I stopped going to church with my mom after she implied that I was sinful for wearing shorts. I’m 28 years old, and I’ve been going to church with my mother literally my entire life.

I’m not sure if you’d call this a “sin” or whatever. But for context, I’ve stopped attending church with my mother. I’m 28 years old, I’ve been going to church with my mother literally my entire life. I don’t mean that figuratively. I mean it literally. Since I was a baby. I literally have no idea what it’s like to not be the kind of guy that goes to church on Sundays.<br><br>But I stopped going to church after my mom said wearing shorts in church was a sin.<br><br>I just got back from my mom’s house, and she was furious with me for not going to church with her. I told her “listen, mom, I haven’t been to church since June. Stop asking me to go because it’s a waste of your breath. I stopped going to church because you said that I was sinful for wearing shorts on a hot summer day.”<br><br>She said “you’re still going to hell.”<br><br>I said “OK, cool.”<br><br>She said “I’m going to hell, right?”<br><br>I said “I don’t know. I’m not God. I don’t know what the rules are. But I don’t really care anymore.”<br><br>And that’s kind of where it’s at. I haven’t been to church since June. My mom got mad at me for wearing shorts in church, and I just never went back. I haven’t stepped foot in church since June. I haven’t prayed. I haven’t read the Bible. I really haven’t done anything that I would consider “Christian”. I just haven’t been into it for the last few months. I’m still a Christian, or at least I think I am, but I don’t really go to church or pray or do anything like that anymore.<br><br>I told my mom “you know what mom? I’m done. I’m not going to church anymore. If I’m going to be considered sinful for wearing shorts in church, then I just won’t go to church at all because I don’t have time for that.”<br><br>I’m not bitter, or angry, or resentful. I’m just kind of done. I’ve spent my entire life in church, and for the first time in my life, I’ve had a little bit of a break from church. I’m not sure how I feel about it. I don’t feel like I’ve lost anything. I don’t feel like there’s anything missing. I don’t feel like I’m going to hell. It’s kind of the first time in my life where I’ve actually stopped going to church.<br><br>I’m not sure how I feel about it, but I’m starting to think that maybe, just maybe, I’m not actually Christian. I mean, I don’t know. It’s an interesting question. I don’t know the answer to it. I’ve been going to church literally my entire life. I’ve never really known any other way of life. I’ve always identified as Christian. I’ve always gone to church. I’ve always read the Bible. I’ve always prayed to God. I’ve never strayed from Christianity. I literally have spent my entire life in church. I’ve gone to the same church my entire life. I’ve never taken a week off from church. I’ve never taken a month off from church. I’ve never taken a year off from church. I’ve never taken anything off from church.<br><br>But for the last three months, I’ve been off from church. I’ve literally stopped going to church. For the first time in my life, I haven’t gone to church. I haven’t stepped foot in church. I haven’t prayed to God. I haven’t read the Bible. I haven’t done anything that I would consider Christian.<br><br>And you know what? I don’t feel any different because of it. I don’t feel like I’m going to hell. I don’t feel like I’m sinful. I don’t feel like I’m Christian. I don’t feel like I’m not Christian. I just feel like myself, you know? I don’t feel any different. I don’t feel like I’m missing out on anything. I feel like I’m probably actually better because I’m not going to church.<br><br>I don’t know. I’m not really sure. I’m not sure how I feel about all this. I’m just kind of in a weird spot. I stopped going to church in June because of my mother, and I’ve been doing fine ever since. I don’t really feel like I’m Christian. I don’t really feel like I’m not Christian. I just feel like I’m not going to church. That’s it.<br><br>I don’t know. I just wanted to share that. I’ve spent my entire life in church, and for the first time, I’ve actually stopped going to church. I don’t know if it’s something that I’ll ever do again. I don’t know if it’s something that I ever will stop doing. I don’t know how I feel about it. I just feel like I’m not going to church. I don’t feel like I’m Christian anymore.<br><br>It’s just something I thought I’d share.<br><br>&#x200B;<br><br>Edit: there’s some pretty good feedback, and some not-so-good feedback. I’m not mad at anyone for speaking their mind. My mom says that I’m going to hell because I stopped going to church. Some of you are saying that I’m an idiot for giving up on my faith. Some of you are saying that I’m doing the right thing for leaving the church. I just wanted to say that I appreciate everyone’s feedback on this. Some of it has been very good, and other parts have been pretty bad. I’m not mad at anyone who thinks I made a bad choice. I’m just doing the right thing for my life.<br><br>The reason I posted this is because I just felt like I needed to share it with someone. I don’t know if I’m right for giving up on church. I don’t know if I’m wrong. I just felt like I stopped going to church, and I felt like I needed to share that with someone.<br><br>I don’t really go to many other places where I can share my thoughts like this. Most of my friends are Christian, and they just tell me that I’m going to hell. My family tells me that I’m going to hell. I don’t know anyone who’s not Christian, besides you guys. I just kind of wanted to know what you guys think about the whole thing.<br><br>I just kind of wonder what you guys think about it. I don’t know if I’m right. I don’t know if I’m wrong. I just know that this is what I have to do.<br><br>&#x200B;<br><br>TL;DR: I stopped going to church because I’m not really sure that I believe in it. I don’t know if I’m right or if I’m wrong. I just know that this is what I have to do.