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Originally Posted by MarchHare
A question for the atheists here: since many of us come from religious families and were raised in the faith, how did you explain your atheism to your parents?
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In my specific case, I was brought up Roman Catholic where my Mom was the churchgoer and my Dad just never went. To be honest, I have no idea which side of the fence my Dad is on regarding religion and belief because we've actually never had the discussion which leads me to believe he's an apathetic agnostic
The closest my Mom and I have ever come to a discussion about belief is when, in the course of a normal conversation, we moved to a discussion of faith and religion and the hypocrisy we see in some specific so-called Christians in our lives. She explained she'd been moving away from church-based practice of faith (a bad experience with the church regarding her divorce) to a more personal practice, while I explained that I had moved in that direction too and no longer considered myself a Christian but rather 'spiritual' if that makes sense.
Very non-dramatic but I knew it would be, my parents are very accepting of things. Now I'm curious about my Dad's beliefs but of course I'm not going to ask!