Parents Don't See The Irony

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Here you go, Q1. Just for you.

Haha! I've never seen that clip! Glad to see an official de-baptism ceremony. Better yet, they didn't even need a proxy.

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Nothing like that conversation. Here's how I 'came out' to my parents.

Scene: The supper table. I was 14 or 15, I think.

My father: 'We've got four pigs due to farrow [give birth] next week. I'll need you and Danny to muck out and repair the farrowing pens. Pass the bread, please.'

Me: 'Da, I've been meaning to tell you. I'm...I'm...an atheist.'

My father: 'I don't imagine the pigs will mind. Pass the bread.'

Boru

Oh this conversation was about 9 months after I came out.

But funny story. I hope your father's sentiment was due to his indifference rather than avoidance.

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Hi Quantum1 I think that was a well constructed argument. I think there may be some hope for your mother yet.

Thank you for your input. I hope it was! My mother is pretty cool. I think she would be an atheist if the damn church didn't make her feel guilty and anything less than smart.

The woman went to school in Spain and dropped out in 7th grade. She then came to the states and graduated college after not being in school for nearly 20 years.

And yet she think she is not smart enough to discern truth from delusion?

Makes me incredibly frustrated.