I have told my family that I don't believe in god. That was about 4 years ago. But I still have not used the A word.

Not new..but open with just a few people. I've been, since about age 12.. When I realized God was all bullshit!!

Not new exactly but definitely not open. Too many judgmental people around me. I have a constant internal struggle. I feel obligated morally to be honest about my feelings but I know there are some potentially real consequences for being completely open about it.

I don't understand this need to "come out" it seems like the act of a desperate person trying to get approval. "Hey look at me aren't I'm special I think differently than all of you". I never brought it up because it was none of my family's business and it wasn't a topic of conversation around the dinner table. Live your life and let them live theirs - as long as they aren't forcing you to do something that as an adult you don't want to do - it doesn't seem to me to be a necessary thing to do.

I have been an agnostic for a long time, but I have not talked to a good portion of my family in quite a while. My kids and my husband know, that's it.