Okay my friend and I are Atheist and I don't really come fro a very religious family but he does and he told his parents he was an atheist and they got really mad and took him to a Catholic school and blamed his Atheism on me...when he still didn't believe they kicked him out and he's living in my house now...how can I convince his parents to take him back?
2007-01-27 04:58:03 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You can't. Let it be.
2007-01-27 05:01:41 · answer #1 · answered by thefinalresult 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
How old are the both of you? If his parents are kicking him out of his house simply because he refuses to share his parents' religious beliefs, he's better off not being in that house anyway. People do crazy things in the name of their god (including disowning their own children if they decide not to share in their superstition).
You have to ask yourself if you really want to try to convince his parents to take him back. After all, they "blame his atheism" on you, right? What makes you think they're actually going to listen? You can give it a shot, but that's the only warning I'd give you.
Just be a good friend for now and stick with him through this troubled time. No kid should have to go through this because their parents are off their religious nut.
2007-01-27 05:06:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Have your friend talk to his parent's priest/ pastor, and arrange a sort of intervention. Ask the priest/ pastor (I would avoid telling this person the friend is an atheist, say "struggling with belief/ faith") to invite the parents to the church or his home, and then see if with a little church-inspired guidance the parents won't take your friend back. Atheism is quite wonderful and although it may be difficult for your friend to shut up about it in front of his parents, it may be time to lie a bit and see if the parents will reconsider if your friend pretends to have given up that belief, or perhaps gone agnostic instead. Most heavily-religious people would rather have a kid struggling with faith than outright denying the existence of god. Good luck.
2007-01-27 05:15:39 · answer #3 · answered by manic.fruit 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok, so his parents are mad at your for making him an atheist, but then they kicked him out of the house so he can live with you?
Sounds like you get to spend a lot more time with your best friend. Cheers!
2007-01-27 05:03:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
You know, sometimes our actions are wrong. Being that this is a young adult, his parents are wrong. You can't convince his parents to take him back in. Maybe now is the time for both of you to decide if this is something you really believe in.
2007-01-27 05:06:10 · answer #5 · answered by Putta Rat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-16 04:30:43 · answer #6 · answered by windy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why? They sound like self-righteous bigots. He is better off away from their influence.
But if he really wants to go back, and if he is a minor,he should go to the police or Child Protection. It is illegal to throw a minor out of the home.
2007-01-27 05:41:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Remind them how loving and caring christians in general should be, and parents specifically?
Also tell them that every week they're doing this will equal a year when they're old and desperately want to see him again, and he'll refuse.
2007-01-27 05:06:06 · answer #8 · answered by eldad9 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
well you should leave it to him and his parents. but his parents had no right to kick him out, OR blame it on you.
be a good friend, i dont know what else you can do
2007-01-27 16:45:37 · answer #9 · answered by Bear 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tell him to tell his parents he's "seen the light." Then when he's gotten what he needs out of them to tell them the truth as he walks out the door and into his indepenent life.
2007-01-27 05:06:35 · answer #10 · answered by Atlas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With parents like that he is better off now..... you do not say how old you are but if under 16 they have an obligation to take him back.
2007-01-27 05:02:13 · answer #11 · answered by fourmorebeers 6 · 6⤊ 0⤋