Why is family so hard to approach? I don't have a religious family, but I know if I was a republican (I'm not a republican!) my biological family would be very upset and act as if they didn't raise me well enough. It was the same way they reacted when I was signing up for the army when I was younger. Their approval was so impotent that I never did sign up, after a heavy dose of guilt tripping.
My sister is Wiccan and spoke a lot of the goddess when I did spells or rituals with her, and it did take a lot out of me before admitting I was an atheist. In fact, I went with the "I'm agnostic approach" at first, and came out as an atheist down the line.
Some people are just so confused on what an atheist is they automatically label them as bad people. Gets frustrating but times they are a changing.
Better to let your family know than pretending, unless the one coming out of the closet is a teenager living with strict religious patents and then you may wanna hold off so as to not make life hell.
My sister is Wiccan and spoke a lot of the goddess when I did spells or rituals with her, and it did take a lot out of me before admitting I was an atheist. In fact, I went with the "I'm agnostic approach" at first, and came out as an atheist down the line.
Some people are just so confused on what an atheist is they automatically label them as bad people. Gets frustrating but times they are a changing.
Better to let your family know than pretending, unless the one coming out of the closet is a teenager living with strict religious patents and then you may wanna hold off so as to not make life hell.
