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Stuck
#11
RE: Stuck
In my experience, there are two types of friends. Those that like you, the individual, and those whose friendship is contingent upon certian factors, i.e your religion. The former do not care if you change, and the latter are not worth pretending to be something you're not just to keep their friendship.

From what I can tell though, you are not ready to deal with all of that. Are you sure there isn't one non-theist friend you could tell in confidence, making sure they won't tell anyone else?
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
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#12
RE: Stuck
You'll never be happy in life if you're playing the role of a person you're not. I say, just let the truth out there and what happens, happens. I was in a similar situation when I was a teenager and I can remember every one in the "teen" group trying to "reason" with me and praying for me and all that. Eventually it just stopped and my mom stopped forcing me to attend church. Now I'm friends with most of these people on Facebook, and I talk shit about god all day on there lol. As others have stated, if they lose interest in being your friend simply because you don't believe in nonsense, they're not worth your time and were never truly a friend to begin with.
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