you might remind her that jesus was jewish, which means he believed in the old testament,

nope, luckily i have never been a christian and discovered the absence of a god at the same age you did.

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My dad was an atheist as far I know, and my mom was a church of christ cult member. She forced me to go to church, no matter how bad I don't want to. I remember when I was younger, she would curse more when she got out of church, than before she went. And now, the preacher at her church brags about when he retires, he'll be a millionaire. My advise is if they still make you go to church, pay attention. Use that time to educate yourself about that religion. Pick up on key points where they'll either blatantly lying, or manipulating the audience. That way you can use it later when they start Fucking with you when you get older and out on your own. I hope this helps.

i started as a catholic (my father's birth religion), and then around 8 yrs old, was thrust into bastist (my mother's). I had always questioned EVERYTHiNG, and during a huge dicussion with my sunday school teacher about infinite age, i knew for sure there was nothing.

My mother was so embarrassed by my behavior, as always. It was more important for those outside the house to perceive us in a certain way than for us to truly believe the words we were spouting.

When i went to college, i came home for dinner or laundry and noticed the abundance of religious items in the house. I thought for sure it was a dig at me. With further thought, i knew we always had the junk in our home.

Still today, she gives me cards and gifts centering around religion and vomits thoughts and prayers with whimsy.

During all the years i had with my father, he denounced religion, and often times, god. He was supportive in my exploration of other religions in an attempt to be labeled something acceptable to my mother. Until his death, he had this resentment toward god, but seemed to still believe in a higher power. He said that i was strong for believing in myself and admitted he was weak to be unsure on something so important.

I would definitely say there were conflicts about the -isms with which i was raised. (Also in school with predominantly jewish friends adding another layer of thought and discussion)

Theosophy - I had to look that one up.

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"She also says she's a theosophist."

I'd bet money she has no idea what that means lol.
Ask her if she follows the teachings Madame Helena Blavatsky or the ravings of Roslyn D'Onston

My grandmother always used to abused me of not going to church with her , and that used to pissed me off to disrespect her ,but i tried harder to controlled my temper. but she later joined me of my taught before she depart

My dad was an atheist but he never said anything about that until I was an adult. My mom always claimed to be a Christian but there was virtually zero discussion in our house about religion. Every couple of years my mom would decide that we needed to go to church. Then we went to church for a couple Sundays but that never seemed to last long then we just forgot about it. My dad went along with my mom's occasional Christianity but that was the 50s and 60s and there was tremendous social pressure and possibly being ostracized for openly being an atheist. By my 30s mom would even say she did not really accept Jesus as her lord and saviour but that she was absolutely a Christian. When my mom got elderly she became more religious again. My dad was caught an affair that produced a child but he was crazy guilty about it and bound and determined to stay married if he could. So he went to church when my mom occasionally wanted to go. When I was an adult Mom was surprised that I felt no connection with Christianity. Like others in her generation she thought everybody was automatically Christian and thought I was a little crazy but other than a few rough patches we got along well.

My father has never been religious, or at least has never discussed it if he is. My mother wasn't when she was raising me, but became increasingly Catholic as she got older (and presumably more conscious of her own mortality.)

They were officially a mixed faith couple: my dad being Church of England and my mum Catholic. I was Christened in a C of E ceremony to please my paternal grandparents, since my maternal ones were no longer around to object.

Apart from singing hymns in school, I had little exposure to religion. Indeed, I was expected to go to Sunday School as a condition of joining a particular youth organisation, and after 2 sessions, I quit the organisation in preference to continuing to tolerate Sunday School.

Not me. All christians

Wait she doesnt believe in the old Testament? Even the ten commandments!?

My parents and grandparents were never really religious growing up, my step father was a straight up atheist and very forward about it which I think helped me be upfront about my own beliefs.

I would however go over to relatives houses and they would have crosses or pictures of Jesus and all that. I remember on one occasion I almost attended a Christian youth group because my cousin always went and it sounded pretty awesome hanging out with all the other kids doing stuff, I only decided not to when they told me about the Jesus stuff haha.

I just wonder why more people don't bring up the fact that there is zero evidence this person ever existed.

