Good for both you. You started her on the path of enlightenment. Hopefully one day she will choose to be an non believer and be happier person for it. I know I'm an happier person since I decided to be an atheist.

I wonder what is causing her to change. Has her doubt always been there? I hope this leads to more meaningful communications between you.

Good for You!!

That's terrific. It's great that she sees that you are intelligent and respects you. Good for you.

I often take for granted my more tolerant upbringing. I'm glad you are able to have this opportunity. Congratulations.

Really happy for you both. Nicely handled

I once had a boss I could converse with easily. He was a Roman Catholic. He said he went to mass regularly "because of his mother." I had to tell him that he was really a humanist!!

How wonderful is that!!

That’s awesome!! The door is open for further conversations!

That's fantastic!!

What an awesome day for your relationship with your mother!

That is simply awesome! =]

This doesn't happen often so well done to you and your mom!

Ask her this question, "Faith is what let you believe Santa Claus was real. Should adults use the same method (faith) to believe god is real? Or anything?"

My heart aches that religion put pressure on yours and your mom's relationship. I hope everything gets better and better!

I sincerely hope this is a break through in what sounds like previously strained relationship. Congratulations to you both.

Wow. Just... wow.

My 87 year old mom lives by, and will die peacefully in her faith. Of her five children two of us are atheists. I'm disturbed that kids are indoctrinated like I was before they have a chance to decide. OTOH my brother and I did decide and are doing great in our freedom to explore, but I digress. Confronted with the reality that her beliefs taught her to believe that we were going to hell, rather than accept that horrific nonsense her beliefs have evolved in such a way that she sees the grace of God as being sufficient for all of us. Too bad more Christians aren't like our moms. Namaste!

I too have had lengthy conversations with my family members on the subject of my non-beliefs. They always end the same way. They’ll pray for my repentance or I shall burn in the lake of fire. Congratulations on the awakening of your mother. My mother who was ravaged with cancer went to her grave believing God would heal her cancer.

My Mom basically told me that she doesn’t believe it all, but if she didn’t believe some, her world would crumble. At least she admitted to not being completely brainwashed.

Wow...what a moment! Congratulations!

My family insisted that I follow Catholicism...none of them ever attended Church. My mom lit candles, prayed to the Infant of Prague, but was stalwart in her decision not to attend and often said "If I walked into a Church it would collapse..." I was never a believer in Catholicism. It was boring, scary and the nuns were mean as piss! I often wondered why my mom was such a devout believer but didn't observe her religion. It was many years later that I realized she was ashamed of her own sins. During a discussion I showed her pictures of our solar system, of galaxies and broad sweeps of Universe. She was stunned and said she thought the Sun revolved around the Earth and never dreamed that there was a Universe! Then she asked me about God's relationship to all of this. I explained to her that the Infant of Prague was her personal God. She agreed. Then I explained that there are many gods, made in Humankind's image. "Which is the real one?" She asked. "Reality is a matter of perspective..." I said. One her deathbed she told me she was no longer a believer because her life hadn't gone the way she expected it to and her "God" had broken their agreement. I reminded her of the breadth of the Universe and told her "In an Infinite Universe, all things exist. Even God. Just not in the form she expected."

Awesomnesses...

Know the TRUTH and the TRUTH shall set you free. ****

**** One thing JC was right about.
Atheism will eventually win....we have the TRUTH

Hope that it lasts. Keep us posted......no matter which way it goes..