my parents all of my issues with them stem fro them forcing christianity down my throat i shake with rage every moring for prayers and on top of that. they are irritatingly traditional and in my culture the main rule is respect your elders, even if theyre wrong you have to respect them and hy would i repsect someone whos wrong or is being disresectful simply beacuse theyre older than me? i have an older sister and she if a literal tyrant and every time she tries something with me ( for instance she texted me the day i got home from uni that as we were sharing a room for summer i had to sleep on the floor despite us having a large double bed, we could eaily fit, and even my mother said why should she sleep on the floor and later my mum pulled me to the side and said i should give her the bed and sleep onn the floor and i said why? and she said its because shes older i was SO ANGRY). and anotherr thing my parents tried to force me to get baptised and the way i was soo conflicted about it i would sob in my room bevuase i was scared that i would go to hell (which dosent make sense for someone who dosent believe but its taking some time for me to fully rid myself of christian beliefs) or burst into flames ( its stupid i know but it was a genuine fear) and i spent the whole easter service watching my sibleings get baptised and have my cousin in my ear calling me a pagan and a sinner and months later i made the mistake of trying to confide in him about me hatinggoing to church and then he justsaid " so you hate God, i cant belive this " im sorry this may not make a lot of snese but worsds cannot express how depressing it is living with my fucking family i hate them all id rather be broke and homeless than live with them after university. and im well aware that some people have had it or have it alot worse with their religious parensts but i just felt like i had to get this out atleast once so i apologise if i sound tone deaf of just ungreatful .

Posted Jun 29, 2026, 11:25 PM UTC

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