Noob, there I said it

[Secular Elf]

Cheers to you Elf!

Iroscato:  Some of my family members know, some don't know at all.   Since religion, God, gods, church, etc doesn't come up in our conversations (religion was more in your face until my teen years - after that it fell by the wayside to the point that a persons viewpoints only come up at funerals, weddings and Christmas).  The dynamic is that we are individuals that make our own choices and live with said choices.  Well that's Moms side at least.  Dad's side would be more fervent and probably get all dis-owny  about things.  They don't need to know, he doesn't need to know. He's old, He doesn't need the stress and I don't want the strife.

Close friends know - we can have great conversations with them - some of whom are religious, some are more "spiritual" than Christian types, and some are atheist also.  It's a great group of people to hang with.

It's funny, my wife and I were sitting, watching TV several years ago.  We had many conversations before this on God, belief, science etc.  She said something to the effect of:  "I have something to tell you"  Scary words for any man to hear, but  she said "I think I'm an atheist".......I paused and went "whew!  I think I am too"  and this resulted in many more deep conversations on religion, God, and beliefs.  We've actually traveled this road of changes together she and I.  My constant companion, I couldn't ask for a better person to spend my time with, to converse with, to fish and camp with, and  to travel those unknown roads with.  S

I hear ya Captain M.  Being the only nonbeliever in a Christian family is tough.  My sister and I usually butt heads on the subject of religion.  Most times we don't talk about religion, sometimes we can agree on a few things.  But she is a Conservative Christian.  She and most of my dad's side of the family are conservative on social and political issues, FOX News (LOL) watching, liberal/progressive dissing type of folks.  I don't go to family reunions anymore and I try to avoid seeing many of them.  I am tired of coming home angry.  At least my niece and her husband seem cool, we never talked about religion. 

You are lucky man that your wife is also an atheist.  Dated a few gals in the day, most were religious, but we had fun nonetheless.