Well, more like I’m a bit disappointed that no one has spoken up who’s been through this, and said, “Yes, I’ve been there: First, don’t X your husband, then don’t Y your children, and about the job, Z worked fine for me...” or something like that. It’s not skepticism that’s the issue here—it’s how to rebuild your life afterward.
The only piece of advice I have to offer from personal experience is that your family might have already doubted more than you think—though I’m from an Orthodox Jewish family, and I don’t know if that carries over to Christianity. But I was shocked at how much my parents already knew about the archaeology that discredits Judaism—apparently without this causing them to give up their belief-in-belief. I was shocked that they’d known that much and never mentioned it to me, which I take as a kind of betrayal all things considered...
But if that carries over at all, it would be the possibility that the people around you, especially your husband who is of your own generation and neither older nor very young, has already doubted more than he’s said to you. I don’t know if it’s enough. It wasn’t enough for my parents. But it’s one little thing to keep in mind.
Well, more like I’m a bit disappointed that no one has spoken up who’s been through this, and said, “Yes, I’ve been there: First, don’t X your husband, then don’t Y your children, and about the job, Z worked fine for me...” or something like that. It’s not skepticism that’s the issue here—it’s how to rebuild your life afterward.
The only piece of advice I have to offer from personal experience is that your family might have already doubted more than you think—though I’m from an Orthodox Jewish family, and I don’t know if that carries over to Christianity. But I was shocked at how much my parents already knew about the archaeology that discredits Judaism—apparently without this causing them to give up their belief-in-belief. I was shocked that they’d known that much and never mentioned it to me, which I take as a kind of betrayal all things considered...
But if that carries over at all, it would be the possibility that the people around you, especially your husband who is of your own generation and neither older nor very young, has already doubted more than he’s said to you. I don’t know if it’s enough. It wasn’t enough for my parents. But it’s one little thing to keep in mind.