I've got to back up Alex K on this one. Standing up for yourself is all well and good, but there's a big difference between Germans who should have stood up to Hitler and a 15 year old kid standing up against being forced to go to church by his parents. One's a life and death situation, and the other's not. Mothonis_Cathicgal's analogy just doesn't work, and yeah, I agree with calling Godwin on it.
Tolerating annoying behavior from your parents for a few years, until you're no longer financially dependent on them for survival, is perfectly normal. Most teenagers are annoyed by their parents through much of their teen years. Most of the time, it's minor enough that they get over it. If not, they apparently end up in psychotherapy with OGirly.
Creeper hasn't told us that much about his situation, so we really can't judge. Are his parents born again evangelicals, or relatively liberal Christians? Do they get very angry with people who oppose their views, or are they more laid back about it? Have they spoken about their feelings towards atheists before? The rest of us can't even begin to determine how to advise him without this information. But if there's a chance they could disown him and kick him out of the house, then I agree that he should just keep his mouth shut until he's out of the house.
Tolerating annoying behavior from your parents for a few years, until you're no longer financially dependent on them for survival, is perfectly normal. Most teenagers are annoyed by their parents through much of their teen years. Most of the time, it's minor enough that they get over it. If not, they apparently end up in psychotherapy with OGirly.
Creeper hasn't told us that much about his situation, so we really can't judge. Are his parents born again evangelicals, or relatively liberal Christians? Do they get very angry with people who oppose their views, or are they more laid back about it? Have they spoken about their feelings towards atheists before? The rest of us can't even begin to determine how to advise him without this information. But if there's a chance they could disown him and kick him out of the house, then I agree that he should just keep his mouth shut until he's out of the house.
That's MISTER Godless Vegetarian Tree Hugging Hippie Liberal to you.
