(June 6, 2014 at 11:09 am)Hoopington Wrote:(June 3, 2014 at 12:57 pm)Raeven Wrote: You've done an amazing and difficult thing. You've escaped utter indoctrination. Many people can't, and it sounds like your dad is among those. For now, it sounds like you're going to have to live as though he is dead to you. There is no common ground at this point.
I don't know where you live, but it sounds like you need a network of support, and fast. I know I found a fantastic group of atheist friends through a Meet Up group. Ours is affiliated with Center for Inquiry - Skeptics. You might do a search for something similar through Meet Up and learn if there is a group near you. I know the biggest thing the formerly-religious folks who belong to my group miss is a sense of community that a church provides. The difference is, the Skeptic group comes with no strings attached. As you pointed out, they like you just because you're you. They may also be able to help you network for a new job and/or housing.
I'm sorry your dad is not going to be there for you at a time of your great need, but he obviously can't. His help comes with some pretty big strings attached. I don't think you can go back.
Best to you, and please keep us posted going forward.
You see, this is the kind of bullsh1t advice I'd been talking about.
You've taken one heated email conversation between father and son and then taken it upon yourself to advise he cuts of all ties with his father, because his father doesn't share the same beliefs as you?
Utterly incredible........if this advice was taken the world over, there would be literally millions of us with no family.
Listen, we're past that now. Let it go.
Instead of assuming that this was our only conversation over the past six months and that I haven't posted anything else on here regarding family issues lately...I suggest you inquire. I'd be more than happy to fill you in. Just go read up on the ex-mormon forums and you can get a good idea of the ridiculous stuff ex-mormons will have to go through. No reason to read my posts exactly, they're all pretty much the same when it comes to family. haha.
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