Sort of. I'm an atheist. My husband believes that "there is something out there." He admits this is just a gut feeling. He no longer believes in the Judeo-Christian god, or a personal god of any sort, or even a god interested in humanity. As, "something out there" doesn't seem to affect his thinking about anything whatsoever, I can live with that.
The only problem is that I am out as an atheist to my Christian family and he is not out to his. Nor does he want me out to his. I respect that within limits. Creationism, the nearness of the "end times", and exposing adolescent girls to prisons so they can sing about the lord, are beyond my ability to stay quiet. Fortunately they are beyond his ability to stay quiet too. So it works, sort of---at least when we don't visit the Bible Belt too, too, much.
The only problem is that I am out as an atheist to my Christian family and he is not out to his. Nor does he want me out to his. I respect that within limits. Creationism, the nearness of the "end times", and exposing adolescent girls to prisons so they can sing about the lord, are beyond my ability to stay quiet. Fortunately they are beyond his ability to stay quiet too. So it works, sort of---at least when we don't visit the Bible Belt too, too, much.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
