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Permalink Reply by Nelson on January 5, 2010 at 7:33pm

i'm sorry to hear that Scott...

what is it that they do that makes you uncomfortable? for instance, when you attempt small talk via email, what poisons the exchange? i'm asking in order to see if there's something you might be able to talk to them about. maybe they don't realize that what they're doing upsets you. maybe just asking them to respect your beliefs would help.

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Permalink Reply by Scott A. Hunt on January 5, 2010 at 8:32pm

It's my issue really. They both found god in the last decade or so and have become more and more into it since. I struggle with talking to them knowing that there was a time they were more rational.

Neither of them send me anything religious. We had that conversation early on.

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Permalink Reply by Nelson on January 6, 2010 at 12:41am

i see. i can easily understand that. i'd have a hard time with that myself.

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Permalink Reply by Reggie on January 5, 2010 at 9:19pm

Scott, I have no relationship with my mother, either. She is a born again Christian (now a non-practicing born again Christian, if you've ever heard of such a thing!)

Sometimes you just have to let your parents grow up and deal with your atheism.

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Permalink Reply by Kristen Powell on January 5, 2010 at 11:58pm

I have met non-practicing born-again Christians. But I'm in the South...

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Permalink Reply by Reggie on January 6, 2010 at 12:02am

It's like a lazy layer of hypocrisy or something.

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Permalink Reply by Melody on January 6, 2010 at 11:54am

I know what you mean. Sense I came out and told my sister she won't talk to me or my daughter. She became a recent convert to Mormon .

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