[backpocket]

I try to be as honest as possible, because it's easier that way, unless it's something which I know would get me in a big trouble.

My case for example, my parents are Muslims and I was born and raised one. I stopped believing in religion but I still believe in god, yet I can't tell my parents that, because my mum will go psycho. She's a devout Muslim, and sometimes bordering on being a fundamentalist. I sometimes argue with her about fundamentalism, and she just goes crazy and starts to scream at me, telling me I'm a useless Muslim, aren't I afraid of burning in hell, then cries, then tells me aren't I afraid of god, I should be ashamed of myself.

Whenever I go back, I have to pretend that I pray, and put up a front that I'm a Muslim, just so she doesn't freak out. If I don't, she'll threaten that she'll beat me because supposedly read somewhere in Islam that parents are allowed to beat their children if they don't pray (go figure). I'm still a teenager and I have to live with them, and I know that telling the truth will automatically sever our relationship.

Now tell me the truth, if you were in this situation, would you tell the truth?