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Are you out of the closet?
October 17, 2015 at 12:53 pm
(This post was last modified: October 17, 2015 at 1:05 pm by Mermaid.)
Just curious about the forum population. Are you a quiet, closet atheist, an atheist who likes to be part of an organization (conventions, etc), loud and proud, etc?
I am closeted for a couple of reasons, first one being I do not think my beliefs are of any consequence to others in most cases (I don't discuss politics for the same reason). Also, it would put my job in jeopardy.
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RE: Are you out of the closet?
October 17, 2015 at 12:55 pm
I'm out with everyone but my parents and members of my family who are likely to tell my parents. I'm 28 and on my own, but I still don't see how it would positively impact the relationship, seeing as how I'm from a ministry family and they would spend the rest of their lives trying to convert me back.
Verbatim from the mouth of Jesus (retranslated from a retranslation of a copy of a copy):
"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you too will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. How can you see your brother's head up his ass when your own vision is darkened by your head being even further up your ass? How can you say to your brother, 'Get your head out of your ass,' when all the time your head is up your own ass? You hypocrite! First take your head out of your own ass, and then you will see clearly who has his head up his ass and who doesn't." Matthew 7:1-5 (also Luke 6: 41-42)
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RE: Are you out of the closet?
October 17, 2015 at 12:59 pm
Out but don't openly publish/proclaim it. Only when the subject comes up. Any one that knows me knows I'm atheist.
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RE: Are you out of the closet?
October 17, 2015 at 1:00 pm
Somebody should make this a poll. I'm an outie.
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RE: Are you out of the closet?
October 17, 2015 at 1:03 pm
I am cautious with my proclamation of non belief.
I love watching bill Mahr...who is doing such good work.
I think people who believe are just too coded minded to understand the depth of my decision. They are on a loop in their minds. I let them be....it would be easier to be a true believerer. I often wonder how many believers really just don't know what to think ....
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RE: Are you out of the closet?
October 17, 2015 at 1:06 pm
I am low key about my atheism. I do not broadcast it nor will I deny it. There are some political situations that I feel it is in my best interest to just ignore or avoid confrontation.
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RE: Are you out of the closet?
October 17, 2015 at 1:07 pm
(October 17, 2015 at 1:00 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: Somebody should make this a poll. I'm an outie.
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RE: Are you out of the closet?
October 17, 2015 at 1:08 pm
I used to hide myself under the mild term of "agnostic", but in this last year I've embraced my atheism and I am out of the closet about it. I own one of those "fiction" t-shirts and I have a bumper sticker on my car that says "In the beginning man created God."
I used to be afraid of proclaiming my non belief, but now I think that being open about it is what makes people aware of it. And people should be aware that we exist.
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RE: Are you out of the closet?
October 17, 2015 at 1:08 pm
Anyone who knows me knows I am an atheist.
Unless you ask, I'm not going to broadcast it.
But you could probably guess if we get into a political/social issues conversation.
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