I feel terrible for making my relative cry for questioning her beliefs I recently had a conversation with a super close relative. She has always known that I am closeted atheist, but she continues to go along with the same motto my parents use: " Oh it's just a phase. He'll come back to God. " I haven't came out and said it directly for fear of retaliation, but I always imply it. My relative was talking about religion to me, so I decided to question her beliefs and started asking her questions.

Long story short, I basically used street epistemology and got her stuck in her own words. I don't want to say exactly what I said, but the Bible and logic came up. After I was done, I noticed her crying. I immediately felt terrible. I should probably stop questioning my family so much and let them do their own thing. I feel bad.