Open, the more i say it the less people have to
Open. Vocal. Militant.
Because superstitious religion has been a burden on humanity for far too long, and while it served a purpose to developing civilizations, all usefulness is gone. It can ONLY do harm. even though "some doesn't", it can't do good for our society, it can only do harm.
I'm open to being open. If people ask, I tell them. Most don't ask.
I'm totally baffled by what I've experienced about the USA following this site as well as atheist videos on youtube. The concept of freedom is strong in this country but we are not free from
Wow - what an intolerant and oppressive society this really is.
I’m open. Do I post anything on FB, NO! My family and friends know. If I’m asked, I would most certainly be open. My teenage boys are more reserved at this time though.
I’m open at work and other places, but to my family I have kept it pretty much on the down low. My parents and brother are pretty seriously evangelicals, so I don’t discuss it or it will only cause a big fight. Just the statements I’ve made about the Bible contradicting itself and things like that sparked some pretty bad arguments and hurt feelings.
Open so much I piss people off. Ive started to avidly avoid religious discussion.
Im like 95% open. Some of my family does not know but as soon as I start my job and Im on my own (which will be very soon) I'll come out to them too.
Closet agnostic - still trying to figure it out. Twenty-five years as a devout Christian, married in the Church about 23 years ago. About 5 years ago I dove into Christian apologetics. Reason I did this was to better prepare myself for the atheist/agnostic arguments and help someone come to an educated decision. Kinda backfired and now that Pandora's box has been opened I can't close it. Problem is, I'm a Deacon in my church, lead children ministry classes, small group studies, mentor other Christians, I have 3 (late teens) who have been baptized and live a life of commitment to Christ and the church, many close friends in the church and throughout our fellowship of churches. It would wreck a big part of my life. I'm not so concerned about myself, it's my family and friends and what that might do. I can't say anything bad about our life as Christians. It's truly been remarkable. But the cognitive dissonance is so stressful. Just responding to this post is relieving as I honestly have no one I can share this with.
I am becoming more and more open about my atheism all the time. I had an interesting experience over the past year volunteering with a couple of campaigns for Democratic candidates. It took the 2016 election to get me off my ass. With the other campaign volunteers, I was open about my atheism and was pleasantly surprised to find that the majority of my fellow activists were non-believers (and I'm living in Pennsyltucky). I'm not talking about the Dems whose doors we knocked on, but the people doing the door knocking, the people working the fair booths, the people running the campaigns. There are a lot more of us out there than I thought and I only discovered that by being open myself.
I'm all out athiest. Loud and proud baby. I slowly rolled out my non-belief ??? Can't remember really, over 20 years? The internet really helped me with all the prominent atheists out there. The person I was worried about was my mom. She was surprised and disappointed but ok so I'm ok. I tell folks if it comes up or if some religious nonsense comes up. People roll their eyes at me sometimes but I remind em religion is constantly talking about itself so I do too. I don't pray in public events, I do stand but refuse to pray. I respect my friends beliefs but don't cower away from saying what I DON'T believe in. Nuff said.
I don't think about it. im just me. theres no reason to be ashamed for living in accordance with reality
Open agnostic. Making true connection with people is extremely important for a well-lived life, but so is honesty, and hiding such an important aspect of one's self inhibits both.
My friends know but they are also atheist. Publicly I do not identify as atheist because I live in the bible belt.
I am "open" butMind My Own Business (MYOB) unless accosted. And becuz I expect everybody else to MYOB!
I don't label myself, but by beliefs and opinions are out there for everyone to see.