The thing is just going to it makes me feel like I'm lying. I don't have interest in their or any religion and I can tell they're very... strong believers in their faith. I have nothing against them and I don't mind talking to them at all but I know what happens in relationships where the religious beliefs of both parties are two completely different worlds and I'd rather not waste my time.
understandable reason, but didn't you allready tell the mother that you don't believe like her? Shouldn't need to feel like your lying.
Essentially when people invite me, or usually anyone, to something like this, especially in Iowa, it is assumed that means you are showing interest in their religion.
I have no interest, at all. I've gone to sermons before, around the time I started to question my ability to accept a faith. The second any of them catch a wiff of the fact that I don't believe or question anything they do it begins to turn into a lot of questioning and argument over why I don't and why I should.
I'm not saying all faiths or congregations act like this, but when the overwhelming majority do it I find it hard to convince myself it is worth my time to waste their time. I don't want to question my own faith at this time, I have done so before and I decided quite sternly I don't believe and that perhaps later in my life I will question it again, when I have become more stable and I find it a more pressing concern.