If you are really worried about alienating your brother, I would tell him first, so he can get the actual story instead your parents' spin on it. Let him know that not believing does not make you a bad person.
And yes, avoid telling your parents until you are self-sufficient. Parents can be quite vindictive when it comes to their children not having the same religious beliefs.
And yes, avoid telling your parents until you are self-sufficient. Parents can be quite vindictive when it comes to their children not having the same religious beliefs.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell