We agree to live and let live; great also if there's room for curiosity without judgement. Anyone who I don't have that with, I have to keep a certain distance from them.

It rarely comes up with coworkers. My family knows I think religion is stupid so they don't bring it up.

I hear you. My 2 daughters claim that they now believe "but just in a different way." This line of thought is exactly why we have over 4000 religious denominations today. I also seriously doubt anyone can demonstrate what they believe. Yes, religious indoctrination is that strong.

A religious friend of mine that I've known since we each were 12 or 13 has a different approach. He seems to have went to softer Evangelical views but he still wants to "get me back to god" most of the time. When he persists I make him appear foolish because I have studied the bible in depth. Most of this interaction with him is on the phone. He has this habit of comparing politics today to events in Revelation. It's almost like tracing aliens and UFO's that might have been involved in the JFK murder. I'm not sure what the Easter Bunny had to do with it.

This is about the most of my involvement today. I painfully avoid people and most of my family and only see my daughters on special occasions.

My family is very religious, which includes pastors, Evangelical speakers and missionary's. I do not actually have a lot of problems with them. I'm quite knowledgeable of the Bible and religion in general, so they don't tend to get into it with me. When you point out the holes, they tend to change the subject. We've come to a middle ground where they don't try and convert me and I don't blow holes in their beliefs. There are members of my family that have written me off, but honestly I didn't like them anyhow.

never in over 50 years has my family, or friends or co-workers ever mentioned religion, why would they ?