My brother and I grew up with many different religions in our family tree. Our immediate family was baptist but we had cousins that were JW, Catholic, etc. There were those that definitely tried to dictate what we did as visitors in their home but my maternal grandfather had the most influence on us, as he told all relatives to shut up about their religions unless they were coming back from the dead to reveal the truth.

to believe in one part not the other is tragic. They are both connected. The old was the first a temp of Inventing god. The second part was rewritten because the first part was to strict and people were leaving religion in droves. Religions are the oldest cons by people on earth. You notice how many languages most religions are written in? How many different version to make a different version of the base religion? Each one claims they are the only right one. The answer non are the right one. My mom went from church to church looking for th right one. Now my younger brother and his wife are doing the same thing. When they find out that one is wrong they go to another maybe run out of fake religions and version of them to realize their is no god.

The times they are constantly changin'. You adapt or you die.

My father never cared either way. He was happy to go to places of worship with others or he could do without them for life. My mother was a believer but never forced anyone to do chores but did not encourage any child to challenge God (possibly because we were growing up). She prayed to God for her children. My brother is a believer but he does not like to challenge faith nor does he follow it actively. He always married Christians but showed patience with religious and non-religious. My sister was most educated, traveled to 23 countries, spoke 7 languages but was super religious, super superstitious. She could accept every single religion in the world if she had the time. I never understood it. I told her many times, to take care of her instead of giving so much time to religion. I have been an atheist for 40 years. My wife of 25 years was religious but once she knew of my lack of belief she kept her faith to herself and allowed me to raise our child as an atheist.

But the conclusion is..... none of us had a conflict over our beliefs at any time in our lives. We respected what each believed in. That is surprising when I think of it. It is possible that we had higher priorities than God... lol.

It is always surprises me how people in the Southern States are so passionate about religion that makes them come out in the streets and why they cannot think of higher priorities in life that seem so neglected (like living on food stamps).

I was raised in a secular household but a religious community. I turned out to be an atheist. If I was raised in a religious household, I don't believe that I would have turned out to be religious. I would remain an atheist with the added stress of maintaining pleasantries with family that believe something different.

charismatic pentecostals ... thats a tough one. my ex's grandma useta sit at home practicing speaking in tongues so she could impress the congregation on sundays that she had the holy spirit. my family was all southern baptist which is more like the Jews of christianity in that they try to instill guilt as motivation. but unlike those Jews they also had hell and fear to drive it home. all it did was drive me away.

Wow, you've been exposed to all sorts of beliefs! Pentacostal churches are certainly entertaining--people all over the floor, mumbling and crying! Gets a bit awkwardn when you feel like the only one still in their seat though I suppose. Luckily when you're an adult, you can make your own choices but unfortunately, family members don't always respect that. My parents were whatever protestant church had the nicest building but they made me go to catholic high school. I didn't have any problem with conflict between the 2, but more with religion vs. atheism.

Not drastically. My moms family was fired up Pentecostal, my dads family a very buttoned up united Methodist. Without going Lutheran, catholic, or seventh day Adventist I guess those are the polar opposites of the Christian spectrum, but same koolaid. Dad wasn’t often in church n never seemed very religious growing up, but he’s back on his bullshit in old age.

I didn't try to change my beliefs until I reached adulthood. I was raised baptist and was unhappy with it. I tried mormon and catholic. Which was a waste of time and now I'm happier as an Atheist.

I am proposing to be radicalized, fundamentalist, born again atheist. I nail crosses on front and back door, hang rosaries on rear view mirror of cars and have a huge cross I bought for a dollar in Columbia in front of a cathedral selling pieces of god. I do it all because it pisses of muslims. Muslims piss me of because they walk under the black bed sheets with the towel on the head. I find it amusing, in middle east. Here it has only one reason, to scare us. And when we look how much our government is scared of them and importing more of them, we should be scared.

Both of my parents are religious. Dad uses it as a moral structure, and mom is a religious wacko. I was in the church 3-4 times a week (and thought that it was normal).

I have similar issues with my parents. My grandma constantly tries to get me to go to church, I understand why they do that, they just want me to be good and that's the only way they know how to. I feel sorry that they aren't able to open their minds