Reply #66: The only way to beat the bible thumpers is to smack them in the head with their own book.

[JoePhilly]

The simple truth is that many of them don't really read it, and when they do, they only read the parts they like.

In dealing with my own right wing Christians relatives and friends, I've found that its not hard to beat them in a game of "dueling bible passages".

Their approach to reading the bible is generally so selective that it relies on a rather small number of passages.

I find that in most cases, you can stand toe to toe, or rather "passage to passage", and kick their butts.

The author of the OP is considering cutting these folks off ... I think the approach I'm suggesting might shift the dynamic such that it would be the aunt and her pastor trying to decide whether to cut ties with the OP author.