Being atheist in the Bible Belt

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I live in Texas so I literally don't know any other atheists in real life. I've caught shit from expressing my thoughts so now I don't bring it up at work and I avoid it if at all possible. Better to keep my job than speak my mind. My husband is Catholic as is his family so we stay off the topic of religion at home too. That's why I came here. Online is the only place I have to talk without offending anyone. The bible belt sucks but at least no one is physically hurting me like in other parts of the world.

If you want to meet other atheists in person, you can. google your nearest metro area with for example "Dallas/Fortworth atheists" or "Austin Atheists" and you'll find an atheist group. Austin is where the atheist internet podcast "Non Prophets" and "Atheist Experience" exist if I remember correctly.

I myself don't go to meetings in person because I don't like driving and the closest meetings are 45 mins time both south and north of me. I get enough interaction on the web and staying home saves money. But if I did live in a place with bus/sub I would. 

 I do recommend not sharing FB or twitter pages with co workers or fam, at least have a separate account with a non fam identifying handle and keep that separate so you don't have to worry about fam or getting fired.

Facebook has settings where you can tell it who to share to. I have a list of my Christian family who would be offended by stuff I post. All I hafta do is hit the drop down button and say share with friends except Christians (I made the Christian list) or I can say only share with atheists or if it's personal I say don't share with acquaintances (Which are co-workers or people I don't know that well) Facebook is actually really great that way letting me categorize my friends lol