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new atheist need advice
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new atheist need advice
I became an atheist very recently.  I grew up evangelical Christian.  This past year I did a lot of questioning and searching and thought about joining different religions, but rejected this because I realized the same fundamental problems existed in each of them.  I tried universalism and agnosticism but eventually found myself confirmed in atheism.  Now I feel content in my beliefs but not at all comfortable sharing them with most of the people I know.  I’m very close with my parents and for those who know evangelical Christians pretty well you know that if they find out you don’t believe in their God they will evangelize you for the rest of their lives, even when you stand up for your right to dissent.  I don’t want to face that for the rest of my life with my parents yet I also hate living with a huge secret and really dislike still pretending to be a Christian.  Have any of you been in this situation –any advice?
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new atheist need advice - by afrist34 - July 7, 2016 at 3:17 pm
RE: new atheist need advice - by Chad32 - July 7, 2016 at 3:29 pm
RE: new atheist need advice - by Mister Agenda - July 7, 2016 at 3:30 pm
RE: new atheist need advice - by mlmooney89 - July 7, 2016 at 3:33 pm
RE: new atheist need advice - by account_inactive - July 7, 2016 at 3:37 pm
RE: new atheist need advice - by purplepurpose - July 7, 2016 at 3:38 pm
RE: new atheist need advice - by robvalue - July 7, 2016 at 3:44 pm
RE: new atheist need advice - by brewer - July 7, 2016 at 3:49 pm
RE: new atheist need advice - by Whateverist - July 7, 2016 at 3:58 pm
RE: new atheist need advice - by Athene - July 7, 2016 at 4:07 pm
RE: new atheist need advice - by Alex K - July 7, 2016 at 4:18 pm
RE: new atheist need advice - by Simon Moon - July 7, 2016 at 4:35 pm
RE: new atheist need advice - by afrist34 - July 7, 2016 at 4:52 pm
RE: new atheist need advice - by mlmooney89 - July 7, 2016 at 5:20 pm
RE: new atheist need advice - by Spirian - July 7, 2016 at 5:45 pm
RE: new atheist need advice - by Whateverist - July 7, 2016 at 6:31 pm
RE: new atheist need advice - by Minimalist - July 7, 2016 at 6:50 pm
RE: new atheist need advice - by SteelCurtain - July 8, 2016 at 12:55 am
RE: new atheist need advice - by Godschild - July 8, 2016 at 1:24 am
RE: new atheist need advice - by GUBU - July 10, 2016 at 9:59 am
RE: new atheist need advice - by Minimalist - July 8, 2016 at 1:33 am
RE: new atheist need advice - by Foxaèr - July 8, 2016 at 1:36 am
RE: new atheist need advice - by SteelCurtain - July 8, 2016 at 1:52 am
RE: new atheist need advice - by ignoramus - July 8, 2016 at 1:57 am
RE: new atheist need advice - by Alex K - July 8, 2016 at 3:39 am
RE: new atheist need advice - by AdamJa - July 8, 2016 at 3:09 am
RE: new atheist need advice - by ignoramus - July 8, 2016 at 3:46 am
RE: new atheist need advice - by Alex K - July 8, 2016 at 4:06 am
RE: new atheist need advice - by SteelCurtain - July 8, 2016 at 4:57 am
RE: new atheist need advice - by account_inactive - July 8, 2016 at 4:59 am
RE: new atheist need advice - by afrist34 - July 8, 2016 at 4:37 pm
RE: new atheist need advice - by Aoi Magi - July 8, 2016 at 5:05 pm
RE: new atheist need advice - by drfuzzy - July 8, 2016 at 8:28 pm
RE: new atheist need advice - by Brian37 - July 8, 2016 at 10:30 pm
RE: new atheist need advice - by lisah - July 10, 2016 at 10:15 am
RE: new atheist need advice - by Lucifer - July 10, 2016 at 10:16 am
RE: new atheist need advice - by SteveII - July 12, 2016 at 4:46 pm
RE: new atheist need advice - by Whateverist - July 13, 2016 at 2:12 pm
RE: new atheist need advice - by The Grand Nudger - July 13, 2016 at 6:54 pm
RE: new atheist need advice - by Jehanne - July 13, 2016 at 8:52 pm
RE: new atheist need advice - by madog - July 13, 2016 at 9:11 pm
RE: new atheist need advice - by Sterben - July 14, 2016 at 1:05 am

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