(December 15, 2016 at 4:27 pm)SteveII Wrote:bold mine(December 11, 2016 at 3:06 pm)ericavdmaas Wrote: Hi everyone,
I'm new to this forum, and I usually don't do this sort of thing, but I really just needed to write some things down and clear my mind. I'm warning you, this is probably going to be a long and boring post
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But I've made up my mind and gathered my courage. All I need to do is take a (very) deep breath and make a leap - sometimes a big leap is the only option. Just hoping for the best.
Erica
Erica--
I do have a thought on this. I am assuming you have encountered information that you think proves your parents beliefs are wrong. Perhaps your parents are like mine and many other and do not have sophisticated answers to the sophisticated question/criticisms you may have encountered. That does not mean answers to those questions/criticisms do not exists. While your parents (and perhaps your priest/minister) may not be able to help, consider that you may owe it to your parents to at least seek out someone (or a book) that can defend their faith better than they can. I think this approach would be honoring them as well as genuinely seeking truth.
Be careful not to get immersed in an echo chamber of bad information, poor argumentation, and angry people with agendas.
Nice guilt trip. But is one of the tools often used isn't it.
Why should she "owe" a belief or faith to anyone? Why should she have to "honor" anyone with a belief?
And who is this someone who can defend the faith better than her parents or priest, you?
Go fishing on some other site. This one got away. And you're a dick!
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
