Telling Religious Family About Nonbelief

[paulpablo]

Hey there, I'm new to this forum. I know there's probably another thread about this same subject somewhere around here.

Me and my husband kind of decided not to tell our family and friends about our non belief in Christianity. What is your opinion on this?

Do you think it's a good idea to tell your friends and family that you are now an atheist?

Also, tell me the story of when you told your family and friends...

OR

Tell me what it's been like to NOT tell your closest family or friends.

I'm very interested in this.

Not if you're granparents are christian and they might give you a sum of money in their will or leave you their house. That's sort of the case with me, I always forget how religious other parts of my family are until there's a wedding and i get remarks of disapproval about my lack of church attendance and how i haven't settled down with a girl to marry yet.

Last time i turned up at a church for a family wedding i made the mistake of making a joke something like "wow this place looks different from when i was last here, but i think that was when i was being baptized" and my uncle just looked at me really angrily/ sadly and said "yeh probably was".
I just genuinely forget that parts of my family take the whole believing in god thing seriously.

I don't tell the older members of my family anything but i talk to my parents about how ridiculous religions are but I don't say i definitely don't believe in god. Which is pretty much the truth, I believe there could be a higher power but nothing as simple as a god who tinkers around creating but not getting things right then flooding destroying and who is supposed to be all powerful but gets some angels to do some of his tasks for him or gets his son to die for him.