I agree. You should not be at church at all. I’m a lifelong atheist so I get it.
I was just thinking your parents were making you go to church anyways. My thinking is why not try to go to a much better one if that will keep them off your back (which it may not) until you are able to be on your own.
I also get they you want to help these kids accept themselves. That’s very kind of you. You might find benefit in reading this book I’m going to link to for counter arguments to what you and these kids have been taught. My advice overall is that you never know the impact your example and words might have on someone. It make take years to bear fruit so don’t get discouraged when/if it ever feels hopeless. https://www.amazon.com/God-Believes-Love-Straight-Marriage/dp/0307948099/ref=nodl_
Anyways good luck.
Thanks for sharing, your thoughts and concerns are valid and they really do help others who read them ❤️I (25f) just came out to my husband as a lesbian and everything in our 5 year relationship finally makes sense. I realized that, by not accepting that part of me, I not only hurt myself but him and both of our families (with whom we are very close) as well by our sexual frustrations. Now I am faced with the probability of divorce AND homosexuality (double whammy... especially to my very Christian family...) but I truly believe that God hates hurt more than he is concerned with legalistic devotion.
Now that I’m finally free from constantly retraining myself to enjoy physical connection with my husband, I have much more time to serve God to my greatest capacity 🥰 I still struggle with these thoughts and I am TERRIFIED to tell anyone but I know it will be better in the long run.
Here’s a book I recently started that I think will help: God Believes in Love: Straight... https://www.amazon.com/dp/0307948099?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share