IronySandwich
Trollzors Vader
Oh for ******** sake. All this bad advice to not say something.
Just do it. Like ripping off a band aid. Don't hold back, don't back down. Just outright come out and say it. It will save you a lot more trouble to just be honest, and it may save you more brainwashing at the hands of the church.
So says someone who has obviously not dealt with the realistic probability of being made homeless for the crime of being honest.
To put it bluntly, by the standard that a parent who "really loves" their kids would accept them for who they are, many religious parents don't really love their kids. That his father is a pastor does not bode well for him being the sort that does. Honesty is a good policy when you can deal with the flak (in this case, when you are financially independant), not before.
Actually you have me completely wrong. I went through that, as my parents were a Mormon, and a bible banging nut job of a mother. All of my extended family was extremely religious as well.
I chose freedom over an easy life, and was willing to deal with the consequences. I'd rather live on the street than waste my life in a church. I was perfectly fine.
I learned how to work for everything I want, and hold a full time job at night while finishing high school, and proceeding to do the same in college, a college education I paid for myself between scholarships, and my own money. I came back to tell y family that I didn't need their help in the first place, and remove them from my life insurance benefits.
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