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Are you a "closet" atheist?

Are you an atheist in a religious family that would flip out if you told them you didn't believe in god?

Are you worried that people would judge you for being an atheist- if they knew?

Were you facing any of these situations and just decided to step up and tell them?

There's a new support group online for being who are/have issues like this in their lives-

http://www.livegodless.com/

How did YOU overcome families pressuring you into going to church etc?

Share it (here and on the other site! its brand new and needs contributors for its cause :) )! It can help give other people the courage to do the same thing, and demand respect for their non-belief, the way religious people demand respect for their beliefs :)

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Fortunately I live in a family and country in which believing in imaginary beings became more and more unfashionable during the last century. I'm glad never to have had to be faced with a decision like that surrounded by friends and family who might all think I'd lost my marbles and possibly even that I should be avoided like the plague.

    There are a lot of stories from atheists who broke free from the religion they were born into here:

    http://richarddawkins.net/letters/converts

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    Closet Atheist Support Group

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