RE: Parents forcing a christian convention on me - how to keep sane?
April 3, 2015 at 12:53 pm
(This post was last modified: April 3, 2015 at 1:00 pm by Norman Humann.)
(April 3, 2015 at 12:41 pm)Faith No More Wrote: I'm not sure why you're getting worked up. I just asked a question.
While Chuck may not be addressing the nuances of the situations, he still has a valid point about autonomy.
I'm getting worked up because it sounds like you're telling both him and me that we should tell our parents we're atheists and that it's somehow bad that we're not doing it. I told you, I'm not letting them control me and I won't do that, but I just don't think it's worth all the problems that coming out would cause. Once I'm actually independent, I don't have to pretend anything.
What kind of autonomy do you have at 16? Is it really worth going to war with your own family and having to live with them openly disapproving of you?
You said your household was semi-religious and that god wasn't stressed much outside of church, so I think it's safe to assume you don't understand the situation. And you don't know my family.
