re: Would you refuse to speak to your adult kids if they changed their religious beliefs?

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If my parents were religious and I decided not to be, I wouldn't "proudly" become an atheist and let everyone know about it.

That's disrespectful to your parents. Just drift away from the church and become a non-practicing Christian, in your parents eyes at least.

Telling your religious parents that you are an atheist reveals that there are likely other problems at play.

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Atheists, agnostics and believers of all stripes are similar in that MANY of them think anyone else gives a damn what their world view is. They will tell anyone who will listen. They often do so when they want to shove their world view in the face of someone. Believers will claim they are required to do this and their teachings do just that...but their teachings also tell them to do all manner of heinous shite they can't bring themselves to do so one has to ask, why the one about shoving your world view down the throats of others??? There is an answer...it is to make the shover feel good about themselves with no regard as to the impact their shoving may have on another person. Feeling good about yourself at the expense of another is not ethical or moral...but most folks do it on a regular basis.