Closeted Atheists

[thesummerqueen]

I'm just curious how many Atheists on this forum are in the closet?

If you're a closet atheist then you're certainly doing it wrong, parrhesia is a wonderful thing. I honestly doubt that there is anything worse than dishonesty to yourself, except perhaps the dogmatism imposed on you. Either way people ought to simply state their beliefs (or lack thereof).

Try getting kicked out of house and home before you're old enough to really hold down a job. Try losing your job because your boss doesn't like your heathenism and so you have no way to feed your family.

There are worse things than being dishonest to OTHERS. Not stating your beliefs to them has nothing to do with being honest to yourself.