(September 21, 2014 at 12:58 pm)interstice Wrote: Ive been pretending to be a christian for the last year, and i decided i would just be honest with myself and call myself an atheist. Ive been hiding it from my parents for a while, but after a sunday sermon today i couldnt help but rip the pastors logic to shreds in the car ride home. Some how the argument that ensued led to talk about my religious position, and i told them i was just a "questioning agnostic".
My mom literally started crying, and talking about how she had failed at parenting and life because i wasnt a christian anymore..
My dad just about disowned me, and was yelling i could do whatever and he didnt care.
My parents told me not to just become a christian again to pretend for them, but im seriously considering it. Should i feel so bad for my lack of faith? I dont know what to do right now..
Has anyone dealt with a situation similar to this?
Emotional blackmail is often the way of parent, and others, when it comes to people questioning their beliefs.
Claims of failing as a parent are very common.
Be who you are and not who others expect you to be.
Show your parents you're still the person you always were.
Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:
"You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"
