My Overly Obsessed Aunt With Religion

I cannot deny that I have relatives that I do not Hang with because I do not like the way they treat me. I will be sharing some stories about why I do not consider them as family members. These relatives of mine are really hard on me. They mentally destroy me. They emotionally harass me. So, this will be the first time I guess that I will be doing this. Lately, I had experienced it.

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When I was a kid, this tita of mine had always invited us to Sunday Bible school. I can remember that my sisters and I always attend the preaching of my aunt in exchange for a piece of bread or PHP5 ($0.10). We really enjoyed coloring the pamphlets and singing about the lord. But at that age, we truly do not understand anything. We are just there because of the exchange that we get.

Fast forward, now that we are adults, my aunt is inviting us to be a part of their religion. Every sentence that will come out of her mouth is about the Gods and the hells. She always talked about that the final day will come and we should repent our sins.

She is always saying that too much skin is against the bible. Hair color and makeup are very disgusting for women. I am really hurt by what she is saying about how I should I look and I should be.

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I always respect their beliefs. I just do not like to be a part of it because I truly cannot be one of them. The thing is, they always make me and my family an example when they are preaching. They do not know that we know what she is scattering about the family but we just shrug it off.

The MAIN reason why we do not like to join is that you are OBLIGED to give MONEY.

The other reasons are:

1) They always see you as a bad person when you are not in accordance with their bible.

2) They will make your failures as examples because you did not pray.

3) They will share your triumphs as their testimonies because they "prayed you over".

4) That the Final Day is almost here, and they will scare the hell out of you (No pun intended).

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Yes, the biggest and easiest business in the world is religion. It is so sickening that some religious groups will target fragile people to join them and eventually milk their money. My father said that it is their motive all along. My family has a God, and God does not need money. We can pray any time of the day. We can say thanks to the Lord whenever we want. We do not need to give 10% of our income just to please the Lord.

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Recent incident...

Last January 3, they visited the province. We knew that they were coming so we locked our room because we do not want to hear any "hell is coming for you blablabla." So we are just doing our work and stuff. After 5 minutes, the doorknob is twisting and turning. Look how insensitive she is, she did not even knock and straightly opened the door. After she realized that it was locked, she knocked and that is the time we opened the door.

Her: "Hey, how are you guys? Why are you all locked up in this room? You are just here getting older day by day."

Me: "Hello. We are working right now on our laptops."

Her: "Oh, that's good. Hey, we have a reunion and will have a bible study. You should come because there will be food."

At this point, we are pissed because I know that it will not be a reunion and she will just diss us. And she even bribed us with food, like really?

Her: "Come and pray so that you will not get Covid forever."

At this point, I am really laughing my a55 out because I know she is lying. My mom got Covid and she joined one time. We did not get Covid and never joined. Lol.

I and my sisters just keep working on my laptop and nod at everything that she is saying. We do not like to have an argument because I know that she will never hear our side. She then said goodbye and she said that hoping we can attend.

For now, we are aloof with that certain aunt. It is so sad that she is just focusing on herself and religion. I missed the days when everyone is chill and just do their own thing without hurting anybody.

I am not against any religion as long as you are not hurting anybody - physically, mentally, and emotionally. We have always a choice in life. We do not need to be mean to others just to get what we want in life.

I am genuinely like to restore our relationship but i think it is very hard on this point. Nakikisama na lang kami para walang gulo na mangayre.

Anyways, that is for today's chika, haha! Kidding. I hope you enjoyed reading about my experience in life. Maybe I will publish an article again about families but on a positive note naman. :D

Thank you for reading!

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