[Potironette]

My mother is a fervent Buddhist. I'm not.

Today she told me that going away to Canada (after I said I wanted to go to Canada weeks ago) means I'll lose the protection of "Nam Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo" because it's protecting me in order to protect her.

After I essentially got ticked off and passive-aggressively said that I was strong enough not to need to be protected by religion, she gave me a "We'll See."

...And now she's telling me to never say anything bad about her religion because I'll "suffer" and come "crying back to Nam Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo."

...And I can't keep my mouth shut because I feel like keeping mum is going to make my social insecurity habits worse.

So, what's a good philosophy in favor of keeping quiet?