So lately I’ve been seeing my mom on weekends, as she often seeks for help with her Macbook, which contains a lot of information and basically is her workspace in a machine. Since she seemed lonely because of her long days at home without anybody, I regularly come to check if everything’s alright.

2 years ago I confessed to my parents about my atheism, how I didn’t believe in any god. I made this declaration at dinner time, I even stood up so that they’d clearly understand that it was important for me. And at the time, they seemed completely okay with it, I want to thank reddit again for their philosophical points of view about theology, without you I couldn’t be so enlightened right now.

So, this Sunday, my mom called me early in the morning, and basically told me that a very dangerous virus had corrupted her laptop. I always told her that having an Apple product would cause her such problems, I even told her that very clearly a few years ago on New Year’s Eve.

When I arrived, she had tears on her cheeks, which had led me to believe that her allergies came back for the season. She explained to me what had happened to her laptop, in a somewhat very loud voice, and asked me to fix it for her. Thanks to my knowledge, her Macbook saw itself with no viruses half a hour later.

However, when my mother noticed that the problem was gone, she happily said “Thank God” at my face, which seriously irritated me. How could she have forgotten that I was an atheist? Boomers, and older generations in general, just cannot accept my differences. I’m proud to be an atheist and would defend my values at any time, so I punched her laptop right in the middle of the screen, told my mother to go fuck herself and left. Was this the right thing, r/atheism ?

Edit: Woah, thanks for the upvotes, guys! Didn’t except so many reactions. Not only did I tear her laptop in half, I also flipped the crucifix on the toilet’s door at her house before leaving. She’ll learn that atheism makes more sense I guess 😁