Sadly, this happens a lot. It happened to my mother, although too slowly for me to notice, at the time.
It's actually a good thing that this is happening at an older age, rather than younger, because it enables you to witness some of the harm caused by religion.
Think of it as a rare opportunity to learn just how silly it is. Challenge everything she says. Ask why? Ask how? Why should anything in the Bible be accepted as true? Why should anybody believe in the existence of god? Where is the evidence? Why should faith even be tolerated? She'll have trouble answering these questions, and undoubtedly have to resort to stock answers from her new "friends."
You're probably intelligent enough to find the flaws in all of this, but if you get stuck, here are some suggested books: "Atheism: The Case Against God," by George Smith. "The God Delusion," by Richard Dawkins.
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Sadly, this happens a lot. It happened to my mother, although too slowly for me to notice, at the time.
It's actually a good thing that this is happening at an older age, rather than younger, because it enables you to witness some of the harm caused by religion.
Think of it as a rare opportunity to learn just how silly it is. Challenge everything she says. Ask why? Ask how? Why should anything in the Bible be accepted as true? Why should anybody believe in the existence of god? Where is the evidence? Why should faith even be tolerated? She'll have trouble answering these questions, and undoubtedly have to resort to stock answers from her new "friends."
You're probably intelligent enough to find the flaws in all of this, but if you get stuck, here are some suggested books: "Atheism: The Case Against God," by George Smith. "The God Delusion," by Richard Dawkins.