Talking to your family about being an Atheist

[Kim]

I became an atheist when I was 13. I was raised in a very conservative environment in the South of Kuwait (why does the south sucks everywhere?!!!) and had a very religious brother and uncle who adhere to Salafism. When I was a kid, I have been to religious camps where they teach you stuff about religion, and it's a nice social bonding experience. At around 13, I started digging deeper in the hundreds of Islamic books we have in one library and I couldn't accept the level of fallacies in there. At any rate, I seldom discuss these issues with my family. They know I am quite liberal and secular, maybe even an atheist, but what matters is that this never affected my relationship and it is still strong to this day. I have very good relations with my Salafi brother as well even though he is very aware of my thoughts, but I guess family bonds really triumphs everything else.