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So my family are all devout Christians and think I am too, but what I haven't told them is that I'm atheist. I fear they will disown or hate me or just think I am going though a phase. My beliefs cannot be shaken and I cannot change them for family or anyone, no matter how much I love them. Is anyone else in the same boat as me? Is this normal?
when i told them i did NOT believe in God they gave me a look like i was satan or something like that!"Don't say that!He can hear you!" I swear it was the most hilarious day of my life, listening to them and how he will strike me down if i don't believe in him!
Me and my brother were born Muslim. He's now an atheist and I'm in love with Buddhism. We haven't told our pArents and we don't plan on it. That's really none of their business in our opinion lol it's hard but we know they won't understand so in order to keep peace we just shut up.
I'm a atheist & haven't told my family
I don't see the point but it gets annoying when they metion god
You wont know unless you try. You are assuming they are going to hate you for it but they might not. Though that would go into how well you know them and how much you trust them. Parents are not always accepting of anything different though.
That goes with anything.
Be it music, sexual liking, or belief. So this is nothing new and its something a lot of children go through. So why exactly do you believe they are going to act so harshly.
Bible said only he can judge so its not right to hate people for being a different religion. So if your family is full of true Christians they are going to love you no matter what.
I was in the same boat you're in. I've learned that if your family truly loves you, they will accept you and your beliefs as long as they're not unethical. It's not wrong to be Atheist, and people have a right to believe in whatever faith, or no faith if they want.
Your Family is Christian, because they felt this belief is right for them and that it makes them happy. If being Atheist is right for you and if it makes you happy, then go for it.
Your welcome.
A person's life would be extremely miserable if they forced themselves to make everybody around them happy. None of us we're to put on this Earth to cater and please anyone.
It's natural to worry about how your family would react to this, but in time they'll accept it if they truly love you, like I said. Religious beliefs should never outweigh Family/Friends in terms of value/importance. Religious beliefs keep you in check, keeps you doing good things, but it is Family and Friends who truly enrich your life.
My mum used to tell me I was church of England even tho I insisted I wasn't. I prefer more earth based religions. I can't believe in a god with all this war and disaster and disease in the world.
Well, it's obvious who's got all the brains in your family - good for you!
I say start subtly pointing out the massive flaws in their beliefs, with the ultimate goal of destroying their faith. They can be saved!
If they really want to call themselves true Christians then they will not judge you. But more then likely they will and will try to talk some "sense" into you. As long as you respect their religious views they should respect yours. My father is a preacher, for awhile he was Pentecostal and would always try to get me to go to his church. I said its a cult. I told him I'm agnostic and do not believe in organized. He tried arguing w me a few times but nothing major. Eventually he seen what I was talking about and left the church. Still preaches but as he said " he preaches, gods word and the bible and has no right to judge anyone else on their beliefs" it truly does depend on your family though. Either way you should get it out of the way. I hope it works out for you.
My father is Lutheran and my mother is Shinto. It's a very confusing thing in our household and not very common in my town. They are all very uber consevative and unaccepting of differences. I believe I'm an atheist and my parents are fine with it but it's the town I live in I'm worried about. My grandparents hated me for a few weeks when I came out with it but were understanding in the end.
If they are devout Christians most likely they will be upset and do things to try and renew your faith. However, devout Christians also know about Forgiveness and know that God will not Forgive them their sins unless they learn to Forgive the sin of others. Just saying.
They will likely be disappointed. Then they will try to talk you out of it. But hopefully they remember that love is more important than religion and will not bring up the topic again. Just be respectful to them, you know they believe in god, no reason pick a fight.
Im an atheist and my dad say im christian and im saying im atheist to get out of something