this is a touchy situation
your parents are not going to change.
this is the only life we have.
you are not going to change the world into suddenly converting to atheism.
frankly being happy > strife and turmoil
it may sound like shallow but frankly I would just fake it for them.
I am not sure how much you interact with them, but if it is only once in awhile then what is the harm in just telling them what they want to hear.
This may go against everything people here think and may seem weak but frankly we are all just ant's moving up and down our little hill, if it makes them happy to think you believe something you do not I frankly do not see the harm, unless of course you are constantly around them.
If you are around them all the time then you are kinda screwed, as I do not think you are going to convert them to atheism nor would you want to put up with the constant attempts for them to convert you to being a theist, I would just try to show them that you can be a moral person without needing faith and go from there.
Frankly trying to convert christians to atheists and vice versa is basically mental masterbation and 99% of the time serves no purpose other than liking the sound of ones own voice.
your parents are not going to change.
this is the only life we have.
you are not going to change the world into suddenly converting to atheism.
frankly being happy > strife and turmoil
it may sound like shallow but frankly I would just fake it for them.
I am not sure how much you interact with them, but if it is only once in awhile then what is the harm in just telling them what they want to hear.
This may go against everything people here think and may seem weak but frankly we are all just ant's moving up and down our little hill, if it makes them happy to think you believe something you do not I frankly do not see the harm, unless of course you are constantly around them.
If you are around them all the time then you are kinda screwed, as I do not think you are going to convert them to atheism nor would you want to put up with the constant attempts for them to convert you to being a theist, I would just try to show them that you can be a moral person without needing faith and go from there.
Frankly trying to convert christians to atheists and vice versa is basically mental masterbation and 99% of the time serves no purpose other than liking the sound of ones own voice.
