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I have a very Christian family and mom but I am an atheist. My mom forces me to go to church services and even read parts of the Bible over and over again until I can act like I’m not repulsed. I try to be as respectful to religion but the way my mom acts makes me resent it. Not only that, but religion is also so heavily linked to hatred for the queer community.

I’m trying to understand other viewpoints and not sound rude. I would like to ask a few questions.

1. Are you religious, do you believe in god(s) or some sort of higher power? - If you are an atheist, do you still have some sort of “spiritual” belief?

2. If you are religious, how do you feel about atheists, do you resent them, wish to convert them, or have no issues whatsoever?

3. If you had a child and they happened to have different opinions how would you treat them? If they showed signs of depression related to you forcing your beliefs on them would you still do so, yell at them, even?

4. (This is mildly unrelated but I’m cutie curious) I heard some people, though reading Bl and/or Gl, have issues with queer people in real life. Is this true, and if you feel that way, why?

Pardon if my grammar is bad, I am not quite good at it.