I don't go out of my way to advertise it. If asked, I'll offer. If pushed or put upon by someone to do with their religion, I'll push back at least as hard.

I'm open, but really understand why someone would remain in the closet.

I'm currently in the closet. I'm live in a religious family and despite them knowing that I value scientific reason over so called religious faith I'm scared to publicly drop what the call the 'A' word around them.

I'm certainly not closeted, but there's no reason to bring it up unless it's relevant. I'm not ashamed of being an atheist, but it's only one facet of what makes me who I am (like 'American' or 'guitarist'...

I am an open atheist to my family and closest friends. As far as the overly conservative close knit community I was brought in goes, not a lot of people know of my deconversion.

I'm open to close friends and parents. Still haven't told my grandparents as I risk alienating myself from them near their deathbed. Something I don't (as of yet) feel is necessary. When the timing is right I will tell them. As far as social media I don't like to get preachy. Seems too much like my religious days.

Both. Generally, in my town, I am in the closet as this is very right wing here and people will not hire, promote, do business with you etc., if they know. However, I am open with my small humanist meetup.

Well I'm open enough about it that I post FFRF newsletters and alerts on my Facebook page. Anyone else?

It's so much easier to simply keep it to myself but I feel that it's important to display to the world that we are around in large numbers and we are good moral people. However, it can be super discouraging to waste your breathe on people who just assume that you are evil because you reject their dogma so I am generally not very outspoken unless I am conversing with someone who seems capable of critical thinking.

Open, except that no one ever asks.

Kinda closeted agnostic at least until my divorce is final and I can move out of the more fundamentalist part of my state, part of the dynamic involves having to write down some of my moral and religious beliefs as part of the questions sent by my ex’s lawyer...the deeper I got into the questions, the more I realized that what I believe in and what I want for my kids just doesn’t square with what most churches offer out here (and the ones where I might be a fit don’t count in the eyes of many). But I’m isolated enough in this town as it is.

Open agnostic and too old to care what people think.

I don't usually share my beliefs or lack thereof... But most of the times I just say " I do not practice religion, I just believe in something"

I don't consider necessary announce to all people around me my political or religious affiliations

Open....that is how I raised three more and made a difference

I'm an anti religions philosopher. I'm very item about it.

If I can help even one person with sharing what I know, this far outweighs anyone not liking me.

I'm an anti religions philosopher. I'm very open about it.

If I can help even one person with sharing what I know, this far outweighs anyone not liking me.

To have been an open Atheist would have been professional suicide while raising to kids alone, without support what so ever, though my friends and family knew this. I am a firebrand Atheist, since my retirement. I make it a point to listen, be kind and gently with the religious and don't mind engaging them in that subject. Some people can't look me in the face and some people are close and dear friends. It's all good.

My kids and my close friends know. So does anybody who asks me. Otherwise, I don't feel the need to make it anyone else's concern.

Open. ECHR article 9:

"Freedom of thought, conscience and religion

1. Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience
   and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or
   belief and freedom, either alone or in community with others "

Religious people use article 9, so shall I.

NB: Religion also includes the belief in the absence of god. So according to the ECHR atheism is also a religion, or to be treated as one, legally.

Very open. I have no reason to hide it. I don't go around preaching and proselytizing to people who are minding their own business, but if someone tries proselytizing to me, I damn well tell them about my (lack of) beliefs. In addition, I am very outspoken when it comes to separation of church and state and freedom of AND FROM religion in public life—so that is when I most tend to get vocal about religion (i.e., preventing it from creeping into laws and schools, etc., and also when its followers exhibit intolerance, bigotry, misogyny, etc.).

I'm an open African American atheist which makes it even more difficult.

Open or not? Never gave it a seconds thought. I yam what I yam. It's not that I'm an atheist. We are all born atheists. We have to be taught to adopt the mantles we hang on ourselves and others. I am an unencumbered human. I did not make a choice to believe in a higher power or not. None ever came around for me to believe in. Anybody here ever meet one? Just curious. As maturity approached I did read the bible to see if it had any beef. Nope. No red meat at all. Just a bunch of fish that swam away when you got close. I was so confused with that fantasy I cancelled my subscription to Mad mag. Found that the printed word was also not believable. That coupled with the desire to be left alone by powerful people or supposed omnipresent entities gave me the title of 'atheist'..... Believe? What a word. I believe I'm alive right now. Able to walk and talk. Get stuff done. Work my hobbies. Enjoy my family. Enjoy this life. All without any astral help. The bottom line? If there was a god of any type, I would want it to stay far away from me and mine. But, I know there is not.

I'm open. I like to treat people with respect regardless of what they believe. I enjoy hearing about other religious views. I'm not judgmental. You can say it's against my non-religion.

Open and vocal because stupidity irritates the sh*t out of me!

Open although the amount of bravery required to be open about it where I live is absolutely none. Much respect for those who are open in the Bible belt or even worse places where it might actually be dangerous.