RE: I think my mother may be becoming an atheist, advice?
October 16, 2015 at 3:40 pm
(This post was last modified: October 16, 2015 at 3:51 pm by MTL.)
Personally, I would ask her if she's familiar with the concept of Deism.
If not, explain I would it to her.
That might be for her, if she's still conflicted about Atheism.
It doesn't apply 100% of the time,
but I find that many Theists who consider leaving the church,
but are still on the fence about their actual faith,
just need to be asked if it's really the idea of God that they want to leave behind,
...or just the idea of RELIGION.
Many Theists don't even realize that it is possible for the concept of God
to exist independently of the idea of Religion.
She may eventually become an Atheist,
....but it might be too daunting of a big jump, all at once.
So why not run the Deism concept past her, and let her muse on that for awhile?
Because it sounds to me like she is searching.
PS: Are you American? As an intriguing point of trivia to pique her interest, you can let her know some of the American founding fathers were not, in fact, Christians....but themselves, leaned toward Deism, too. Including George Washington.
If not, explain I would it to her.
That might be for her, if she's still conflicted about Atheism.
It doesn't apply 100% of the time,
but I find that many Theists who consider leaving the church,
but are still on the fence about their actual faith,
just need to be asked if it's really the idea of God that they want to leave behind,
...or just the idea of RELIGION.
Many Theists don't even realize that it is possible for the concept of God
to exist independently of the idea of Religion.
She may eventually become an Atheist,
....but it might be too daunting of a big jump, all at once.
So why not run the Deism concept past her, and let her muse on that for awhile?
Because it sounds to me like she is searching.
PS: Are you American? As an intriguing point of trivia to pique her interest, you can let her know some of the American founding fathers were not, in fact, Christians....but themselves, leaned toward Deism, too. Including George Washington.
