RE: would you tell your parents one day that you are an atheist ?
February 21, 2014 at 11:18 pm
(This post was last modified: February 21, 2014 at 11:26 pm by Jackalope.)
I haven't told either of them specifically, but I doubt it would matter.
Dad comes from a Catholic family, and as far as I can tell, he is not a believer. The only time I am aware he's seen the inside of a church in my lifetime is for weddings and funerals. His second wedding was not in a church.
My mother comes from a LDS family, and likewise, I have not known her to practice. I know she's been to a Unitarian church for Christmas at least once (Unitarian may be the wrong word for it - it was one of those nondenominational churches that welcomes all faiths and nonbelievers. Fairly secular.).
I never knew either of them to own a bible or be even remotely religious.
When I got involved with Christianity as a teenager, Mom did have a talk with me about indoctrination and the danger of cults (not that there was necessarily a concern that the church I was involved with was a cult - it was just prudence). That was about the only conversation about religion that I can recall up until the point where mom told me about some things my son said that concerned her - some fundamentalist stuff he picked up someplace.
I don't know if either of them have any spiritual beliefs at all. They've never said one way or another, and I never asked. I know my brother is what I would describe as an agnostic atheist, and as far as I know, so is my sister.
Now that I think about it, I'm a bit curious - perhaps I'll ask them sometime.
Dad comes from a Catholic family, and as far as I can tell, he is not a believer. The only time I am aware he's seen the inside of a church in my lifetime is for weddings and funerals. His second wedding was not in a church.
My mother comes from a LDS family, and likewise, I have not known her to practice. I know she's been to a Unitarian church for Christmas at least once (Unitarian may be the wrong word for it - it was one of those nondenominational churches that welcomes all faiths and nonbelievers. Fairly secular.).
I never knew either of them to own a bible or be even remotely religious.
When I got involved with Christianity as a teenager, Mom did have a talk with me about indoctrination and the danger of cults (not that there was necessarily a concern that the church I was involved with was a cult - it was just prudence). That was about the only conversation about religion that I can recall up until the point where mom told me about some things my son said that concerned her - some fundamentalist stuff he picked up someplace.
I don't know if either of them have any spiritual beliefs at all. They've never said one way or another, and I never asked. I know my brother is what I would describe as an agnostic atheist, and as far as I know, so is my sister.
Now that I think about it, I'm a bit curious - perhaps I'll ask them sometime.