I tried putting in the ID, but I kept getting random vidoes of teenage skanks stripping.  Fortunately it was the second on the list of top 100 videos.

Man, that scared me.  I literally have adrenolene flowing through my whole body after watching that.  The woman's rage seemed so genuine, I don't think it could be fake 

Disturbing.

 But.. just to be a bit balanced.. it is a mother and a son-- and if a mother truly believed her son to be on his path towards hellfire (catholic theology I believe).. I'd imagine she'd be sort of freaked out and willing to do anything to stop it.

Fear is a powerful motivator.  

I told my parents that I became an atheist when they found a Bible I ripped to pieces.

They didn't say anything. 

Shit...

(Gizmo, we know this. It is all the more reason to hate certain Christian doctrines for fucking the morals up of otherwise good people.)

This is a rather common occurance too. If only more of them could be caught on tape like this.

That's about what happened to me and I was in my fucking thirties.  My mother went apeshit on me.  She's done it a few times since.

Revolting...stomach turning...When that bitch of a mother walked to her son, I thought she was going to slap him or something.

As someone who grew up in an environment similar to this by the way she grabbed him and screamed in his face I got the impression that she probably has slapped him a time or two. I'd like to find out who the kid is.  

Ask the person who uploaded it?

I almost posted this on GodTube, but they'd ban me for that "christian" language, and that wouldn't be good. 

Although the situation is probably not too far from reality, the video reads as bogus as anything I've seen. 

I'm lucky to have very calm, laid back parents.

In fact, most of my 'rational thinking' comes from my father, and I can clearly remember him telling me in my teens, "Jesus was just a guy, don't get all bent out of shape over religion."

He's not an atheist per se, just not that into religion.

 I love how christians spout off shit about being repressed and claim that we atheists suffer no 'societal' consequences, I mean hell, after that kid got beat up at Ryerson for putting up posters, I've been kind of afraid to read anything 'controversal' in public.

Heartbreaking. Like the kid can just, *poof*, believe in gawd?

Especially awesome is the mom's brilliant "present tactic."

She was all, "Muahahah, this is his undoing! I'll get this wayward child under control with some bribery!" 

Kid: "FINE!!!"

 Mom: "Shit, uh, that was my plan. That's all I've got. Oh crap, what do I say now."

In her eyes, he *poof* didn't believe in gawd. Not exactly a very intelligent view, but it's common. 

It's in my nature to question everything, probably because I got taken on quite a ride when it came to that whole Jesus-is-God's-Son-and-he-died-for-your-sins-and-was-raised- from-the-grave thing.  I only question the authenticity because I'd like to know the story.

I've had very similar experiences with my own family, so I know things like this happen.  It's just odd for it to be caught on film.  I would have liked to have caught some of my mother's tirades on film.  It would have been interesting.  Maybe a good B-grade horror movie.

When I read the title I thought of this:

(found using the term "crazy christian lady&quot

I found it funny that the mom's reaction was to take away christmas toys. Now it is an odd thing to do, but I think it has more to do with the mom realizing she doesn't have control over her son then him telling her he is atheist. I mean come on, "NO MORE TOYS"?

But.. just to be a bit balanced.. it is a mother and a son-- and if a mother truly believed her son to be on his path towards hellfire (catholic theology I believe).. I'd imagine she'd be sort of freaked out and willing to do anything to stop it.

An unjustified decision based on faulty intel. See Muslim suicide bombers, L. Ron Hubbard baby formula, and Christian Science for more like it.

It's already got close to 80,000 views. Must have been featured somewhere. Anyway, someone should replicate this to their YT channel so if it gets taken down we can still use it. It's good anti-propaganda. Very good.

Me three. 

Well, this kid has exposed his situation to almost 80,000 people so far. Mom freaking out seen by a stadium full of people. I wonder how long that vid will be up before mom finds out and demands it is taken down. Someone replicate it! This is a good meme to support.

She needs an exorcism.

Hahahahahahaha

What did she expect him to say? "NOTHING FOR CHRISTMAS?! WHAT?! OK, FINE I BELIEVE IN GOD, WHAT EVER! JUST DONT TAKE AWAY CHRISTMAS!!"

That kid is definately brave. I haven't been able to come out and tell my parents. I'm sure they've figured it out by now but I haven't admitted anything. I would have liked to have seen the rest of the conversation play out though. 

"How about a Lobotomy?"

Isn't that what Christianity is? 

Lots of folks (not just here but on other sites the clip is posted) are claiming this 1 is staged. That doesn't add up. If it was a skit they would've finished the monologue. Don't you think? Seems like a huge set up for a few seconds of nothing. Yeah, nothing. This crap happens everyday all over the world.

Not me. I commented to the guy...maybe I'll get a reply? 

Great idea, sending it to Snopes! I don't have a vested interest in its authenticity because those of us who have gone through the experience of telling family members we're atheists can attest to the...interesting responses. Still, it would be nice to have some concrete evidence. Even so, I've found some people that actually stick up for the mother! I guess it was mean of her son to spring it on her like that. Whatever. She's supposed to be the adult.

I kept my atheism a secret for a very long time, but when I did come out, there was hell to pay. When I was functionally blind from eye surgery complications and afraid of losing my sight, my mother and I had a major confrontation. All I could do was listen to music. During that time I found Dan Barker's music very comforting. My mother doesn't respect boundaries. To this day--even now that I have my own place--she just walks right in. (I had to make her give up her key to my apartment so I can lock the door for privacy.) The short of the story is this: It wasn't MY fault she barged right in and heard Dan Barker's lyrics.

She yelled and screamed. She berated and hollered. She accused me of shoving atheism down her throat. Yes. How dare I listen to my own music on my own stereo system in my own room? I mean I should have respected her delusions a bit more and made sure she didn't just barge right in (even though I'd asked her not to a Brazilian™ times) and hear something that might challenge her to actually think.

Christians.

Can't live with 'em; can't rebuild the Colosseum and toss 'em to the lions.

Nickasummers from atheistforums.com had this to say about the video, and it was funny.

LMAO!