Hello everybody,
I'm an atheist, and I'm in highschool. I'm not quiet about it and I've "come out" to my friends about it, and even found out my best friend was one as well. My parents may or may not know but they haven't said anything about it and aren't religious anyways so it just hasn't come up. The only people who make me regret being one, are the semi-fundamentalist Christian people at my Highschool. I live in a Phoenix suburb in Arizona, so needless to say, I go to a primarily right wing, Christian, highschool. We even have TWO christian clubs on campus, one for lower and one for upper classmen because they have so many members. As i said before, i've never really tried to hide my atheism, but this year I happened to befriend a nice enough girl, who also is a hardcore christian. Last week, when she caught a cold that usually lasts a couple days and was going around our school, she told me she prayed everyday for a week and that's why she got better. Of course when i caught it, i was told it was my punishment for being an atheist. I've tolerated it so far, but about week ago, they must have passed a memo aroumd at the Christian Club with a list of the 5 or so athesists I know of in my school because almost everyday I get people trying to convert me and my friends. And being told my soul needs to be saved everyday by my lab patner in Biology class (Oh, the irony) is extremely frustrating and annoying.
So really, I'm here to vent, but also to see if any other atheists here might have advice for me on being an atheist in a highschool, especially one like mine.
I'm an atheist, and I'm in highschool. I'm not quiet about it and I've "come out" to my friends about it, and even found out my best friend was one as well. My parents may or may not know but they haven't said anything about it and aren't religious anyways so it just hasn't come up. The only people who make me regret being one, are the semi-fundamentalist Christian people at my Highschool. I live in a Phoenix suburb in Arizona, so needless to say, I go to a primarily right wing, Christian, highschool. We even have TWO christian clubs on campus, one for lower and one for upper classmen because they have so many members. As i said before, i've never really tried to hide my atheism, but this year I happened to befriend a nice enough girl, who also is a hardcore christian. Last week, when she caught a cold that usually lasts a couple days and was going around our school, she told me she prayed everyday for a week and that's why she got better. Of course when i caught it, i was told it was my punishment for being an atheist. I've tolerated it so far, but about week ago, they must have passed a memo aroumd at the Christian Club with a list of the 5 or so athesists I know of in my school because almost everyday I get people trying to convert me and my friends. And being told my soul needs to be saved everyday by my lab patner in Biology class (Oh, the irony) is extremely frustrating and annoying.
So really, I'm here to vent, but also to see if any other atheists here might have advice for me on being an atheist in a highschool, especially one like mine.
