I'm a former Christian who is now Muslim, how should I tell my parents?

[crossnote]

I'm asking on this forum because this is a Christian forum, and my parents are Christian so maybe you'll be able to give better insight into how I should best tell them.


I officially reverted to Islam 6 months ago after about a year of study. I'm a college student and became involved with a circle of other Muslim students who profoundly inspired my interest in Islam which led me to convert after I figured out that it was the religion I believed in (I can explain that if you'd like but I don't know if it's relevant).


I don't like to use the term moderate, because that implies that the people who moderate Muslims are being compared too are properly Muslim but the mosque I go to is definitely not an extremist place and we believe in love and respect for all humanity and especially for Christians and Jews who follow the same God we do, the God of Abraham.


My parents are Roman Catholics and quite religious, and I was raised in a strongly Catholic environment. My dad always posts anti-Islam stuff on Facebook and I'm very afraid to tell them, but I can't live a lie. I'm going home for the holiday weekend, and I need to tell them before Easter Sunday mass because (for obvious reasons) I cannot attend with them.


Christian parents, give me advice on how to break the news and may God bless you!

Just tell them, "Hi, I'm sorry, I was never born again and it is probably why I am choosing a prophet who still lies in the grave over the Son of God who died for my sins and rose from the dead on the third day."

 

[Cearbhall]

Young man, go back to your parents and trust that what they have taught you

Would you say this to a Christian convert who has Muslim parents? If not, it's pretty flimsy logic.

And if you can't listen and still think you should tell your parents Do not pick EASTER as the day to tell them

Wow, something we can agree on.

 

[-Luca]

Would you say this to a Christian convert who has Muslim parents? If not, it's pretty flimsy logic.

Wow, something we can agree on.

It is not flimsy logic if your soul is on the line by forsaking Christ and following some lost religion which promotes war.

 

[Solomons Porch]

JimmyJimmy posted this on another thread, thought of u while watching it. I pray for a change of heart, if u were my son, I would hope someone would intervene. God bless you.

 

[Cearbhall]

It is not flimsy logic if your soul is on the line by forsaking Christ and following some lost religion which promotes war.

No, it's still terrible logic. You can't claim to be arguing from a standpoint of filial piety if you only support it when the parents in question agree with you.

if u were my son, I would hope someone would intervene.

Intervene how?

 

[Solomons Porch]

No, it's still terrible logic. You can't claim to be arguing from a standpoint of filial piety if you only support it when the parents in question agree with you.

Intervene how?

Hi I am not sure of the rules here, but I do not want to break them. I believe others may understand what I mean by intervene. Just saying if my son was thinking of converting to Muslim, I would hope and pray that God would put someone in his path to change his heart and cause him to see things clearly. As a parent myself, I cringe at even the thought of my son or daughter being in this situation. And if I keep my children covered in prayer, hopefully that would never happen.

 

[miknik5]

Would you say this to a Christian convert who has Muslim parents? If not, it's pretty flimsy logic.

You seem to be working through your own issues, and you're projecting that on to me. Stop acting like a passive aggressive little girl my friend. If you have nothing of substance to add, why did you reply?

@Cearbhall,

Since you felt this poster's response was a "winner", why not offer your winning advice on what he should do

 

[Cearbhall]

@Cearbhall,

Since you felt this poster's response was a "winner", why not offer your winning advice on what he should do

I don't see the connection between those two things.

But, if you insist, my advice is in post #60. He shouldn't tell them, in my opinion. The potential cost outweighs the potential benefit.

 

[miknik5]

I don't see the connection between those two things.

But, if you insist, my advice is in post #60. He shouldn't tell them, in my opinion. The potential cost outweighs the potential benefit.

What do you mean you don't see the connection?

You apparently found the advice given to this young man to be flimsy advice. And you apparently agreed with this young man's statement that another poster was not up to par in his "little girl" advice

Isn't that why you agreed with his post by rating it a "winner"?

 

[miknik5]

this young man asked for a Christian's advice

 

[Saint Nod]

I'm asking on this forum because this is a Christian forum, and my parents are Christian so maybe you'll be able to give better insight into how I should best tell them.
Hey there's,
Listen, just because you were raised in a strictly Catholic upbringing doesn't mean you are a Christian.
In The book of Romans it says, "f you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved."
Have you ever done that? Have you ever been convicted in your heart of hearts to invite Jesus into your heart and confess to others that you have been saved?

I went to a Catholic high school for 5 years but I wasn't a Christian.
I did in my early 20's finally ask Jesus to be my Lord and Savior.
By the way, do you realise that there is NO ASSURANCE OF SALVATION if you are a follower of Mohammed?
And the end they believe that your sins are weighed on the scales to see if your good deeds outweigh your bad ones.
Christianity is more exclusive, Jesus said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (John 14:6).
Please reconsider!


I officially reverted to Islam 6 months ago after about a year of study. I'm a college student and became involved with a circle of other Muslim students who profoundly inspired my interest in Islam which led me to convert after I figured out that it was the religion I believed in (I can explain that if you'd like but I don't know if it's relevant).


