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[quote=Anonymous]I understand you are upset, PP, but perhaps they are simply not as religious. They will be okay so long as they know you still love them. I grew up in a very religious family and community, religious schools, church two times a week, but I started to disbelieve in God in second or third grade. I didn't even know there was such a term as atheism until years later. It was a huge relief when, as an adult, I could finally stop pretending.

I know my mom still prays for me. I think it's sweet. It will not work as far as bringing me back to religion, but I appreciate the love behind it. She doesn't attempt to convert my kids, but I let her have a friend baptize them as babies because it was important to her and I didn't have to promise anything. At a deep level her religious belief makes no sense to me, even with years of being totally surrounded by it, and I think she doesn't understand my lack of belief at all. But we hold those options to ourselves and get along.

I do wish I had understood there was such a thing as atheism from my parents, rather than figuring it out on my own. I spent years trying to force myself to believe, and felt really guilty about how I couldn't do it.[/quote]

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