ManusJustus said:
RockSmith372 said:
If you are born in a Christian family, then that first one is the toughest one for me. I haven't told my parents that i am atheist, but i have implied my beliefs to them, and plenty of them are not compromisable to Christians. I do not know when the best time to them is yet, but i am willing to tell them if the time is right.
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I've been an athiest for a long time, but I have never told my parents this. Whenever I go home my parents want me to go to church with them, so the farthest I have come is telling them that I didnt agree with their preacher and church on many religious issues and do not want to worship with them.
My parents, probably like your parents, might not be able to understand the reasons for your beliefs. My parents never went to college and have no understanding of modern science, and being an college educated engineer myself I could never explain physics, biology, chemistry or the like to them in a way that they could understand my reasoning, so I find it best to keep such things to myself.
Of course, you know your parents well and can make a good guess at what their reaction could be, but if you think their reaction will be overwhelming negative on your relationship with them, you may want to keep quiet.
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My both of my parents graduated from college. My mom is an occupational theropist and my dad is a doctor and owns his own family practice. My mom is very hard headed, while my dad believes in natural selection but does not believe in anything that contridicts the Bible like the Big Bang, etc. I talk to both of them, asking why evolution is impossible. My mom says, "Because it doesn't go with the Bible"(SIGH). My dad is more intellectual and responds by tell me that God created kinds of species and through 10,000 years they've diversed in lions, tigers, bears(oops nevermind), and cougars. It is much more logical than what my mom says but it has it's flaws.
I personally don't care that they believe in God. Some people need religion to help get them through the day. I, on the other hand, would rather live my life knowing the truth about reality, it's not an happy ending unless you try work in order make it one someday. I may feel sometimes that there is no one there to help me, but i get by with the will power that is in every single one of us, and with the many friends i have, who know that i am an atheist.
As for my parents knowing yet, i will probably show them slowly until they realize that i am not a Christian. Usually time is the best way to calm people down.