(October 22, 2014 at 6:06 pm)JJRN Wrote: Hello, I'm so glad to have found this little corner of the internet, before posting i thought I'd pop in a little intro.
I was baptized Lutheran, went to catholic school and services growing up but identified as an agnostic into adulthood. I married a man raised Catholic/Jewish who also identified as agnostic. My husband and I have had some recent discussions and kind of felt we were more comfortable with our beliefs being described as atheist.
I don't feel like our beliefs are something to be ashamed of but when I do talk about them I'm surprised at how passionately mean some people can be who automatically associate atheists with immoral. I recently had a coworker tell me that we're going to burn in hell. I guess what I'm looking for are easier ways to not be ashamed but also avoid controversy.
Welcome! I feel your pain. Some months ago, I was dating this guy. I was in the bathroom or something, and he and my sister were talking. I don't know what the convo was, but my sister mentioned my atheism. Patrick (the dude) said, "Becca's not an atheist!" My sister said, "Uhhh. Patrick, she's a pretty big atheist". He said, "but she's a good person". A couple of days later, he told me it wouldn't work out between us. I can't say I disagreed.
As far as being ashamed? Just don't be. If people are judging you, it says more about them. Be yourselves.
