(December 14, 2014 at 10:04 pm)watchamadoodle Wrote:(December 14, 2014 at 11:52 am)Brakeman Wrote: The point I'm getting at is that your mother won't hate you for asking kind, non trigger questions, only for obvious attacks.
That's a good idea, but I doubt that I can make my mother into an atheist, and I'm not sure if it would be a good thing. She is 70. Basically I've been trying to conceal my atheism and doubts, so she doesn't worry about me going to hell. If she says something about God or asks for my prayer, I just agree. Sometimes I suggest going to the Christian bookstore or watching Christian preachers on TV. I'm trying to show my respect for Christianity, but I find myself secretly giggling or exasperated.
No, it would take a lot of work to completely convince her. That's not my point. But if you can get her to the point of saying "well there are many unanswered questions" then you and her will have that in common. It's the situation that I have with my mom. She believes solely because she wants to believe, but she knows that I have unanswerable questions and if she brings up churchey stuff she knows that I'm not satisfied with the absence of answers, not that I think she is stupid or a liar. Its a nice detant and she's older than 70.
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