(January 31, 2014 at 11:42 am)TAW Wrote:(January 31, 2014 at 11:09 am)ThePinsir Wrote: My mom was pretty sad when I told her. She thinks I'm going to hell. But she hasn't tried to force anything on me and hasn't gotten angry, so I'm damn lucky.
No one else (besides my agnostic brother) knows, because no one asked. When they do, I won't lie. I'm expecting kind of a shit storm lol.
I've always had a tough time figuring out how to argue with family on this topic. I've never been in a situation like that but there have been other viewpoints I've expressed which aren't so popular among my family. I defend my views and back up my ideas with information and try to show them that even though they don't agree with me, I'm basing my views off a rational construction of information that I've gathered. There comes a certain point where you have to just give up though. Your family might not like your views but sometimes its best to simply assert them with confidence and let the subject go after that. I wouldn't do that with friends or strangers but with family, I feel you have more at stake so there's no point in starting needless arguments. They might be pissed off for awhile but that beats drawing an even deeper line in the sand.
I hear you. When my mom and I have talked about it, I'm sure to state my points as clearly as I can and back them up with sound logic and information. She doesn't agree with me, but she certainly sees my points.
Haha. I pulled the old "you don't believe in Thor, Zeus, Isis, Mithra, Apollo...I just took it one god further" on her the other day. She said "yeah, but those gods are just fables and myths!". I smiled and said "exatly!"
I felt kind of bad for being kind of smug, but she got my point. Again, I'm damn lucky.
