deconversion

Last night, while talking to my little brother, that my mother and sister have been talking about how "stupid" my arguments are when I defend my position. This doesn't really bother me, I've long since stopped caring what my family thinks of my atheism. If anything I'm amused by the accusation of stupid arguments coming from a couple of college dropouts who don't know the first thing about logic. My brother, on the other hand, doesn't seem content to leave well enough alone, and decided to stand up for me since I wasn't around to do it myself.

I'm a little torn about this turn of events. It means a lot that he's willing to defend me, even if he doesn't necessarilly agree with me (at least not yet). On the other hand, he's already in enough trouble with my mother for asking some hard questions about Christianity. Standing up for his atheist brother is not going to make things easier for him.

I think I need to talk to him about letting things like this slide for the time being, at least until he finishes high school this spring and can move out. I appreciate it, but I don't really need to be defended, especially if it's just going to end up getting him burned (it's certainly not going to change my mom's opinion). Choose your battles, and all that.