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Trouble dealing with family about my unbelief
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RE: Trouble dealing with family about my unbelief
(May 10, 2011 at 9:33 am)Doubting Thomas Wrote: Maybe it's just me, but I think this is bad advice. Maybe it's just because I had to fake it for a while and even today I still feel like I have to be in the closet with my atheism, but I'm tired of not being able to be open with my lack of belief.

Yeah, Thomas. I "faked it" for quite awhile before coming out ... playing on stage at church, believing and feeling nothing, telling my parents all that was going on at church, etc., etc. I just woke up one day and had enough. I got tired of faking it. That's why I came out. Faking it was the easy way to go, but I couldn't live with myself anymore.
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RE: Trouble dealing with family about my unbelief - by everythingafter - May 11, 2011 at 11:39 am

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