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RE: Are you out of the closet?
October 17, 2015 at 9:57 pm
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(October 17, 2015 at 9:21 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: (October 17, 2015 at 9:02 pm)Thena323 Wrote: Outside of this forum, I don't tend to discuss religious matters much. People generally figure out my stance through subtext. When asked directly, I simply tell the truth. It's worked out fine, at least up until a few days ago when my family finally figured things out and asked me point-blank.
Suffice it to say, things did not go well. Not at all.
Good luck with that, ma'am. I hope it irons itself smooth. Thanks. 
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RE: Are you out of the closet?
October 17, 2015 at 10:11 pm
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(October 17, 2015 at 1:19 pm)abaris Wrote: Something else, since there isn't a closet for atheists where I live. To make myself perfectly clear, noone gives a shit one way or the other. In real life I never had a religious discussion, and, as I always keep saying, I don't even know if my brother is a believer. It's not the stuff you talk or be asked about and it's not part of daily life. So, I'm not doing rounds, rubbing it into people's faces and nobody ever came up to me to rub any religion in mine. Yeah, same here. The only person who remotely cares is my 93 year old grandma, and she herself is like - nah, I don't believe in an afterlife, or God, but quitting the church? That goes too far!
I know about my wife's family that they are basically all atheists, but other than that I'm at a loss. Church membership or even attendance is not really a reliable indicator here...
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RE: Are you out of the closet?
October 18, 2015 at 3:42 am
What sort of paradise do you guys live in ._.
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RE: Are you out of the closet?
October 18, 2015 at 3:44 am
Actually I'd describe where I live as much of a 'shit hole'. It's a fucking dump lol.
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RE: Are you out of the closet?
October 18, 2015 at 4:10 am
I don't hide that I'm an atheist.
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RE: Are you out of the closet?
October 18, 2015 at 4:15 am
I don't lie to anyone about anything, ever. I don't care who knows or who likes it and anyone who tried to fire me for it would wind up in court.
There is nothing demonstrably true that religion can provide mankind that cannot be achieved as well or better through secular means.
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RE: Are you out of the closet?
October 18, 2015 at 4:54 am
i'm a closet atheist but I only realized i was an atheist a few months ago, I'm eagerly anticipating coming out as soon as possible.
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RE: Are you out of the closet?
October 18, 2015 at 5:48 am
I live on the principle of you didn't actually ask me, so you didn't need to know. Not hiding it, just didn't come up in conversation.
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RE: Are you out of the closet?
October 18, 2015 at 5:57 am
(October 17, 2015 at 9:02 pm)Thena323 Wrote: Outside of this forum, I don't tend to discuss religious matters much. People generally figure out my stance through subtext. When asked directly, I simply tell the truth. It's worked out fine, at least up until a few days ago when my family finally figured things out and asked me point-blank.
Suffice it to say, things did not go well. Not at all.
Thena, you didn't go the full "Min" on them did ya? Hehe
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RE: Are you out of the closet?
October 18, 2015 at 9:43 am
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(October 17, 2015 at 9:02 pm)Thena323 Wrote: Outside of this forum, I don't tend to discuss religious matters much. People generally figure out my stance through subtext. When asked directly, I simply tell the truth. It's worked out fine, at least up until a few days ago when my family finally figured things out and asked me point-blank.
Suffice it to say, things did not go well. Not at all.
I'm sorry, that has to be really hard.
(October 18, 2015 at 4:10 am)Beccs Wrote: I don't hide that I'm an atheist.
You're a physician, correct? Do your patients ever ask you about religion?
(October 18, 2015 at 4:15 am)Cephus Wrote: I don't lie to anyone about anything, ever. I don't care who knows or who likes it and anyone who tried to fire me for it would wind up in court.
I would like to say the same thing, but it can get more subtle than that. My management would find other reasons, they do waves of layoffs not all that uncommonly. It would not take much to get me on that list.
This is interesting, and something I didn't think about when I started this thread: This probably varies a lot by geographical region. I live in the midwestern US as a transplant, where most people identify as Christian, and there are cultish churches all over. When asked point blank, (which fortunately does not happen commonly), I tell people I grew up with the Episcopal church (this is true), or am "unaffiliated". I think my coworkers currently think I am Jewish, so I let them believe that.
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