Father Disowned Me Because I'm Still Atheist

[Ryantology]

Its obvious that the son wants to maintain a relationship with his father. However the son is wrong in thinking its all the fathers fault. The father was perfectly willing to talk to the son up until the son called the father a coward and ridiculed his beliefs. Now the son is shocked the father won't engage with him? The son needs to realize that the terms of the relationship are decided by both of them. His father simply isn't going to tolerate the abuse.

The father only appears to want to have a relationship with a son who lacks a will of his own, does what he is told, and doesn't voice any contrary opinions in public. OP mentioned several times that this is a longstanding pattern. Yeah, OP obviously does want to have a relationship with his father. He's never going to get it because the father doesn't want it unless it's entirely on his terms. And of course you would think that is entirely acceptable.

Edit: Bolded the part where I called it.