Tanya, it is disrespectful for anyone, difficult child included, to berate your precious faith. But isn't that what they do about anything we love? Including them?
"Less is more."
Anytime he talks about that, you have to get off the phone. Somebody's at the door. Or just tell him that discussion is not on the table and you will gently hang up on him if he starts it. And how awful it would been for him to be at your Christmas, which is so holy to you, and ruin it for you and maybe the rest of your guests too with his talk.
A curious, but not surprising bond with difficult children seems to be that none of them believe in any sort of Higher Power. Since I am so sure there is one, and it is so important in my life, that makes me think that is part of their problem...they have no spirituality of any sort.
They do suddenly sometimes get religion once they are in jail and want to impress the judges or us so that we think they changed and will maybe bail them out.
I have nothing against atheists AT ALL. But our difficult children seem to ALL be atheists. That is something I have pondered before. The why of it. Oh, well. I'm sorry your son tries to cause you pain about something so important to you.
difficult children are heartbreakers.
