Ahh nice. My mom is just a conformist that wishes I were a conformist.

Glad to see she still understands and supports your views, many aren't that fortunate.

That's awesome, thankfully my parents have always been supportive but we've had minor disagreements over the decades.

Reuniting and drawing closer together is awesome, I'm glad and impressed you did so with a fundamentalist parent!

I hope your relationship goes well!

I hope your mother realizes that she does not need a false belief to be a good person and a loving mother. She's perfect without any need for any god. Let her know that being the great mother she is makes her special, period.

I am so happy for you, for both of you. Such an emotional thing.

When I point obviously discrepancies to my mother she is I never thought of it that way. I can't even count how many people I know that are nieve with the religious insanity.

Nice. I never had such talks. My family was never big on god.

Hopefully she will find her way to be free of the guilt of sin and the fear of Hell.

How heartwarming. ? I’m happy that you and she had that breakthrough.

Ask her this question, "Faith is what let you believe Santa Claus was real. Should adults use the same method (faith) to believe god is real? Or anything?"

This doesn't happen often so well done to you and your mom!

SO happy for you!

That is simply awesome! =]

Wow !!! People can change sometimes.

That's fantastic!!

That’s awesome!! The door is open for further conversations!

I'm glad something you feel is positive happened between you and your mother. Cherish that.

How wonderful is that!!

It takes time but appears that you are finally making progress. My stepdad told me once that if I am right it means he has no future. Go figure.

Excellent! My Christian mother once made an odd remark, long after I was an adult, regarding religion. That remark (don't remember what it was) caused me to ask her outright if she believed that Jesus Christ was her lord and savior. She said "no" and when I said something about her not being a Christian she was quick to tell me "Of course I'm a Christian". No wonder I'm a non-believer.

Congratulations! I somewhat know the feeling as I have seen a few people crumble as a result of similar discussions with me. This reminds me of a long series of discussions I had with a hard core Catholic who asserted (among other things) "All gays should be placed on a small island so god can kill them." After dozens of hours over many weeks, the day after I changed tactics and decided to complement him on every one of his positive attributes; the conclusion of that session he left assuring me he would carefully examine my points. The next day I found him in a corner of the stairway going down to the men's health center (higher priced luxury locker room) at the YMCA (my theist hunting ground). He was curled in the fetal position and supported by the two concrete walls. I decided not to debate him that day.

I once had a boss I could converse with easily. He was a Roman Catholic. He said he went to mass regularly "because of his mother." I had to tell him that he was really a humanist!!

I've noticed that sometimes planting seeds works wonders.

Good for You!!