Just converted my mom to atheism.....????

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Wow! Well that is amazing. It sounds like she has finally seen through it all. As others have said, being there for her is the most important thing. If she does follow through, then there may well be a period of adjustment where she feels confused and helpless. It's a big thing to question what you've taken for granted your whole life. But I would hold out hope that once she comes to terms with it, she will feel liberated and happy.

Maybe you could help by preparing some of the arguments for why non belief can be a great thing. It means she has realized this life is (probably) all there is, and this makes it far more precious. When you believe in an infinite afterlife, that heavily devalues this life as this is a drop in the ocean, and people are looking forward to it being over in some ways. Now she can have a new perspective, and be relieved that she has time to consider these implications.

Obviously I don't know your mum, but there are great things such as freedom from cognitive dissidence, and realising that it's really your conscience, reason and empathy that gives you morality, not religion. (To demonstrate you just need to ask her why she only follows the moral teachings in the bible that she happens to agree with and ignores the rest!)

I hope everything turns out well