My uncle was a Pastor, he raped me and my siblings repeatedly over many years ( about a dozen) He is a pedophile.
I went to the police; no one believed that he would be like that.
forward 30 years - he was run out of town - BUT just moved to someplace else he can go volunteer at the YMCA!

My worst experiences are with Christians. For some odd reason, they tend to want you to agree with them, and have an opinion that is more important than any other religious group out there. I so strongly believe that that they are blind, that I find their hypocrisy annoying. A girl I know very well, for instance (who is a drug addict, hardly educated and packed full of negativity, also very judgmental of anyone who strives to be different of others) once put me on the spot by randomly blurting that I was an atheist in front of about 4 people that I didn’t know. I was aggravated. I was aggravated that I had to explain to these people what an atheist is and that it really isn’t a choice. If i could go about life in a religious manner that suited me and what comforts me, then maybe I would. But I can’t. I won’t. The loyalty I have to being an atheist would never let me stoop down to this level. Also common sense and dignity could never make me agree with the bullshit. Atheist are seemingly arrogant and that may be true in some sense, but get around some good ol’ lazy Christians to test your patience and tolerance. Reading their bullshit on social media is enough for me. My grandmother is another example of a backwards ass christian. She is unseemingly racist, very judgmental and is that Trump supporter who wants to see unnecessary bullshit (like deporting dreamers) happen. She is also a Christian. She was raised in a different generation, yes, But the hypocrisy is undeniable. Do any other atheist struggle to communicate with Christians or any other religious group?

When they told my (ex)husband and children I didn't really love them because I didn't have the love of Jesus in my heart. Yea.

Nothing too drastic, but a very religious person that I work with and am friendly with asked me once in front of others why I was volunteering at a soup kitchen (serving dinner) and a homeless shelter (tutoring children) run by the Catholic church when I'm "not even a Christian." I was embarrassed, and it made me feel bad about myself -- though I'm not really sure why, because I'm SURE that I'm not Christian! It's something I won't forget.

Can someone tell me exactly what the "Holy Spirit" is? Thanks.

So I was in graduate school and pregnant for the first time. I only had two people in my studio class so we were pretty close. One was a born again Catholic. When I was 18 weeks pregnant, I got the results of a test back that were abnormal. By the time we could get another test run, we were at 20 weeks. And found out that the fetus was non-viable and would most like be detrimental for me to carry any longer. So I chose to have a "late-term" abortion, which in my case meant early induction of labor so that an autopsy could be performed. My own doctor would not do it, so I had to see a strange obstetrician. The nurses put me in an area tucked in a corner and basically left me alone with my husband and only came in to help with the delivery. When I went back to class, my born again Catholic studiomate had a lot of ugly things to say to me about the abnormality of the fetus and my decision. Not the best part of my life.

Mine will probably be when I come out as an bisexual atheist. Since, my family and friends are very religious, I 'm sure it will go over well.

I was in love once. With a pagan. Drastically on day she decided she loved Jesus instead. This drove a wedge between us. Until one day she went to church on Sunday and came home with a brand new Christian boyfriend. Painful. Religion decided us. I still can't understand how she could throw away something real. Our love of each other. For something fake. God.

I've had quite a few throughout my long life, but the most recent, and probably the most horrid was when I made the mistake of being friendly with a man who occasionally attends my ballroom and swing dance club. He hit on me, but it was so subtle that I wasn't sure that's what he was doing. He was a fabulous dancer, which is a rare find. He offered to help me brush up on my dancing, and since he was highly trained, I thought "why not---I need all the help I can get." It wasn't until I had a few more chats with him that I discovered he was a right-wing fundamentalist nut job. I also found out that he hid the fact that he was married and his wife was out of town frequently. I hadn't been physically attracted to him anyhow, and after learning about his religious zeal, I was so disgusted and repulsed that I told him to never come near me again!

I can't isolate a single, worst experience with religious people. If I could, I am sure it would be an experience that follows the utterance "As a Christian I believe..." or "My faith tells me.." because invariably what follows is some absurd moral pronouncement. Believers think that prefacing statements with either of these two phrases shields them from ridicule. They play it as a trump card that relieves them of the responsibility to support their position with evidence and rational debate. It also creates for them the opportunity for counter attack on the ground you have failed to "respect " their religious beliefs. This is intellectual dishonesty of the highest order. It frustrates rational discussion.

I work with a southern woman who pointed out a new guy and said that he was "weird", I asked why, she said he don't believe in god..."
I thought really??? You don't even know the guy, never talked to him, yet someone tells you he don't believe in god and suddenly you judge him based on that alone?
The woman didnt know I was an atheist, I almost wanted to tell her, "do you think I'm weird? Do you think Im pretty cool?" And she would likely says no and yes cause we are always helping each other at work....I would have loved to have seen her face when I told her that in fact I was an athiest...and that it seems I have better morals than her and no god told me to do so...but for the sake of argument, conflict and the fact I didnt want issues at work, I kept my mouth shut.

Sometimes its best to just pick your battles...

Any experience that involves them showing me they believe such nonsense.

none

i really don't give a shit about normal people , actually they should first deserve a good mind

My girlfriend had been together for 15 years. Then she decided to go back to the Mormon church, so our relationship was "sinful." It was the best relationship I ever had.

Probably telling my Mother I was not a Christian. She was extremely upset, and did the entire well I will pray for you thing. I told her if that made her feel better then that was fine with me.

I grew up Catholic and attending Catholic schools. When my mother and father divorced (he cheated on her for 13 years), the priest told her it was her fault and that she did something to make my father cheat and that she wasn't a good enough wife. THEN, they made me do private lessons with the same priest in order to do my confirmation. They said I was a special case because of what happened with my parents.

In Dallas, Texas, my wife and I had to go into a homeless shelter run by what I would best describe as a religious cult. I signed in as Pagan, my wife signed in as Wiccan. We were both not asked, but told, to leave. Then they told us, since we had children with us (my daughter and son), they said that we could leave, but we could leave behind the kids. We took the kids with us.

The reason why we were told to leave is because we would not convert to their particular religion and they were afraid that my wife, who identified herself as Wiccan, would perform spells in the place.

Funny thing is, she was asked to do that exact thing by the workers and staff there.

the dating is what kills me im having issues entering a serious relationship because i don't believe in myths smh

The DMV.

People assigning me to a burning hell.

An old GF of mine said something along this line, that these people who just can't think of anything that is better than proclaiming to the whole wide world that they are somehow morally superior to everyone who is not a "Christian", are some of the most UN-Christlike people you could ever want to meet!
The father of my best friend since Junior High School, was a big time Jesus freak who loved to brag about how he never missed a Sunday in church (except while in WWII when he was killing other men!), but yet he was a big charlatan, hoaxer, flim-flam man, liar, BSer, thief and con man, always trying to sell others on his "genius" and bogus inventions! The man had no shame or moral integrity at all. He never bilked anyone out of more than a couple grand, so it was just a lesson learned for them as it would have cost ten times more than they lost to try to get it back. That's where his REAL genius was!!

I grew up the son of a deacon. I was bombarded with Christianity day in and day out. The closer I got to adulthood the more i seen religion for what it really was, a money making scheme.

There all snobs that think just cause you don't believe you'll be condemned to hell.
The funny part is its all made up the Illuminati made up religion to scare people to conform.
My grand parents are bible thumpers and have tried to force that crap into my head but it doesn't work.

Religious people who insist Satan exists... violent people.