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Does anyone else feel disgusted by religious words?
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RE: Does anyone else feel disgusted by religious words?
(January 7, 2018 at 5:56 am)Die Atheistin Wrote: Words associated with Chrisitianity (for example God, Jesus, Church, cross), Islam (Allah, Coran, Mohammed, mosque) and with Judaism (synagogue, Moses, Noah's ark) make me feel disgusted. Everytime I hear, spell or think about them it literally makes me sick to my stomach, luckily never to the point of throwing up.
Words from Non-abrahamic religions disgust me less, but I still dislike many of them. 
This will make the moment when I'll come out as atheist to my family hard, because I'll have to hear and spell these words. My family members will try to convince me to return to the faith, so they'll use these words and I'll have to explain them why I don't want to return, so I'll have to use these words.
Could I use the fact that I'm disgusted by religious words as an argument when I'll come out of the closet?
Does anyone feel the same regarding religious words?


Honestly, not at all.  In fact I like finding non-religious correlates for them.  Some I find easy and somewhat useful include: soul; faith; heaven; hell; and redemption.  I have no use for and can attach no meaning to "sin" or "afterlife" or "savior".
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RE: Does anyone else feel disgusted by religious words? - by Whateverist - January 8, 2018 at 12:27 am

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