Will you get kicked out for being an atheist? That's an important thing to consider, because if you think you might, then you'll want to wait till you're living on your own.
It's hard to give advice with such little information. My family is liberal Catholic. I rebelled against the idea of God when I was 14 and they fought me for a little then gave up. Clearly not the same circumstance as you.
If everyone does know except your family, you run the risk of them finding out second hand and that can be an issue.
Ultimately, you need to decide what is best for you. If you listen to the Atheist Experience, the host Matt Dilahunty comes from a baptist family, and has to deal with his parents pressing the God issue. He managed to mostly get them to have a sort of truce by proposing this compromise:
They believe in a God that answers prayers and this God must know what it would take for him to believe in God. So please stop talking about God and instead pray for me that God will reveal himself and provide what he requires to believe.
It generally works. They of course will mention God in the conversationally way, but as an atheist sometimes you just got to bite your tongue. It's not worth it.
You got that from Pat Condell, and in some cases people might see being gay as better than an atheist.
My family didn't give a rats ass about me being bi, but there was some arguing over the atheism.
It's hard to give advice with such little information. My family is liberal Catholic. I rebelled against the idea of God when I was 14 and they fought me for a little then gave up. Clearly not the same circumstance as you.
If everyone does know except your family, you run the risk of them finding out second hand and that can be an issue.
Ultimately, you need to decide what is best for you. If you listen to the Atheist Experience, the host Matt Dilahunty comes from a baptist family, and has to deal with his parents pressing the God issue. He managed to mostly get them to have a sort of truce by proposing this compromise:
They believe in a God that answers prayers and this God must know what it would take for him to believe in God. So please stop talking about God and instead pray for me that God will reveal himself and provide what he requires to believe.
It generally works. They of course will mention God in the conversationally way, but as an atheist sometimes you just got to bite your tongue. It's not worth it.
(September 30, 2010 at 1:39 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: I know, anounce loudly that your gay then after a moments pause say, "not really, I'm an Atheist"
The relief might cancel out the shock.(just to add, I have nothing against gay people, but have it on good authority that some god botherers do)
You got that from Pat Condell, and in some cases people might see being gay as better than an atheist.
My family didn't give a rats ass about me being bi, but there was some arguing over the atheism.
"The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason." Benjamin Franklin
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