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"Coming out" as atheist to parents..

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loki8481 said:
I never came out to my parents... I spent the summer between sophomore and junior years of high school doing community service with my church in Appalachia. while I was away, my sister went into my room, broke into the locked box of floppies I had in my closet, and showed my parents my gay porn.

they never specifically said anything to me about it, but their coded reaction was basically "we love you and want you to be happy and we don't want to know about it."
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wow jesus

do you talk to your sister?

what a fucked up thing to do
 
loki8481 said:
I never came out to my parents... I spent the summer between sophomore and junior years of high school doing community service with my church in Appalachia. while I was away, my sister went into my room, broke into the locked box of floppies I had in my closet, and showed my parents my gay porn.

they never specifically said anything to me about it, but their coded reaction was basically "we love you and want you to be happy and we don't want to know about it."
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That's a shitty way for them to find out but it had to happen eventually. Personally when decided to "come out" as atheist to my religious parents, I just "liked" a few atheist/secular humanist groups on Facebook..in addition to the Hitchens 'God is Not Great' book. My parents check my Facebook page every now and then..so I knew they would get the message. This way they had a few days to research it and let it sink in before we had "the talk"..so it wasn't nearly as bad as giving them a sudden shock during conversation.

For anyone interested in doing the same thing, "like" this for a start: http://www.facebook.com/pages/God-Is-Not-Great/108373709186380

It has a nice overview of Hitchens' criticisms of faith and should give religious relatives something to think about when they see it.
 
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totalnoob said:
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Yeah, but what happened next?

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totalnoob said:
That's a shitty way for them to find out but it had to happen eventually. Personally when decided to "come out" as atheist to my religious parents, I just "liked" a few atheist/secular humanist groups on Facebook..in addition to the Hitchens 'God is Not Great' book. My parents check my Facebook page every now and then..so I knew they would get the message. This way they had a few days to research it and let it sink in before we had "the talk"..so it wasn't nearly as bad as giving them a sudden shock during conversation.

For anyone interested in doing the same thing, "like" this for a start: http://www.facebook.com/pages/God-Is-Not-Great/108373709186380

It has a nice overview of Hitchens' criticisms of faith and should give religious relatives something to think about when they see it.
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I haven't "come out" to my parents yet, but I think they suspect it. My brother told them he is atheist, and I never go to church with them anymore (only Christmas and Easter, and I do it for them).

I guess I just don't see the point, we rarely talk about religion anyway.
 
fatpat268 said:
Too bad that these people are fooled in thinking that christmas is a holiday about jesus...

The only thing it has in common is that it's named after the dude, but that's it.
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In fact, the Church fudged things to make it seem like Jesus' birth day was on 12/25 so people would begin celebrating the date for Jesus rather than for the Winter Solstice.
 
loki8481 said:
to the best of my knowledge, most Jews don't celebrate Christmas.
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most of them dont eat port, either. theyre missing out. i saw a jew eat pork for his first time at a pig pickin last week...fucker had 3 plates of pig, the last one having the backbone still in it.
 
xSauronx said:
most of them dont eat port, either. theyre missing out. i saw a jew eat pork for his first time at a pig pickin last week...fucker had 3 plates of pig, the last one having the backbone still in it.
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I find pork to be the least appealing meat. Something about eating a pig...

I don't eat pork anymore unless it's free.
 
When I told my Dad I was an atheist, he asked me how much it would cost for me to leave the family right then. He didn't want me to spread like a cancer. We reconciled years later. Many times I have told people of my lack of faith and the response is usually "You will change" or "You are kidding."
 
Tristicus said:
I'm pretty sure that is a reason for lots of people actually.
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Or of course, the adult version: Eternity in Heaven.

Do it for a sense of truth, or do it for the rewards and fear of punishment?
It's not like God could tell the difference, right? :awe:
 
So it was Jesus all along that was bringing me presents on Christmas? Well I'll be damned!

The next logical quest would be, what the hell has Santa been doing all this time?
 
loki8481 said:
other than bacon, I'd have no problem giving up pork... pork chops, loins, roasts, ribs, etc do nothing for me.
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I even have no desire to eat bacon, which is just so much fat and grossness.

Anyway, I could eat steak alllll day long.
 
JackBurton said:
So it was Jesus all along that was bringing me presents on Christmas? Well I'll be damned!

The next logical quest would be, what the hell has Santa been doing all this time?
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Having sex with Jesus?

Santa is ok since there is a story of a real life guy who was vaguely similar. What is easter all about? What does a rabbit have to do with Jesus dying??
 
Jeff7 said:
Or of course, the adult version: Eternity in Heaven.

Do it for a sense of truth, or do it for the rewards and fear of punishment?
It's not like God could tell the difference, right? :awe:
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The thing with religion, and people like Nemesis embody this, is that people MUST be indoctrinated with it at an early age for it to work.

You are TOLD the truth, and TAUGHT the truth, by authorities of truth in life (parents, and parents who take them to church and catholic schools).

It is much like how we are indoctrinated by US propaganda about communism, socialism etc. Most people don't even *think* before saying "oh it doesn't work, it's evil".

In that sense, even if hypothetical brown Jesus could tell the difference, what's the difference, anyway? You get two people, one who is destined to be brainwashed into being a Christian, and another who is destined to being brainwashed into being a Muslim, or Hindu, or atheist or whatever.

Doesn't it seem like "God" had already chosen their salvation from the manner from which they are born?
 
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