So recently my mom was diagnosed with a rare but curable cancer in her leg. She's undergoing 6 months of chemo and surgery to get rid of it. This has put my father in a place where he is pushing, occasionally forcing, me and my brother to pray at bed time, before dinner, whenever he feels like it, etc. The problem is, I'm atheist, but I haven't come out to my parents. We live in Texas, so yeah, it's a bit of a bigger deal. Anyway, he's forced me to cough up a half assed prayer before dinner, and scolded me when it wasn't "sincere enough."
I know that now isn't the time to come out to my parents about this, they're dealing with enough as it is and don't need any more on their mind. But the same thing that makes it a bad time also has my dad pushing hard on religion. Sure you could argue the fact i'll be going off to college (hopefully) this time next year, but it's not a situation i'm happy with, and i've always seen FP as a place that i was more comfortable than anywhere, so i came here for help. What do I do, guys?
[sp]Also it's fucking ridiculous that "coming out" as an atheist should be something i have to say, and the fact that I'll take a lot of heat for it is also ridiculous. But that's just Texas lol [/sp]
Fake it for one more year. You can blame your corruption of faith on the commie professors.
it's safer to go till next year, but if you really can't stand it and feel like it'd be better the other way round, then you can make that call.
just buckle up and fake it.
I'd say wait until next year. At least the thought will count to them.
Just buckle up, your need to say you don't believe will do more harm than good. Your father means well.
I hope your mom gets better, glad to hear that it is curable.
[QUOTE=_Kent_;37436728]I hope your mom gets better, glad to hear that it is curable.[/QUOTE]
Thank you.
And yeah, i figured that's what i should do, i was just slightly conflicted. thanks guys
You're in a country where the majority of the population is religious, so you're going to have to stand in the rain of exploding shit for another year.
If your mom is super religious and ill I would risk upsetting her with "coming out" just fake it until she's better.
I'm an atheist Texan too. Family doesn't know but they don't force me to pray. I don't really have a problem keeping it a secret for my grandparents sake. Don't want to hurt their feelings.
I'd say take a half-way mark compromise. Just tell your dad you don't think God either answers payers, or that you think it/he/she already knows what you feel about the situation and that further prayer will do nothing.
Might be good to mention that forced prayers probably don't mean jack shit and that "Praying on your own time" will be more successful.
Seeing as you live in Texas, why don't you give the Atheists Experience a ring?
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