RE: Question for Atheists: Is coming out as an atheist as hard as coming out as gay?
October 3, 2014 at 10:38 am
No it's not. Coming out as gay is harder.
Question for Atheists: Is coming out as an atheist as hard as coming out as gay?
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RE: Question for Atheists: Is coming out as an atheist as hard as coming out as gay?
October 3, 2014 at 10:38 am
No it's not. Coming out as gay is harder.
RE: Question for Atheists: Is coming out as an atheist as hard as coming out as gay?
October 3, 2014 at 11:47 am
Depends on the family. I've heard of gay atheists who said it was easier to come out as gay and gay atheists who said it was easier to come out as atheist. It depends on which your family finds more offensive, I imagine.
I can also imagine how it might go trying to feel it out in advance: "Dad, which would bother you more, if I were gay or if I were atheist?"
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
RE: Question for Atheists: Is coming out as an atheist as hard as coming out as gay?
October 4, 2014 at 1:48 pm
In my opinion, coming out as an Atheist is more harder. But it of course depends on the family and their religion and the country. If I was gay and 'came out' to my family, they'd probably laugh and later they'd try to read me verses and sprinkle me with 'holy' things. But Atheism is entirely another topic.
RE: Question for Atheists: Is coming out as an atheist as hard as coming out as gay?
March 30, 2015 at 12:43 am
To my family coming out as atheist would be worse. In their world-view, 'being gay' is the end of the line for the atheism train.
RE: Question for Atheists: Is coming out as an atheist as hard as coming out as gay?
March 30, 2015 at 6:48 am
Yo bro, next time you post in a thread, look at the date of the last post. Try not to necropost.
'The more I learn about people the more I like my dog'- Mark Twain
'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House “Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom "If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech RE: Question for Atheists: Is coming out as an atheist as hard as coming out as gay?
April 25, 2015 at 11:50 pm
I think it depends on the situation, but generally speaking, coming out as an Atheist is probably not as difficult as coming out as homosexual or bisexual. If I were to tell my parents that I'm an Atheist, they would tell me it's okay and they can't persuade me to believe in something I don't want to, but if I were to tell them that I were bisexual or homosexual my mom would look at me differently and more than likely treat me coldly, not sure about my dad. Homosexuality seems to be put down more than Atheism, so yeah..
RE: Question for Atheists: Is coming out as an atheist as hard as coming out as gay?
April 26, 2015 at 5:48 am
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LOL, for most people I know, coming out Christian would be hard - you're assumed to be a vague-theist or less by default so there's no atheist closet to come out of, in most of England and most of the rest of the UK. Most families would be all "wait, you really take all that stuff seriously and literally? You're not gonna go all weird and happy-clappy or preachy on us are you?"
Coming out gay is DEFINITELY harder for most people here (religion is not necessary for homophobia, we have plenty of somewhat homophobic atheists and vague-theists), the exceptions mostly being immigrant families from more religious countries, especially Muslim families, for whom I really don't know which would be worse to come out as, but death threats and abuse can result from either. "Faith is a state of openness or trust. To have faith is like when you trust yourself to the water. You don't grab hold of the water when you swim, because if you do you will become stiff and tight in the water, and sink. You have to relax, and the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging, and holding on. In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe becomes a person who has no faith at all. Instead they are holding tight. But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be."
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April 26, 2015 at 6:41 am
NECROPOSTS!!!!
'The more I learn about people the more I like my dog'- Mark Twain
'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House “Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom "If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech RE: Question for Atheists: Is coming out as an atheist as hard as coming out as gay?
April 28, 2015 at 3:38 pm
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(October 1, 2014 at 2:44 am)Blackrook Wrote: I've been reading the forums for a few days and I've come to appreciate that it is a very difficult thing for an atheist to "come out" to his or her Christian family?Ask a gay atheist.... he/she will be the best person to answer this type of question.... only they have experience "coming out" as both gay and a non believer.... i can personally tell you it was really difficult to tell my girlfriend, but i cannot equate that to telling a parent/friend i am gay as i've never experienced it....
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April 28, 2015 at 6:16 pm
'The more I learn about people the more I like my dog'- Mark Twain
'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House “Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom "If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech |
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