I don't like to use the term moderate, because that implies that the people who moderate Muslims are being compared too are properly Muslim but the mosque I go to is definitely not an extremist place and we believe in love and respect for all humanity and especially for Christians and Jews who follow the same God we do, the God of Abraham.


My parents are Roman Catholics and quite religious, and I was raised in a strongly Catholic environment. My dad always posts anti-Islam stuff on Facebook and I'm very afraid to tell them, but I can't live a lie. I'm going home for the holiday weekend, and I need to tell them before Easter Sunday mass because (for obvious reasons) I cannot attend with them.


Christian parents, give me advice on how to break the news and may God bless you!

 

[Cearbhall]

What do you mean you don't see the connection?

I agreed with something that OP said, so I have to offer him a second piece of advice...?

You apparently found the advice given to this young man to be flimsy advice.

Yes, I found the attitude of the other poster to be appalling, and I agreed with OP's response to it.

And you apparently agreed with this young man's statement that another poster was not up to par in his "little girl" advice

Isn't that why you agreed with his post by rating it a "winner"?

Yes. I have no idea why you're taking it upon yourself to provide commentary on post ratings.

this young man asked for a Christian's advice

And he posted in a board where anyone can respond. He can see in my profile bar that I am not a Christian. I am not misrepresenting myself. He can choose to ignore my advice if he wants.

 

[musicalpilgrim]

I'm asking on this forum because this is a Christian forum, and my parents are Christian so maybe you'll be able to give better insight into how I should best tell them.

There is a book called 'Seeking Allah finding Jesus' from Amazon, by Nabeel Qureshi from amazon and you need to read it. You may never have never encountered the risen Lord, in which case you are a seeker! This will explain everything you need to know, written by a muslim.
I pray for your journey towards the truth

 

[FoundInGrace]

I hope your parents are ok if you did tell them. I hope you are ok too if you did tell them knowing the news would be very difficult for them. I do agree that meeting Jesus for real and being born again would change everything for you in your spiritual search for Truth, for the One True God.

 

[Saint Nod]

Hi al-idrisi
I re-submitting this as it didn't appear to post very well,

You know, just because you were raised in a strictly Catholic upbringing doesn't mean you were a Christian.
In The book of Romans it says, "If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved."
Have you ever done that? Have you ever been convicted in your heart of hearts to invite Jesus into your heart and confess to others that you have been saved?

I went to a Catholic high school for 5 years but I wasn't a Christian.
I did in my early 20's finally ask Jesus to be my Lord and Savior.
By the way, do you realise that there is NO ASSURANCE OF SALVATION if you are a follower of Mohammed?
At the end they believe that your sins are weighed on the scales to see if your good deeds outweigh your bad ones.
Christianity is more exclusive, Jesus said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (John 14:6).
Please reconsider!

 

[The Times]

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[Cearbhall]

By the way, do you realise that there is NO ASSURANCE OF SALVATION if you are a follower of Mohammed?

Do you realize that this doesn't matter to a non-Christian?

When you were baptised nothing and I mean nothing can get you out of that blood contract.

Except that a non-Christian doesn't believe that this "blood contract" ever existed in the first place.

I'm not sure why so many people in this thread expect non-Christians to judge everything according to Christian beliefs. They aren't facts.

 

[James Magnifico]

I'm asking on this forum because this is a Christian forum, and my parents are Christian so maybe you'll be able to give better insight into how I should best tell them.


I officially reverted to Islam 6 months ago after about a year of study. I'm a college student and became involved with a circle of other Muslim students who profoundly inspired my interest in Islam which led me to convert after I figured out that it was the religion I believed in (I can explain that if you'd like but I don't know if it's relevant).


I don't like to use the term moderate, because that implies that the people who moderate Muslims are being compared too are properly Muslim but the mosque I go to is definitely not an extremist place and we believe in love and respect for all humanity and especially for Christians and Jews who follow the same God we do, the God of Abraham.


My parents are Roman Catholics and quite religious, and I was raised in a strongly Catholic environment. My dad always posts anti-Islam stuff on Facebook and I'm very afraid to tell them, but I can't live a lie. I'm going home for the holiday weekend, and I need to tell them before Easter Sunday mass because (for obvious reasons) I cannot attend with them.


Christian parents, give me advice on how to break the news and may God bless you!

I imagine you would have to explain how & why you converted with sincerity.

 

[Rajni]

My question was simple and polite, your reply was rude and bitter. Don't reply, bye.

And this, folks, is one of the reasons why people leave Christianity.

Congrats to those on here who drove him off with the bleeding-heart self-righteous guilt-tripping; that reverse-evangelization technique has probably inspired him to cling to Islam even more now than he might otherwise have done.

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[Cearbhall]

My question was simple and polite, your reply was rude and bitter. Don't reply, bye.

The responses that you received are even worse than I was expecting. I feel for you. I recommend posting in the Christianity and World Religion board if you have any more questions or concerns. You'll get a better mix of people there, and a more sympathetic crowd that will actually be interested in helping you.