After a long period of skepticism, I became a solid atheist around the same time I became a high school senior. I'm in a Catholic household and cannot bring myself to announce my conversion to my parents (That means I still have to go to church, participate in Lent, and all that jazz…). As a senior, my caring mother has me filling out many scholarships. Our small church's altar society offers a relatively hefty one to applicants who write an essay over "How Catholic Faith Has Affected Your Life". My mom knows that few people will apply, so she expects me to do it.
I've sucked up to several organizations in the scholarship essays I write, but this is a whole new ordeal- How am I supposed to write positively about an institution that I have lost respect for? I want to tell people that I'm an atheist, not propagate that idea that I'm Catholic! If I write this essay of lies or if I come clean to my family, I think I'll regret my choice.
What uncomfortable situations have you been in? Any advice?
I've sucked up to several organizations in the scholarship essays I write, but this is a whole new ordeal- How am I supposed to write positively about an institution that I have lost respect for? I want to tell people that I'm an atheist, not propagate that idea that I'm Catholic! If I write this essay of lies or if I come clean to my family, I think I'll regret my choice.
What uncomfortable situations have you been in? Any advice?
