Atheists dealing with their religious families

[Chad32]

I'm lucky. My grandmother and I still have a good relationship after I left the faith. she was the one who brought me in, and she does worry about my soul, but we get along fine. Better than me and my dad, and our relationship doesn't have to do with religion. There are a number of religious people in my family, but it's mostly moderates.

I hear stories about families breaking up over this. One recent story would be a thirteen year old kicked out of the house because she came out as an atheist to her evangelical mother.