"I want to be an atheist if I can make it work"

Not sure what that means. If I had any advice, stop worrying about what you want to believe. Honesty with self is important. The ability to honestly and realistically self assess will reap massive rewards in all aspects of your life, including where you fall on the theism scale.

Welcome, you will have an interesting time here.

(April 25, 2015 at 3:58 am)themc Wrote: I'm 17, and looking to be free from religion. I'm finding it very difficult so far. Any help would be gladly received!

Welcome. Nobody is really free from religion. Even us atheists. We just need to learn, and relearn, why it doesn't work for us. Regardless, the stuff of religion surrounds us. We just need to educate ourselves, and eachother, to be able to defend against it.

I was raised Christian my whole life, as an adult I went to church regularly and thought I could make it work. Those Christians can be very supportive as long as you walk their walk. What I noticed though was when my husband left me for a 21 year old secretary, I was shunned. My good Christian friends suddenly didn't want my tainted life corrupting theirs. I got angry, I went through a lot for a few years and I knew I had misplaced my faith. Even though I had come to accept there was no God, I had been living that life for so long I felt guilty saying it or thinking it for some time. It's still hard now, not because I have a problem with it or think there could be a God, but because it seems most people do believe and the minute you mention atheism, they want to convince you there is a God and of how wrong you are. I am comforts with atheism. I even welcome the fact there is no afterlife, hope it really.

Intro thread necro: the worst kind.

Hi, there. 

Yeah, xtians really suck but they are no different from any other tribal primitives.

I second the idea for you to start a thread and dive into a little more detail. There are plenty of people here who have already been where you're at and walked through it, or are currently in the same place. The forum is for support and community both which we can provide! 

Welcome, we're mostly god-free here. It's a good place to get away from religion, and sometimes see the religitards desperately defending their beliefs and morality against all logic and reason.

Welcome and good hunting.

(July 2, 2015 at 2:43 pm)Salacious B. Crumb Wrote: Welcome, we're mostly god-free here.

The FSM and His legion of followers would beg to differ...