How to tell parents I'm an atheist

[OGirly]

Back on topic - partly very well put. However, I have some disagreements. Shutting up about your views in order to avoid psychotherapy because of
broken relationships... that sounds just wrong...
In any case, it's everyone's individual judgement whether they think it's a good idea or not, whether they feel the need to proclaim their views or not.
However, you seem to belittle atheist activism as some kind of juvenile phase, something that you just don't do anymore once you're grown up, and boy that really annoys me. Atheists are the most mistrusted group in the US, and speaking out against prejudice and bullying is not a phase of youthful enthusiasm, to be dismissed like this.

Maybe I should have been more clear sorry. I'm not advocating stopping atheist activism. I'm just saying with your own parents it's probably not the most meaningful thing to do. Don't try to force your views on your parents. For example when I was young I was very active in the war resistors league doing anti recruitment. My father was a veteran and proud of his military service. I spent a lot of time, because I was young and hot headed, spouting a lot of anti military stuff around home; and now as an adult I can understand and emphasise with my father on how this probably made him feel. It probably made him feel like I didn't respect or value the service he did, or I was thinking him less of a human because he served and killed people. We've talked since I did learn that my anti-military spouting did hurt his feelings. That's all I'm saying. To the general public it's fine to be an activist all you would like, but with your own family it's sometimes better to exercise a little restraint and be respectful. That's what I was trying to say.

As far as avoiding problems etc to avoid future psychotherapy it was more or less tongue in cheek. I wouldn't seriously advocate hiding how you feel if it's causing you problems to avoid that. More a joke that I think maybe was lost in translation