RE: new atheist need advice
July 7, 2016 at 4:07 pm
(This post was last modified: July 7, 2016 at 4:15 pm by Athene.)
Hello, and welcome.
It would be helpful to know more about your current situation, such as how dependent you are on your family, whether they're dangerously insane or just overbearing and annoying, your generally ability to cope with with others' disappointment and disdain, etc. I would typically discourage anyone from pretending to believe, but I recognize that may not always be the best option for everyone, at least in the short-term.
I didn't inform my family of my view change for a good while, because I just didn't feel like hearing the yammering. They figured it out soon enough though, because I never felt compelled to pretend to believe; Apparently, silence actually does speak volumes. A few, including my mother didn't take it well at all. I was "banished" for a bit, though I've been banished many times for many things, to be fair. I learned how to get by without my family long ago, so it was no big deal to me.
They got over it, at any rate.
I should say that my situation is a bit unique in that my family has come to rely on me in certain matters though, and I don't rely on them on them at all; so they really had no choice.
It would be helpful to know more about your current situation, such as how dependent you are on your family, whether they're dangerously insane or just overbearing and annoying, your generally ability to cope with with others' disappointment and disdain, etc. I would typically discourage anyone from pretending to believe, but I recognize that may not always be the best option for everyone, at least in the short-term.
I didn't inform my family of my view change for a good while, because I just didn't feel like hearing the yammering. They figured it out soon enough though, because I never felt compelled to pretend to believe; Apparently, silence actually does speak volumes. A few, including my mother didn't take it well at all. I was "banished" for a bit, though I've been banished many times for many things, to be fair. I learned how to get by without my family long ago, so it was no big deal to me.
They got over it, at any rate.
I should say that my situation is a bit unique in that my family has come to rely on me in certain matters though, and I don't rely on them on them at all; so they really had no choice.
