RE: Closeted Atheists
September 29, 2012 at 9:27 pm
(This post was last modified: September 29, 2012 at 9:30 pm by Darkstar.)
(September 29, 2012 at 9:22 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: If someone asks me I tell them I don't believe in god because it's true, I have nothing to be ashamed of, and I'm an honest person. If someone would alienate me over that, it's probably not someone I would want to have anything to do with anyway.
I've read enough stories of entire communities shunning atheists to know that coming out of the closet can be a risk, which is generally proportional in magnitude to the religiousity of the people you are telling. If it is family, you probably know them well enough to know how they will react, but atheists are generally looked down upon by the christian mainstream. I can't talk from experience, as I haven't told anyone outside this forum, but this is the impression I've gotten.
John Adams Wrote:The Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.
