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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a "natural consequences" kind of person. The natural consequences of this attempt to convert your child behind your back is that your child is going to think Grandma is really not fun to be around.

My MIL tries to get my 5th and 7th graders to be evangelical Christians like her, instead of the liberal mainline Protestants we are. The 7th grader is completely over it. The 5th grader is freaked out by MIL's stories of the Devil and the Angel of Death visiting MIL in her bedroom at night (MIL has a weird fixation with these supposed visitations). Neither of them has been converted; they've just asked not to have to see Grandma every week. When necessary, I say things like, "Well you know MIL believes those things very literally. She thinks the Bible is 100% true and that God talks directly to her. Some people believe their religion is the only true one; they're called fundamentalists. Why don't you ask her to bake some brownies if you don't want to keep talking about it."

She's not my mother and it's not a battle I want to fight. I'd rather just hope she doesn't notice that we're basically secular humanists who attend church. She's lucky I take the kids to any kind of church! If it were up to her son we'd never go. [/quote]

I just LOLed at the Devil and Angel of Death thing. But yes, grandma probably realizes you're secular humanists. But it sounds like you're trying to trick her into thinking you're more religious than you are. Just be straightforward. [/quote]

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