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An agnostic still in the closet here
Well, not entirely, but for my dear mother's sake, I let her believe what she wants about my faith (or lack thereof). Namely, that I'm still her devout Catholic boy. Anytime a religious subject comes up, I try to avoid pronouncements of faith and focus on the good things about Christianity (and yes, they do exist).
During a visit once I made the mistake of bringing up Buddhism to her, and was woken up in the middle of the night by her crying over my soul. Neither of us need this.
My advice is that you do the same. In the meantime, read "The Year of Living Biblically" by A.J. Jacobs.