Spot on . Classic golden child , scapegoat child scenario with the mother here . She can ' t handle that her scapegoat child has made a success of himself and she can ' t pass him off as the loser child anymore , and her golden child now seems to be the one who is the real failure . OP , feel proud of yourself for accomplishing so much and continue to work on yourself and grow ! You are the true winner in this situation ! <| sep |> Yeah I didn ' t mean too imply you ' re ignorant , it is just a common mistake that annoys me . I guess I did sound like a jerk tho , sorry . But by starting with shouting fallacy and assuming the question was asked to bash Christianity , you ' re doing yourself a disservice . That way you miss the chance to say that the anti science reputation is due to a small fraction of the religion , and not at all inherent in Christianity .