New user here :)

[katinator44]

You are not alone, dear, but until you find some live people to talk to feel free to settle in here.

Watch where you step. They let the jesus freaks spread their bullshit around.

It truly is nice to know nobody I know feels the way I do...though my closest friends are Agnostic but they still have vastly different views than I do :-S but they are way more tolerant and I like being around them more (though they're all online too )

Oh trust me I know :-P

I'm in a similar situation myself. However, I'm still in high school. I've been called out, and I won my debates. I'm regarded as "so smart" so I suppose that's why a lot of the bigoted christians decide to keep their mouth shut. I even destroyed a guy in class, and yes he asked for it (I never have to :/ ). Sometimes you have to stand up for reason and science. They deserve it after all.

Anyhow, I'm glad you joined.

EDIT: Ah, "self portrait manipulation photography" | Funnily enough I have been pondering on what my first work should be. I've been using GIMP a while for some web designing and fun (I can't paint or draw :/ ), yet I've never actually followed through with self portrait manipulation. When I get enough free time I'll make a couple honest attempts.

High school was the worst...my high school only has 400 students total at MOST...religious law was broken many a times. Prayer was almost a given at any sporting event...and god was mentioned and glorified in graduation speeches every year. It sucks...but I'm the opposite of you. I'm scared to say what I believe...it took me several years before I could even say it out loud. It's hard for me to do it but I'm working to get there...I know I need to be unashamed of what I believe and know I have a valid argument behind my beliefs. I admire you for being able to do that

You should give it a try it takes a lot of time and practice though...been working on photography for about a year and a half now. I'm doing alright lol but I'm here if you want any pointers or tips

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Welcome!

I know a bit of how you feel - I maintain very long running friendships as a rule, and some of those friendships were made at the synagogue I grew up in. When I moved down here to Charlotte, knowing no one except for my then-boyfriend and desperate for friends and social base (and a breather from said boyfriend's Baptist family), I sought out the temples to get back some of the physically-there network I missed. Even when you belong to those groups it can be lonely if you don't give a crap about the supernatural aspect.

Feel free to message if you get lonely - I love learning about religion and mythology as well, and living here in the Bible Belt I get nothing but barraged with overly enthusiastic "truth-spreaders". Don't get discouraged - we heathens seem few and far between but we're definitely here....I had to start e-mailing someone from Texas to find out I wasn't THAT strange.

What are you majoring in at school? I saw from your bio that you're into photography - are you thinking of going into that?

Yeah...I know I could easily join their Intervarsity group here on campus (which is where nearly all my friends on campus go) to feel like I "belong" but I refuse to pretend I believe something I don't just to fit in. Besides, being full of resentment probably won't work in a Christan group lol

I appreciate it the same goes with you too! If you need someone to talk to, I'm here to listen it's nice to know I'm not alone...really is. I mean i've always known...but until now it was just some big fantasy in my head lol

I don't have a major right now...I really don't know what I want to major in. I really want to be a stay at home mom right now but....that won't happen due to the economic situation in the United States...so I struggle to figure out what I want to do. Maybe one day down the road I will open my own photography business...that'd be fun but I don't want to put my entire career at risk by majoring in something so unstable :-S so I dunno yet...but I have thought about it