Sound familiar??
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/advice/forums#!/topic/1361811219-286-914/
Any way this can end well? From a reader:I was raised in a very conservative Christian family. I attended religious schools all the way through college.
I was a religious person but I started slowly drawing away from it during college, and I have decided that it's simply not for me anymore and a waste of my time.
The problem is my parents. Both have been very involved with the church, teaching Bible studies and classes, and being elders. It is a very important part of their life.
I am in my late 20's, have a steady job and moved out of home several years ago, but I still live all of 10 minutes away from my parents. I have dinner with them from time to time and they expect to see me in church on Sunday mornings. I have tried just not showing and then I get a lecture. I've tried saying I'm going hiking or have other plans and get still get lectures and questions like, "How do you worship God?" I show up right as the service starts and leave immediately after. I don't tithe or participate in any classes or bible study groups.
My parents have noticed me pulling away and my father in particular has become very annoying about it.
I do love my parents and want to continue having a relationship with them, but I'm frankly sick of having to go to church and being lectured about things I couldn't care less about. I wish I could just tell them once and for all that I don't believe in religion, but I'm afraid of their reaction. How do I know they won't disown me or just stop talking to me? How do I know they won't launch a full-scale assault to convert their heathen child? 22 Hours Ago