To OP: I can understand some of what you're going through. My parents were always fairly secular; my mom identifies as agnostic and while my dad is religious, he doesn't think religion is an excuse for stupidity. However, I know people who have come from fundamentalist backgrounds, my boyfriend being the main one.
My advice? You're 16. Make sure you have a safe place to go to if something bad happens when/if you tell them you're irreligious. I've heard horror stories about religious fundamentalist families (heck, I have a friend whose parents kicked her out when she came out as transgender). If you do bring it up, though, I can't expect it to go that well; fundamentalism has a way of closing minds to anything that disagrees with it's prepresumptions.
My advice? You're 16. Make sure you have a safe place to go to if something bad happens when/if you tell them you're irreligious. I've heard horror stories about religious fundamentalist families (heck, I have a friend whose parents kicked her out when she came out as transgender). If you do bring it up, though, I can't expect it to go that well; fundamentalism has a way of closing minds to anything that disagrees with it's prepresumptions.
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"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama
"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama
