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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What are your beliefs? You make it sound like ILs are one religion and you're another. I always find these types of posts somewhat suspect, a troll starting a topic out of boredom due to the scarcity of details. Is your hypothetical DH really going to completely cut off his parents for proselytizing? This is pretty extreme and not to mention childish and selfish.

I would tell your hypothetical DH to suck it up, smile politely, and just change the topic. [/quote]  I thought OP made it pretty clear.  [i]ILs pushing [b]their[/b] religion on our family[/i]  [i]DH and I have always been respectful although [b]we don't share the same beliefs.[/b] [/i]

OP I think your dh should be upfront.  Tell them he is on the verge of cutting them off if they do not stop.  After that follow his lead. [/quote]

No, it's not clear. "Their religion" = what does that mean? Are they Southern Baptist and their son married a Jewish woman and is raising the kids Jewish? Or is it the ILs are devoutly Christian and the son and DIL are culturally Christian meaning they celebrate Christmas but otherwise don't go to church, meaning they have no real belief.

Why would you cut off your parents because they are religious and want to share their faith? Cutting off is pretty serious. What does it even mean? We are no longer talking? That's pretty drastic. I have different political views from my parents but I don't "cut" them off for it.

I find it fascinating that for some people on here the default response is to cut off family members even just for differing opinions. People who say that always strike me as the ones with the real problems, not the family members they're cutting off.[/quote]
It doesnt matter what religion (or lack) OP is. The ILs religion is not welcome. If they can't find a single other topic of conversation to discuss during visits, they don't need to visit. There are millions of other subjects, if they really can't find a single other one they can stay home or go to their church and discuss their religion. [/quote]

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