Should teens be allowed to make their own decision in religion?
Yes, you should be allowed to make their own decision in religion. Sixteen is just two years away from the age of consent. If you’re not “mature enough” to handle a decision such as what religion to be, then how does your mother think you’ll be able to handle much more important decisions like whether or not to pay your bills? It sounds like you found a religion you really believe in over the strict Catholicism you were raised in, so if that’s what you really believe, that’s what you should go with. Go with the religion you’re comfortable with and believe in, rather than a religion you’re forced to be in and don’t believe. When I was your age, I was a Lutheran and my family was a bit strict, too. I had to believe blindly, I couldn’t skip church or sunday school, and I couldn’t ask questions. No matter how many sundays I went to church, it didn’t change anything. I still had questions and it still didn’t make me believe. Actually, it only reinforced the thought that it wasn’t the religi
