while in a scary time with our son in the hospital, my mom asked me if "I prayed for him" I hesitated and said: "no, I did not believe in prayer, that it was science that would help my son". I then wrote a long letter to my immediate family informing them of my lack of belief and why. It has went smooth thus far and I feel so good to be open with my thoughts. I even changed my facebook from church of the fonz to athiest:)
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I also struggled coming out to family and friends. I was raised Catholic and it must of took me a good 10 years to deal with the worry of saying out loud that I didn't believe in God. You know I was kind of worried I might get struck with lighting or something if I voiced my inner feelings. I started with my husband who though I was crazy and from there I told the rest of my family. Now I don't run around and shout it from the roof tops but I will tell people if I feel the need. My life is so much easier now and I feel like for the first time in a long time I know just who I am. Although I'm finding that other like minded people sometimes feel as if they are far more intelligent than most people. I find that hard to understand sometimes. As I'm no great brain but I can understand that to believe in fiction and let that belief run my life is foolish.
Well that's my 2 cents worth. lol..
teagraves, I had no idea when I would come out either, it kind of just happened. I have been struggling with the idea of coming out or not for 2 years. I invested alot in christianity, I will be paying the student loans back for a degree in the bible for some time. I just got tired of letting christian people throw their religion around assuming everyone was on the same page, and I could not take it anymore! Pround Athiest. Good luck to you!
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