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RE: would you tell your parents one day?
February 21, 2014 at 12:14 pm
My Dad knows, my mother died several years ago. I have a 'you ask, I'll tell' policy. So my Dad's side of the family knows and my mom's doesn't.
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RE: would you tell your parents one day that you are an atheist ?
February 21, 2014 at 12:34 pm
Yeah, they know and they don't care. They agree with me.
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RE: would you tell your parents one day that you are an atheist ?
February 21, 2014 at 12:40 pm
Every now and again I'll hear my mom explaining my "views" to one of her friends on the phone when I'm over. It's quite comical. I think she does it for my benefit. They don't really know how to react any more. They've tried everything, I think they're down to just let Jesus take care of my salvation now.
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RE: would you tell your parents one day that you are an atheist ?
February 21, 2014 at 1:03 pm
I've said before that I told my mom when I was 16/17 but since then I think she's forgotten.
My dad doesn't know, but neither do I think he cares. He's way more active on facebook than my mom so if he sees my posts he could probably piece together that I'm not friendly to religion but I don't know if he would conclude that I'm an atheist.
My best friend knows, but only because I rant to her sometimes.
Other than that I have an "if it comes up I won't lie" policy, and because religion almost never comes up most people don't know. I'm not planning on telling anyone I'm an atheist, it'll just happen when it happens.
Teenaged X-Files obsession + Bermuda Triangle episode + Self-led school research project = Atheist.
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RE: would you tell your parents one day that you are an atheist ?
February 21, 2014 at 2:37 pm
I told my mom and she chased me around the house with a wooden spoon and beat be like jesus!!!!! Italian moms.. dont fuck with them!!
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RE: would you tell your parents one day that you are an atheist ?
February 21, 2014 at 2:47 pm
My dad was a bible beater, but he knew. He originally wrote me out of his will because of it. My mom knows, and thinks it's a phase. I think she thinks I'm perpetually 16 (I'm 37).
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