Hi,
I'd like to start off by saying that I don't believe. I feel to do otherwise would be disingenuous, but I'm trying to get the Christian perspective on an issue, so I don't screw it up.
My great grandmother is very old. She has a decade left at most, and I talk to her every week. I'm the only family that she has left, because her granddaughter killed the rest of them, and a decade or so later, herself.
So I have two questions.
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Why would she believe her granddaughter was innocent, when there's so much evidence to the contrary? It's not because she thinks her granddaughter was a good Christian, and I can attest that she wasn't a very good mother. I'm at a loss to understand it, because I don't feel the same sort of love that she does*, and I find it difficult to believe these sorts of things without evidence.
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Should I tell her that I don't believe? I feel like I'm constantly lying to her, as she tells me to say my prayers each week, and I always say I will. I'm worried that she would be distressed by this, though, and I don't want to take away what little happiness she has left.
I'm sorry if this isn't quite the purview of this sub, but I need advice on how she might think of these things, and her mindset is much different than mine. Also my apologies if I've offended anyone in this regard.
*Rather difficult to feel the unconditional love one normally attests to a mother, if you know your mother is a murder
Submitted January 11, 2016 at 03:17AM by Unknown
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