After 20 years, I'm finally awake...
January 19, 2014 at 7:57 am
(This post was last modified: January 19, 2014 at 7:58 am by Boris Karloff.)
Hello there. I don't really know where to start to be honest...
I have recently come to the conclusion that I am an atheist. I was born into a Christian home, brought to church almost every Sunday of my life until I moved out on my own two years ago at 18. All through my life I tried to force myself to believe in God, and to ignore my brain and sense of logic and common sense. I'm going to skip the details of my life story, because I don't want to bore you all, and that's not necessarily the point of this post.
What is the point? Well basically I'm a little scared. That must sound weird, but it's the best way I can put it. I feel outnumbered and hated by the number of Christians I have in my life, especially my dad. I have a sense of relief that I'm finally embracing my disbelief in God and forming my own conclusions that I've fought all these years, but I'm afraid everyone is going to turn their back on me. Some already have. Do any of you guys deal with this? How do you handle it?
I have recently come to the conclusion that I am an atheist. I was born into a Christian home, brought to church almost every Sunday of my life until I moved out on my own two years ago at 18. All through my life I tried to force myself to believe in God, and to ignore my brain and sense of logic and common sense. I'm going to skip the details of my life story, because I don't want to bore you all, and that's not necessarily the point of this post.
What is the point? Well basically I'm a little scared. That must sound weird, but it's the best way I can put it. I feel outnumbered and hated by the number of Christians I have in my life, especially my dad. I have a sense of relief that I'm finally embracing my disbelief in God and forming my own conclusions that I've fought all these years, but I'm afraid everyone is going to turn their back on me. Some already have. Do any of you guys deal with this? How do you handle it?
