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RE: Are you out of the closet?
October 18, 2015 at 10:10 am
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(October 17, 2015 at 1:19 pm)abaris Wrote: Something else, since there isn't a closet for atheists where I live. To make myself perfectly clear, noone gives a shit one way or the other. In real life I never had a religious discussion, and, as I always keep saying, I don't even know if my brother is a believer. It's not the stuff you talk or be asked about and it's not part of daily life. So, I'm not doing rounds, rubbing it into people's faces and nobody ever came up to me to rub any religion in mine.
Same here, majoirty are at the very least apathetic to religion if not outright atheists in England so there's no closet to live in. I don't particularly care what religion people have until they try and convince me they're right. Then I, and the majority of the population, laugh.
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RE: Are you out of the closet?
October 18, 2015 at 10:26 am
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It really astonishes me to what degree people are literally AFRAID to "come out" with their Atheism.
Don't misunderstand me, I don't blame people for being afraid;
what I'm saying is that Atheism is obviously nothing to be ashamed of, whatsoever.
A person is entitled to their beliefs, or lack thereof.
No human being should have to justify it to another why they find something completely undetectable and unproven
difficult or impossible to believe in.
It is really DISGUSTING how much some (but not all) religious people
make non-believers AFRAID to be honest about this entirely legitimate and SANE state of mind.
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RE: Are you out of the closet?
October 18, 2015 at 12:04 pm
(October 18, 2015 at 5:57 am)ignoramus Wrote: (October 17, 2015 at 9:02 pm)Thena323 Wrote: Outside of this forum, I don't tend to discuss religious matters much. People generally figure out my stance through subtext. When asked directly, I simply tell the truth. It's worked out fine, at least up until a few days ago when my family finally figured things out and asked me point-blank.
Suffice it to say, things did not go well. Not at all.
Thena, you didn't go the full "Min" on them did ya? Hehe A little. I held back some, because my mother was involved. Although, I may as well have...my name is mud now, anyhow.
I am evil.
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RE: Are you out of the closet?
October 19, 2015 at 12:15 am
(October 18, 2015 at 12:04 pm)Thena323 Wrote: (October 18, 2015 at 5:57 am)ignoramus Wrote: Thena, you didn't go the full "Min" on them did ya? Hehe A little. I held back some, because my mother was involved. Although, I may as well have...my name is mud now, anyhow.
I am evil.
Hm. Never easy, is it? Sorry to hear you had a really negative experience, Thena.
(your new avatar is lovely, btw).
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RE: Are you out of the closet?
October 19, 2015 at 4:02 am
Pretty much in the closet. My family is fundie, so I make a point to not discuss religion with them. And everyone I meet where I'm living now seems to open with some kind of scripture quote, so I just kind of smile and nod there. I need a new venue to meet some people.
A couple of my husband's relatives know, since we're fairly close and they are also non-religious.
I'd like to be mostly out, with religion not up for discussion with my family. They know we don't go to church, don't pray before meals, and didn't baptize our kid, so it shouldn't be that big of a leap, but I'm afraid an actual admission of atheism would break my parents.
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RE: Are you out of the closet?
October 19, 2015 at 6:51 am
I have been lucky enough to never be afraid of being 'out'. I don't go around in FUCK GOD t-shirts and slapping people on the arse with copies of The God Delusion though (as fun as that sounds). I'm a reactive atheist, I'll never bring it up in public without being directly asked on religious matters. On here, is a rather different story. 
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RE: Are you out of the closet?
October 19, 2015 at 10:55 am
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No, really. Which part of spy is unclear? ._.
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RE: Are you out of the closet?
October 19, 2015 at 11:20 am
(October 17, 2015 at 9:12 pm)ForsakenHeretic Wrote: Most of my friends know i'm an atheist, they don't really care that I am since I don't broadcast it often. My parents don't know though. Some of my classmates know, but since I live in the bible belt your bound to cross the evangelical kid, there was once a classmate who asked me if I worshiped the devil during the middle of class.
I find it curious how some Christians have a hard time understanding that atheists worship nothing. How did you react to this kid? Id have probably laughed in his face.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
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RE: Are you out of the closet?
October 19, 2015 at 11:39 am
(October 19, 2015 at 12:15 am)MTL Wrote: (October 18, 2015 at 12:04 pm)Thena323 Wrote: A little. I held back some, because my mother was involved. Although, I may as well have...my name is mud now, anyhow.
I am evil.
Hm. Never easy, is it? Sorry to hear you had a really negative experience, Thena.
(your new avatar is lovely, btw).
It is what it is, you know?
I'm actually able to get along in life fine without my family. I know that's sounds bad, but it happens to be the truth. My mother was an extremely difficult person to deal with before she caught fundamentalism...always a huge fan of disowning and banishment. The religious element just gives her (and other family members) cover for behaving like a pack of vicious jackals.
Oh my...I'd better stop now. 
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RE: Are you out of the closet?
October 19, 2015 at 2:13 pm
(October 19, 2015 at 11:39 am)Thena323 Wrote: (October 19, 2015 at 12:15 am)MTL Wrote: Hm. Never easy, is it? Sorry to hear you had a really negative experience, Thena.
(your new avatar is lovely, btw).
It is what it is, you know?
I'm actually able to get along in life fine without my family. I know that's sounds bad, but it happens to be the truth. My mother was an extremely difficult person to deal with before she caught fundamentalism...always a huge fan of disowning and banishment. The religious element just gives her (and other family members) cover for behaving like a pack of vicious jackals.
Oh my...I'd better stop now.
I understand.
That's one of the worst kinds, IMO.
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