I grew up in a non-religious/atheist family, it has never been an issue for me!

Most of my family didn't bat an eye. My brother was probably the only one to take any serious issue with it. He fell into a church with his wife and became very much a believer. We grew up in a household that wasn't particularly religious. In fact I cannot recall a bible entering the house until I joined a Missionettes group (pentecostal, raising girls to teach and preach the word). Even then the bible was lost when I stopped going and moved to another town. I didn't have any interest in replacing it either.

It was none of their business.

Not well. I only mentioned it to my sister on Facebook messenger a couple of weeks ago and she immediately launched into a conversion lecture. I just laughed and said she could believe whatever she wanted and I'd love her anyway.

One of my brothers, though, began talking about how much Trump was helping the country, so I decided not to be around him. I'm not anyway.

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It didn't come up till high school. By then, it was too late. I've never been religious and was a bit of a rebel, though, so I doubt it was a surprise.

Mine "always knew..." I was such the rebel.

Pretty sure my family thinks it’s just a phase I’m going though and that I’ll snap out of it. I had the hardest time telling my parents about it fearing that they would reject me. Luckily, they are very loving and accepting and although I feel uncomfortable bringing up certain subjects, we still get along very well. I know many others who were not so lucky and have had their family relationships destroyed for simply stating their belief and it is heartbreaking.

My closest family members are not religious except for my mom. She tried to give a Joyce Meyer book to my partner to give to me. He politely refused as he is as non-religious as I am. My more distant family members are very religious, but most of them have avoided contact after I came out gay.

I became an atheist at age 13, when I realized the Bible is just a book of stories written by men.

In nursing school, my mother became an atheist, after attending Catholic schools through college.

"I realized a woman cannot be turned into salt," Mom said.

My parents were wonderful when I told them I didn't want to attend church anymore; that I didn't believe in a god.

"That's fine, honey," Mom said.

They didn't have a religious leg to stand on. Dad had not attended church since high school. My parents had been dropping off us four kids at Sunday School, and then going home to bed.

Mine would have been more surprised if I'd told them I was.