I'm constantly and frequently stepped on by my family with religious standards and verbal let-downs. I don't' know, but I was wondering, can religious lifestyle, for some people who are so in depth with it, can become abusive with it?

Like can someone be so forward and verbally threatening with it, it can be considered an emotional and verbally abusive trait?

With my family, they believe and are 'hard core' Christians, but they take things so for into perspective they give no outside thought or opinion as an options. As far as most, I'm constantly attacked because of my differences and opposite lifestyle from theirs. I'm always being 'preached' to because I'm not living 'correctly'. At the most, I'm always trying to stay away from them, since I know how they are about everything I do, but when they find a way to pursue me or confront me, I'm being bashed on by their religious reign over everything. They let themselves think they are better and ultimately superior than everyone and take only high standards over everything.

When I'm looked at, I'm the opposite to them because I'm considered a threat for being 'open minded' and so I'm continuously attacked verbally and emotionally. It's difficult to even think of living and being a 'family' with these intolerable people, they are nonsupporting and rude.