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Or they just talked it over calmy and respectfully and she didn't break down crying until well after he left and the reality of all of the time she wasted not being herself because of being told her natural attraction to women was a sin hit home. The son is happy when telling his friends because his mom can be herself!
Or he could be an evil, heartless athiest like you apparently want him to be.
I mean, I guess that's one interpretation. If you go with those assumptions, the takeaway is that, what, changing changing your views can be devastating? Where's the value in that? 'Big worldview changes can be stressful' is not at all a valuable takeaway from this.
My point really has nothing to do with his atheism. Obviously he cares too; he wouldn't bother talking with her if he didn't care. My point is that there are better ways to care, and it's worth keeping them in mind whenever this sort of situation comes up.
In my example the mother can be herself if she lets go of the chains of religion. That seems like a solid value to me.
You seem to be saying changing worldviews is a negative thing, even when the example is positive.
She's crying because she's now free of religion and is able to go off and be herself, while also being sad about all the missed chances she lost when she was religious.
Just to be clear, this is the takeaway you got from this comic? It's absolutely not the one I got from reading it.
No, just very stressful. Growing as a person is a good thing.
I assume the author meant atheists sre jerks for ruining someone's belief in god because of the whole neckbeard theme.
But I do know someone who fits my reading, and it was because they were gay and in the closet and they lost faith for a few years. It was both soul crushing and a relief for them, and they kept their composure when talking about their faith, but did end up crying a lot while they worked it out. They ended up going to a Unitarian church to get the sense of community
But my overall point is that assuming the athiest is a shitty, uncaring person is a crappy stereotype that leads to a lot of assumptions.