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Who reacted the worst when you "came out" as an Atheist?
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My dad's side of the family knows, my mom's does not. My dad's side focuses on reconverting me, which makes my visits very tedious. My mom's side would freak, but my mom has passed, so I don't interact with them much anymore. I'd be surprised if any of them weren't Trump supporters, and they'd probably react worse if I had become a Muslim.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
Actually, nobody. But then again, I didn't care. Anyone who won't accept me as I am is not someone I need in my life, family or no. I never "came out", I didn't bother to announce it, I just stopped believing and stopped doing all the things I did when I believed and that was that. I don't get why people need to make an announcement. Just be you. They'll figure it out.
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As I live in the UK, nobody cares
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Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups Arguing with an engineer is like wrestling with a pig in mud ..... after a while you realise that the pig likes it!  (March 22, 2017 at 5:15 pm)Cephus Wrote: Actually, nobody. But then again, I didn't care. Anyone who won't accept me as I am is not someone I need in my life, family or no. I never "came out", I didn't bother to announce it, I just stopped believing and stopped doing all the things I did when I believed and that was that. I don't get why people need to make an announcement. Just be you. They'll figure it out. Exactly. "Before you even think of judging me, spend some time getting to know me. And once you do know me, who the fuck are you to judge me?"
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
My mother and, especially, her sisters.
It's been nearly twenty years and they still try to get their little digs in. A few years ago at a family get together they gave me a copy of the bible. I, in turn, bought them each a copy of, "God is not great", by Hitchens.
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RE: Who reacted the worst when you "came out" as an Atheist?
March 22, 2017 at 6:33 pm
(This post was last modified: March 22, 2017 at 6:33 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
@OP Q
If we're to believe the stories...no one throws a bigger tizzy when an atheist is born or made than the big guy himself. 
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 (March 22, 2017 at 6:07 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: My mother and, especially, her sisters. My dad is the type of person that, even if he thinks you might disagree with you he will attack with his arguments at random. I don't have to try to fight with him he just does it. I don't have the balls to get him a book like that he might actually kill me. (March 22, 2017 at 6:33 pm)godlessheatheness Wrote:(March 22, 2017 at 6:07 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: My mother and, especially, her sisters. I'm not the sort who lets people get away with things like that. I'm quite confrontational about it. The last big episode was when my brother came back from Afghanistan and said he was an atheist, no longer Catholic, because of what he saw religion doing to the society over there. Apparently, that was my fault, too.
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Your friendly neighborhood heathen  Religious Views: I am the creator goddess. Prove me wrong. (March 22, 2017 at 5:15 pm)Cephus Wrote: Actually, nobody. But then again, I didn't care. Anyone who won't accept me as I am is not someone I need in my life, family or no. I never "came out", I didn't bother to announce it, I just stopped believing and stopped doing all the things I did when I believed and that was that. I don't get why people need to make an announcement. Just be you. They'll figure it out. Yeah, I tried that one. My parents pulled it out of me to fuel their reaction anyway.  (March 21, 2017 at 10:51 pm)godlessheatheness Wrote: I haven't made it officially open. I have a lot of family that is going to freak the fuck out when they find out. I wanted to see if anybody had any stories about their own coming out. Actually, no one reacted particularly poorly now that I think about it. It was kinda awkward cause my mom still made me go to church afterward and my feelings weren't well concealed when I asked Sunday school teachers how a lion would eat grain even in an apocalypse. They all just kinda endured it. Mormons honestly are too nice, I should have been yelled at so many times. |
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