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Are you a "closet" Atheist?
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RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist?
(December 20, 2014 at 8:00 pm)polar bear Wrote: having raised 3 children (adults now) as christians, I am torn weather to tell them or not. My wife knows and that is about it.

I'm glad that I raised my kids to make up their own minds about it. I have given them (and still do give them) rebuttal arguments to the spam/parroting they get from their friends when/if they need/ask for it, but I've always presented it as the other side to the coin.

I've allowed them to go to church and make up their own minds and they've managed quite nicely at spotting the bullshit before it gets into their brain. Big Grin

I'm vocal about my atheism whenever I get approached by people trying to "save" me, especially when it's some street preaching whack-job. Other than that, it rarely comes up.
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Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by Spooky - December 20, 2014 at 7:39 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by Aoi Magi - December 20, 2014 at 7:47 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by Chad32 - December 20, 2014 at 7:49 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by Spooky - December 20, 2014 at 7:52 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - December 20, 2014 at 7:52 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by Exian - December 20, 2014 at 7:55 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by rexbeccarox - December 20, 2014 at 7:56 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by Spooky - December 20, 2014 at 7:58 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by abaris - December 20, 2014 at 8:05 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by abaris - December 20, 2014 at 7:57 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by Alex K - December 20, 2014 at 7:57 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by Mudhammam - December 20, 2014 at 7:58 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by polar bear - December 20, 2014 at 8:00 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by Ravenshire - December 22, 2014 at 12:15 am
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by Kitty Galore - December 20, 2014 at 8:14 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by rexbeccarox - December 20, 2014 at 8:21 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by Elskidor - December 20, 2014 at 8:40 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by Jenny A - December 20, 2014 at 8:51 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by robvalue - December 20, 2014 at 8:57 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by Strider - December 20, 2014 at 9:18 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by Elskidor - December 20, 2014 at 9:21 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by robvalue - December 20, 2014 at 9:25 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by Strider - December 20, 2014 at 9:31 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by Spooky - December 20, 2014 at 10:30 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by Natachan - December 20, 2014 at 9:34 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by Spooky - December 21, 2014 at 9:52 am
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by abaris - December 21, 2014 at 10:04 am
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by IATIA - December 21, 2014 at 10:51 am
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by Nope - December 21, 2014 at 11:07 am
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by robvalue - December 21, 2014 at 12:30 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by abaris - December 21, 2014 at 12:36 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by robvalue - December 21, 2014 at 12:39 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by abaris - December 21, 2014 at 12:50 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by Spooky - December 21, 2014 at 1:01 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by abaris - December 21, 2014 at 1:02 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by Spooky - December 21, 2014 at 1:53 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by abaris - December 21, 2014 at 2:13 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by Nope - December 21, 2014 at 1:29 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by Elskidor - December 21, 2014 at 2:26 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by Strider - December 21, 2014 at 2:34 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by abaris - December 21, 2014 at 2:37 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by robvalue - December 21, 2014 at 2:55 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by Elskidor - December 21, 2014 at 3:17 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by abaris - December 21, 2014 at 3:26 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by Strider - December 21, 2014 at 3:37 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by Elskidor - December 21, 2014 at 3:39 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by Nope - December 21, 2014 at 3:42 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by Spooky - December 21, 2014 at 9:26 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by dyresand - December 21, 2014 at 11:31 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by Violet - December 21, 2014 at 5:26 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by Losty - December 22, 2014 at 12:24 am
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by Spooky - December 22, 2014 at 9:23 am
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by Losty - December 22, 2014 at 5:30 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by TheRealJoeFish - December 22, 2014 at 12:35 am
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by robvalue - December 22, 2014 at 3:30 am
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by downbeatplumb - December 22, 2014 at 10:17 am
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by RobbyPants - December 22, 2014 at 11:44 am
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by IATIA - December 22, 2014 at 5:56 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by Ravenshire - December 28, 2014 at 3:29 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by Allnewoutlook - December 28, 2014 at 3:41 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by Thumpalumpacus - December 28, 2014 at 5:26 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by watchamadoodle - December 28, 2014 at 8:28 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by SteelCurtain - December 28, 2014 at 9:45 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by Jackalope - December 28, 2014 at 9:53 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by Spooky - December 28, 2014 at 10:01 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by Elskidor - December 28, 2014 at 10:21 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by Spooky - December 28, 2014 at 10:34 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by Elskidor - December 28, 2014 at 10:40 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by CapnAwesome - December 28, 2014 at 10:47 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by robvalue - December 29, 2014 at 4:30 am
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by Equinox - December 29, 2014 at 7:32 am
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by LivingNumbers - December 30, 2014 at 11:13 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by Equinox - December 30, 2014 at 11:24 pm
RE: Are you a "closet" Atheist? - by LivingNumbers - December 31, 2014 at 1:24 am

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