Hi i'm Red Baron

[Tearjerker]

Hello I'm Red Baron I've been an Atheist for 4 years.
(Everyone says: Hi Red we are Atheist too.) lol get it AA.
Anyway after waiting for a long time for "god" to hold up his end of the bargain to show me he is real i decided religion was a bunch of crap. And it went on from there. I feel more relieved and happy but on the down side my parents....

They usually say "its just 45 minutes," "quit being a big baby," "we don't want to go to hell for not making you go to church."
One day I rebelled and my dad started yelling at me like crazy and I yelled back. Ended up making him cry so he was down then mom stepped in.
(I wanted to stay home so I could do something productive like finish making these Final Cut videos and becuase i finished those videos my client gave me $200.)
I threaten them I would leave or hang myself becuase I'm tired of their bull.
So they went to church and i stayed home and worked.
btw I'm 18.
They came back home and said "Leave or go to church"
I stayed becuase where else would I go?
Now today my mom is making me sign a contract stating I will go to church and act like I like it or I will get kicked out of the house.

That's my story.

I needed some help and comfort of communicating with people who share similar beliefs.
I googled and found this place.

Just wow!!! and I thought I'm the guy who lives in a rough and hostile environment! at least in our household no one ever makes an effort to convert anyone or send'em to mosque or something. on the otherhand, when I was around your age, in school and highschool they forced us pray and go to the schools sanctuary (well, let's say it's rather largest room in our schools that religious stuff is going on) to pray, read qur'an and listen to religious crap, listen to some speeches about the same crap, and all the other crazy stuffs going on in Islam... In my military service we would've been punished if we didn't show up to pray or the teachings of Islam classes. I got busted once for 48 hours in a private cell for it and from then on I decided to participate in hope of not getting in a cold cell without a blanket and full of nasty cockroaches, and I hated cockroaches, and I HATE cockroaches.

All in all, welcome and know that you have a sympathizer who have been in similar situations all his life, but never at home. That's actually what I really like about my parents, they never forced me to the way of god.