THIS IS NOT A QUESTION OF FAITH
I have considered myself asnostic for a few years now. I have faith more in the people I know and everyone, then some silly religion with it's own agenda. I also believe in a greater god, but mostly for comfort, to hate, and to thank. Anywho, this coming fall I am going to have to make a decision of getting confirmed by the Catholic Church. I am not so sure that I should do it. I know that it would make my mom happy, but I feel like I am just flat out disrespecting Catholicism to follow their ways even though I don't believe it. I don't really care if I am found out, I am not like an in-your-face religion hater, but still, it would kill my mom. So, my question is, should go through with it for my mom, or not?
THIS IS NOT A QUESTION OF FAITH, I DON'T BELIEVE IN CHRISTIANITY, PLEASE TO NOT TELL ME OF THE GLORIES OF HEAVAN, JESUS, AND WHAT NOT
I consider myself agnostic as well. My mom is a devout Episcopalian. At the age of 17, I was confirmed. Did I choose to? Yes. Why? To make my mom happy. Basically, I saw it as a short, painless ceremony that meant nothing to me, and everything to her. I was not lying to myself or her.
At my house, I was more or less forced to go to church every Sunday until I turned 18. At that point, it was my decision. I stopped going. When my sister turned 18, she stopped too (and now considers herself a complete atheist. Forcing religion sure backfires, don't it?).
My mom didn't need to know about my lack of faith until I stopped going to church. Yes, it seems unfair to have to "pretend" to be Christian to your mother, but do you really want to have to see the look in her eyes when you tell her otherwise? That's why I chose to wait until I turned 18, and she had little to no influence on that decision anyway. The blow was lessened considerably, and she had the whole "Well, I tried" attitude about it, and didn't worry herself.
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Thanks, your advice really does help. To tell the truth, I was going to do that, but I really just wanted someone to understand where I am coming from and make it less of a big deal to me. Thanks a lot.
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