Hi everyone. I joined this forum because I have recently embraced and accepted my atheistic views, and (living in conservative a** Virginia), I wanted to meet and talk with individuals who share my beliefs.
I was raised believing in the Christian God, but my immediate family was extremely loose believers and we did not attend Church or talk about it on a day-to-day basis. The majority of my religious experiences came from visits to my grandmother's house as a young child (she was very, VERY Christian),having those beliefs forced into me during my visits there. As I got older, however, I began to question, and my Christian beliefs slowly turned to skepticism, and from skepticism to agnostic, and from agnostic finally to complete atheism. I had denied it for a long while because I was afraid of the reactions I'd get (for some reason, people don't seem to like atheists?), especially since I moved to Virginia to live with my aunt and uncle, and EVERYONE is a Christian. But recently I've just decided "f*** it" and I'm letting people know what I believe. It's been getting me negative, and almost appalled, reactions, but it feels good to stand up and voice my views.
I'm glad that there's communities like this for like-minded people and I'm excited to be a part of it. :}
I was raised believing in the Christian God, but my immediate family was extremely loose believers and we did not attend Church or talk about it on a day-to-day basis. The majority of my religious experiences came from visits to my grandmother's house as a young child (she was very, VERY Christian),having those beliefs forced into me during my visits there. As I got older, however, I began to question, and my Christian beliefs slowly turned to skepticism, and from skepticism to agnostic, and from agnostic finally to complete atheism. I had denied it for a long while because I was afraid of the reactions I'd get (for some reason, people don't seem to like atheists?), especially since I moved to Virginia to live with my aunt and uncle, and EVERYONE is a Christian. But recently I've just decided "f*** it" and I'm letting people know what I believe. It's been getting me negative, and almost appalled, reactions, but it feels good to stand up and voice my views.
I'm glad that there's communities like this for like-minded people and I'm excited to be a part of it. :}
