Thanks for the advice, Adrian. I've looked into joining the Secular Students Alliance. I plan on being more open about my beliefs once I am in college. I don't think I'm going to mention my atheism to my parents anytime soon.
While I am sad that my mom has gone down the fundamentalist route, I respect her right to believe as she sees fit. I try not to bring up religion if I can help it. While it's hard to do, I really don't want to be disowned because I am still financially dependent on them for the time being. I guess I'm just stuck between a rock and hard place at the moment, but I'm working through it!
While I am sad that my mom has gone down the fundamentalist route, I respect her right to believe as she sees fit. I try not to bring up religion if I can help it. While it's hard to do, I really don't want to be disowned because I am still financially dependent on them for the time being. I guess I'm just stuck between a rock and hard place at the moment, but I'm working through it!
"If your god has to make peace with me in my final hour when he has my whole lifetime to prove his existence to me...do you think I should bother?"
"But the happiness of an atheist is neither the vacuous enjoyment of a fool, nor the short-lived pleasure of a rogue. It is rather the expression of a disposition that has ceased to torture itself with foolish fancies, or perplex itself with useless beliefs." - Chapman Cohen
"But the happiness of an atheist is neither the vacuous enjoyment of a fool, nor the short-lived pleasure of a rogue. It is rather the expression of a disposition that has ceased to torture itself with foolish fancies, or perplex itself with useless beliefs." - Chapman Cohen
