"God" help me...
Well, the Winter Holidays are about to commence, and in my household, that means half my extended family will be bunking at my house.
Now I'll get to the problem.
As of recently, I worked up the courage to tell my parents once and for all that I don't believe in Jesus, Mary, the little shepherds, angels, and/or demons.
They, being the gossiping Catholics they are, proceeded to tell my entire extended family of my heresy. Since then, I've received several calls from my grandparents, aunts and uncles, and my sister.
Luckily, I have managed to avoid confronting most of them, as most of them live out of state, or in different countries. The only relative outside my immediate family who I've confronted has been my aunt, who gave me a bullshit story about faith for an entire afternoon, evening and night. Her dramatics brought my mother to tears.
She left a month and a half ago, and I've managed to regain my breath. Now, starting next Wednesday, the tenth, my family will being to pour in from across the world. I can't handle being the only atheist in a crowd of Catholics.
They will all be bullshitting me, and I could barely hold my ground last time I argued with a family member. They just turn a blind eye to evidence against their case, and revel in what they consider to be proof of a God. It's not that I'm not well informed about atheism, it's just that they're so full of shit I can't offer a plausible explanation to the kind of rubbish they bring up.
Oh my God, it's like arguing with all the trolls from Totse, only they're real, and full of shit. Have any of you ever had an experience like this before? Any tips, suggestions, or arguments I could bring up would be mighty helpful. There are a few family members I know are weak Catholics, and I might be able to convince them to renounce Organized Religion at least.
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