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[quote=Anonymous]Lately I have been thinking about a situation that happened when I was around 14-15 years old.  My mom had to go out of town for some reason or another and since she was a single parent she found a family from my soccer team that was willing to have me stay with them from Sunday-Wednesday.  I remember every single detail of this time because it was one of the most uncomfortable experiences of my life.
  I knew this family was extremely religious but honestly I had no idea the extent.  That Sunday they brought me to church with them.  I came from a non-religious family but we were technically Lutheran and would attend church services from time to time.  I don't remember what kind of church the family attended.  The service was about 1 hour but then they also had me to go to the teens bible study with their daughter afterward.  Everything that was talked about was very against what I believed and I felt extremely uncomfortable the entire time.  But the thing that made me most uncomfortable was the fact that this family didn't even ask me if I was comfortable going with them.  I was an older teenager and it would have been perfectly fine to just leave me home while they went.  In my opinion religion is very personal and although I'm all for new experiences and experiencing different beliefs I do not feel someone should have to do it against their will.  I told this family I was uncomfortable after we had come home because they were asking me what I learned in the bible study.  Then guess what?  They also go to church on Tuesday nights and made me go with them again.  When my mom returned home I told her about it and said I didn't want to stay with them again.

I thought about this because I have my own children now and can't imagine forcing one of their friends to attend a religious service with us.

thoughts?  Do you think its ok to force someone to attend a religious function?[/quote]

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