How do I get out of my mothers house.

[Mister Agenda]

Hey guys. My Atheism and my mothers Christianity are clashing and were slowly becoming enemies. She cannot take criticism because every time I give her arguments to refute and debunk hers, she gets upset as if I'm trying to hurt her. I need to get out of here but I cannot get a job because I have no job experience so nobody wants to take their chances with me, and I cannot get SSI from Social Security because they claim I'm not "mentally disabled enough" and I tried appealing to them, and I got nothing. So, I have no way to get money to afford housing. Are there alternatives so I can get out of this household? Thanks a bunch.

I hate to see you have a bad relationship with your mother over a difference of opinion. If she's willing to support you, it doesn't seem wise to leave home before you can support yourself. Until you can, maybe the two of you should avoid discussing religion.

Religious people often feel like they're being attacked when their beliefs are questioned. After all, their only obvious options when those beliefs are criticized is to ignore the criticism or defend their belief. There's a reason why religion is a topic oft-avoided.

No matter how many excellent points you make, you're unlike to change her mind, so there doesn't seem much point to the discussion.

What do you REALLY want? Are you being required to attend services as a condition for living in her house? If that's the situation, maybe you and she can work out a compromise.

Unitarian Universalism does not require you to affirm any supernatural beliefs and congregations tend to have a high percentage of humanists. If you're having to attend services, maybe she would consider you attending UU, or maybe alternating between UU and her church.