Family not accepting you're an Atheist

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Following on from OP. My dad is onto another marriage and become religious. Claiming I'll come around to god in the end. Slightly creepy when religious folk try to force their views upon someone. I definitely find it difficult to associate with religious folk, perhaps I'm being too harsh. But doing stuff with my dad knowing he's now into god in a bigger way feels weird. I believe he used to vaguely believe in god, but now seems sure and really into it with his new wife. I do know some people get into god in old age , Pascal's wager or something along those lines. Maybe I need to give him the benefit of the doubt. I have always stayed a million miles from anyone I thought was remotely religious, because you can't prove it at all. It's like believing there is a random chicken in the sky running the show. Fortunately the rest of my family haven't mentioned religion since I started the thread, so their views could be anything right now.

My dad became a Baptist later in his life. All his life he was some kind of deist.  We even had a small fight or two over it. So I kinda feel what you're going through. It sucks because, my whole life he and I were kind of dismissive of religiosity like the Baptists possess. And now he says stuff about Jesus's resurrection and stuff, and I just nod politely. He has times of lucidity though. He's called me up to discuss concerns he had over his church guilting him out of money... knowing that I wouldn't automatically take the church's side.

Interesting that you brought up Pascal's Wager. It makes me think: does Pascal's deal actually sweeten the older you get? I guess it does. Less investment for the same dividends. lol

(Bold mine)

Child: Mummy! Look at what Gran gave me! She’s so nice!

Mum (smiling sweetly): No, dear, she’s not ‘nice’. What she is is a miserable old bat trying to get into Heaven.

Boru