I'm an atheist (lifelong) with a Christian mother and Catholic father.
To be truthful, I'm ashamed of having my parents actually be in a theistic religion. To have them have been sucked into a delusion by my grandparents and them further back to when all this mess first started.
My parents are very intelligent and yet they foolishly hold on to their imaginary friend with their "faith" and believe that people honestly still live AFTER death for E-T-E-R-N-I-T-Y (which is a horrendously, frightening thought).
I don't know how I can go through the rest of my life having Christian parents. I bet that when I have children of my own my mother, particularly, will try to force me to celebrate Christmas (and the other holidays) with them. May bring them to church even - may think me an incompetent mother. If anything, also that we're immoral people. I'm quite sure this will happen, and am not sure how I'll respond. I can't just become the "black sheep" of the family and block them off.
2007-04-20
10:00:33
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