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Why I Am Anti-Theist
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RE: Why I Am Anti-Theist
I also have not told my parents about my conversion to the "atheist religion" ... hahahahahahah, I'm funny.

The main reason is because I have no desire to hurt them, and I believe they would be heartbroken. Religion has a strong hold on them, just as it had on me for my childhood and entire adult life up to about 3 months ago. I actually feel a lot of compassion for Christians, having come out of that system. I understand how they think and how powerful the doctrinal paralysis is. I don't think they would cast me out if I told them, but I actually think that there's a better chance of me affecting them by not outright confessing this to them. Even so, they know something has changed with me. They might have even wondered if I still believe, but I don't think they'll entertain that notion. They don't ask me a lot of questions because they don't want to know. Meanwhile, I find opportunities to raise subjects and ask questions that makes them see and think about things differently than they have within the confines of the religious bubble. If I were to just tell them that I was an atheist, I think they would immediately take a defensive position in our dialogues instead of actually considering foreign ideas.
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Why I Am Anti-Theist - by God of Mr. Hanky - February 17, 2016 at 1:29 pm
RE: Why I Am Anti-Theist - by Excited Penguin - February 17, 2016 at 1:34 pm
RE: Why I Am Anti-Theist - by God of Mr. Hanky - February 17, 2016 at 2:04 pm
RE: Why I Am Anti-Theist - by Excited Penguin - February 17, 2016 at 3:30 pm
RE: Why I Am Anti-Theist - by drfuzzy - February 17, 2016 at 3:28 pm
RE: Why I Am Anti-Theist - by Edwardo Piet - February 17, 2016 at 3:30 pm
RE: Why I Am Anti-Theist - by Ivan Denisovich - February 17, 2016 at 3:44 pm
RE: Why I Am Anti-Theist - by God of Mr. Hanky - February 17, 2016 at 6:00 pm
RE: Why I Am Anti-Theist - by Ivan Denisovich - February 17, 2016 at 6:22 pm
RE: Why I Am Anti-Theist - by God of Mr. Hanky - February 17, 2016 at 4:35 pm
RE: Why I Am Anti-Theist - by God of Mr. Hanky - February 17, 2016 at 5:17 pm
RE: Why I Am Anti-Theist - by Excited Penguin - February 17, 2016 at 5:35 pm
RE: Why I Am Anti-Theist - by comet - February 21, 2016 at 7:31 pm
RE: Why I Am Anti-Theist - by God of Mr. Hanky - February 21, 2016 at 10:11 pm
RE: Why I Am Anti-Theist - by God of Mr. Hanky - February 22, 2016 at 12:21 am
RE: Why I Am Anti-Theist - by Angrboda - February 22, 2016 at 3:37 pm
RE: Why I Am Anti-Theist - by God of Mr. Hanky - February 23, 2016 at 10:32 am
RE: Why I Am Anti-Theist - by Angrboda - February 23, 2016 at 12:49 pm
RE: Why I Am Anti-Theist - by God of Mr. Hanky - February 23, 2016 at 4:08 pm
RE: Why I Am Anti-Theist - by God of Mr. Hanky - February 22, 2016 at 12:34 am
RE: Why I Am Anti-Theist - by abaris - February 22, 2016 at 3:51 pm
RE: Why I Am Anti-Theist - by God of Mr. Hanky - February 23, 2016 at 12:48 am
RE: Why I Am Anti-Theist - by J a c k - February 23, 2016 at 2:46 am
RE: Why I Am Anti-Theist - by abaris - February 23, 2016 at 6:13 am
RE: Why I Am Anti-Theist - by God of Mr. Hanky - February 23, 2016 at 10:43 am
RE: Why I Am Anti-Theist - by abaris - February 23, 2016 at 11:34 am
RE: Why I Am Anti-Theist - by God of Mr. Hanky - February 23, 2016 at 12:24 pm
RE: Why I Am Anti-Theist - by drfuzzy - February 23, 2016 at 3:03 pm
RE: Why I Am Anti-Theist - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 23, 2016 at 4:20 pm
RE: Why I Am Anti-Theist - by God of Mr. Hanky - February 23, 2016 at 4:51 pm
RE: Why I Am Anti-Theist - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 23, 2016 at 5:28 pm
RE: Why I Am Anti-Theist - by God of Mr. Hanky - February 23, 2016 at 6:44 pm
RE: Why I Am Anti-Theist - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 23, 2016 at 6:49 pm
RE: Why I Am Anti-Theist - by Old Baby - February 23, 2016 at 6:55 pm

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