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Alright so I know christmas was a little while ago but for my resolution I thought I'd be more open about telling people Im an atheist. My family is mostly Christian or Catholic so telling my family was a bit of a shock to them. Most of them were fine with me being an atheist and rather happy I was following my own path. Others weren't as happy but thankfully respected my desicion but others weren't so accepting. One of my family members seemed to take great offense to my decision and believed I was under Satan's influence. I tried to explain to her the best I could that I was under no influence and it was my own chocie. Of course my words didn't reach her and she continued to believe her own reason for it. I let her believe what she wanted and spent more time with the family who DID accept it. My family has a very large Christmas/New Year's party together where we share our resolutions and gifts. This year I said my resoltuon was to be more open about being an atheist and start getting ready for college. After everyone opened their presents and shared resolutions my mom asked if I could drive down to the store and get more beer for everyone. I quickly drove down and came back to the house. I tried to open the door but for some reason it was locked. Apparently, my one family member who disapproved of me being an atheist locked the door on me and began to gossip about me with other family members. She told them that Im not allowed to celebrate christmas since it's God's holiday and I don't believe in him and that Im a spoiled child because of how hard everyone tried to persuade me into christianty. I was rather upset someone in my family did this and I started to panic a bit. What if other people share the same opinion as my family member and do horrible things to me because Im an atheist. What if others get mad at me for celebrating christmas when Im supposedly not allowed to. In all, it's all very chaotic and Im not feeling as happy as I was when I made my resolution.
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I'm sorry that happened to you. A lot of Christmas traditions are pagan and go against the wishes in the Bible anyway, so perhaps they shouldn't be practicing either. ;) In all seriousness though, I am personally proud that you are choosing to be honest about your true self. It's hard to go against the grain and can definitely put a strain on your relationships, but that weight of holding on to a secret can be too heavy a burden at times. While it's terrible someone tried to exclude you from the party, this was just one angry person. Good for you, and late Merry Christmas!
ReplyMy mom took the same stance when I told her that I was atheist. If you want to know more about my story here's the link: https://novni.com/letters/read/152623/my-mom-doesnt-accept-my-atheism-and-i-dont-know-what-to-do-capitilization-in-this-title-is-probably-incorrect I'd try the arguments in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8S-8MG_7ltw&list=WL&index=176&t=0s
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