(August 2, 2015 at 11:06 am)Jenny A Wrote:However, I would think through in advance how you are going to handle it when your parents ask you about your brother, because that is probably going to happen.
I would advise him to say that they should ask his brother what he believes. He can say he is not a mind reader, and so if they want to know what his brother his thinking, it would be better to ask him. I would absolutely not tell my parents what my brother believes in such cases. Besides, one's brother could change his mind since the last time he said anything, so the information might be out of date anyway.
It is not for him to decide whether or not his brother comes out. That should be his brother's decision.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.