RE: I Walked Away From Christianity, but How do I Walk Away From My Family?
October 25, 2016 at 1:07 pm
(October 25, 2016 at 12:35 pm)Minimalist Wrote: I think that this.....
"I want to spend time with my family because I know how important it is."
is the sentence you need to reconsider.
It sounds as if it is far more important to you than it is to them.
Exactly.
Please don't be the person that disassociates with your family based on different beliefs.
We constantly hear stories of 'Christian' families and friends who no longer want to see their loved ones who become atheists.
Just be firm and lay down some ground rules with them not to prosthelytize to you.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
