Do you mostly hold the same religious beliefs as your parents?

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My father does his best to interject all communication with some kind of reference to his faith at some point, as does his wife (my step-mother). "These buffalo wings provided by the LORD are delicious, praise GOD." It's kind of pathetic. Although you can feel the sincerity, its earnestness accidentally hints at how shallow it all must be most of the time. It's overcompensating. Sneezing Jesus onto everything doesn't mean your immune system is working REALLY well against the world's germs. It likely means you need some kind of secular allergy medication. Or, to really make this metaphor stretch, your Jesus sneezing isn't an indication of a bad case of the Christianity flu that will spread through the air infecting others. It's just gross.

Sorry about that. My mother, on the other hand, does not mention her religiosity at all. I kind of assume she has none but won't say anything because that would be most impolite. Being raised by Southerners, that could be the case. Admitting she doesn't really believe in public might be damaging to her social status amongst coworkers or friends, so instead she just never talks about it and goes along with whatever seems to be happening. Thinking back, church for her was just an opportunity for her to have a good chat instead of being stuck with us brats for once.

I suppose in that way I may be closer to my mother, assuming she is a non-believer at heart. It would be difficult for me to be any further from my father in this area. But, like my mother, I just don't talk about my disbelief. What good could that possibly do?