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How to honor loved ones while staying true to yourself

I pretend to pray with my elderly grandmother but I stopped believing years ago and feel terrible about lying.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Compassion and authenticity pull in opposite directions when truth would cause unnecessary pain.

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“Where Are You with Religious identity — believer doubter leaver?”

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