My parents were funditard Pentecostal. If you don't have any Fundamentalist Pentecostals where you are, they believe that the Bible was literally written by God, is perfect down to every letter, and that anyone who disagrees with their beliefs is possessed by devils and deserves to be in hell. I went away to college and was FREE!!!! FREE!!! The first thing that went away without a twinge of guilt was church. But I lied to them and told them I was going to 2nd Presbyterian (not the right denomination but in walking distance and . . . Christian, so ok) every Sunday. I kept this up for 3 years. The church was in my walking route to college classes, so I would pick up bulletins. I sent a few home.
I can't judge anyone for lying about something like this. It all depends upon how religious the parents are and how brave the child is. Part of my reasoning was that my parents would go completely ballistic and disown me. (They did. A few years later, when I 'fessed up.) The other part was solely monetary - I was on full scholarship with work study but they did send some money and I didn't know how I would finish my degree without their support. I eventually got three advanced degrees without their support. You will make your own way.
I can't judge anyone for lying about something like this. It all depends upon how religious the parents are and how brave the child is. Part of my reasoning was that my parents would go completely ballistic and disown me. (They did. A few years later, when I 'fessed up.) The other part was solely monetary - I was on full scholarship with work study but they did send some money and I didn't know how I would finish my degree without their support. I eventually got three advanced degrees without their support. You will make your own way.
"The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children."- Albert Einstein
