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Title: Hello new here
Post by: Marlo on October 12, 2016, 01:15:08 AM
Hey everybody,just joined up.I have been an atheist for a few years now.My family members are devout Christians and they flipped out when I told them.Though they are not forcing me to change in anyway I can strongly feel their disappointment.I love them a lot but really I am who I am.I just feel kind of disconnected sometimes so I thought about joining here.
Title: Re: Hello new here
Post by: Mr.Obvious on October 12, 2016, 01:46:44 AM
Welcome marlo, to our little band of heathens.
Title: Re: Hello new here
Post by: Baruch on October 12, 2016, 06:03:08 AM
Welcome
Title: Re: Hello new here
Post by: Gawdzilla Sama on October 12, 2016, 06:12:38 AM
Advance, be recognized, present beer.
Title: Re: Hello new here
Post by: Sal1981 on October 12, 2016, 10:58:19 AM
Hi & welcome.
Title: Re: Hello new here
Post by: Cavebear on October 26, 2016, 10:24:25 AM
Quote from: Gawdzilla Sama on October 12, 2016, 06:12:38 AM
Advance, be recognized, present beer.

Which brand and type?I prefer Wild Goose India Pale Ale, but will settle for Heinekin or Moosehead.
Title: Re: Hello new here
Post by: Solomon Zorn on October 28, 2016, 07:26:20 AM
Quote from: Cavebear on October 26, 2016, 10:24:25 AM
Which brand and type?I prefer Wild Goose India Pale Ale, but will settle for Heinekin or Moosehead.
Boxer, Baby! 5% alcohol, and $15 for 36 cans. Can't beat it.

Oh yeah, and welcome new guy.
Title: Re: Hello new here
Post by: Cavebear on October 29, 2016, 01:31:22 AM
Quote from: Solomon Zorn on October 28, 2016, 07:26:20 AM
Boxer, Baby! 5% alcohol, and $15 for 36 cans. Can't beat it.

Oh yeah, and welcome new guy.

What size cans? 
Title: Re: Hello new here
Post by: Absurd Atheist on November 02, 2016, 10:31:02 PM
Quote from: Marlo on October 12, 2016, 01:15:08 AM
Hey everybody,just joined up.I have been an atheist for a few years now.My family members are devout Christians and they flipped out when I told them.Though they are not forcing me to change in anyway I can strongly feel their disappointment.I love them a lot but really I am who I am.I just feel kind of disconnected sometimes so I thought about joining here.

Same thing happened to me, except it was mostly my mother who was disappointed and arguably horrified.
Welcome friend.
Title: Re: Hello new here
Post by: Mike Cl on November 02, 2016, 10:33:56 PM
Welcome!
Title: Re: Hello new here
Post by: Cavebear on November 03, 2016, 01:17:41 AM
Quote from: Absurd Atheist on November 02, 2016, 10:31:02 PM
Same thing happened to me, except it was mostly my mother who was disappointed and arguably horrified.
Welcome friend.

What age were you when you spoke to your family about your atheism?  Just curious.
Title: Re: Hello new here
Post by: Absurd Atheist on December 03, 2016, 01:04:35 PM
Quote from: Cavebear on November 03, 2016, 01:17:41 AM
What age were you when you spoke to your family about your atheism?  Just curious.

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Title: Re: Hello new here
Post by: SGOS on December 03, 2016, 04:56:37 PM
Quote from: Absurd Atheist on December 03, 2016, 01:04:35 PM
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I waited for them to die, but I have also wondered if I wasn't able to even recognize my own atheism until the coast was clear.  I'm actually serious when I consider this.  It may have been that their deaths and my owning up to my atheism was a coincidence or simply that I was free to be myself.  Before atheism, I considered myself an agnostic, although I never announced that to family.  In hindsight, "agnostic" was a half truth, because I didn't really want to be called an atheist.  I've been an atheist for longer than when I first recognized that I was devoid a belief in a god and had been for many years.

Welcome.
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