The NSM Advice Column

[KefkaticFanatic]

only sometimes

And yea, if people ever directly ask me I just say I'm not religious.. "atheist" has too much of the negative "gigantic douche-nozzle" stigma to it.

[Clanker37]

I just say I believe in Science and stuff. But then I get called a Scientology Nutcase >_>

[ETFROXX]

Give me advice!  Do I ever tell my very religious parents that I'm atheist or do I just hold it in forever.

I understand this is hard but I wouldn't hold it in forever. That's a huge part of yourself to hide. I've told my mom but not my aunt and uncle (whom I live with). They aren't overly religious but in a way they are...? They're alcholics and God is a HUGE part of recovery. So I get why its hard. Especially if I tell them something that helped them so much in getting sober is, I think, non existant.

I do plan to tell them, but I am also not sure how.

IM NO HELP BUT I FEEL YOUR PAIN.

[Shadoninja]

Give me advice!  Do I ever tell my very religious parents that I'm atheist or do I just hold it in forever.

Move to Canadia where we don't care what you believe in.

[SlowPokemon]

why is your solution always to move to canada

[Shadoninja]

why is your solution always to move to canada

Because we're better than you and we know it.

[Toby]

Or move to Scotland where we kill you for not being like us...

[Waddle Bro]

you mean being like guys who wear dresses

[Toby]

We're devils in skirts if anything.

Where I live, we have the highest crime rate in Europe.

[SlowPokemon]

That's not something to brag about.

[Clanker37]

Or move to Australia. Where we'll bash you if you come on a boat, tax anything that's fun and make a 3 hour drive away.

[Concerto No.20 in D minor]

I think you should tell them out of respect, Concerto.  It'll probably hurt them and they may possibly pester you about it, but I feel that they would deserve the truth.

I think they may do more than just pester me.  Maybe disown me or something, idk.  At least my father might.  At the very least I'd expect to be removed from the house.  It's just they force me to pray sometimes and also to read scripture.  It's not often, but it's hard to stomach.  Also they're Mormons, so while they're not crazy themselves, their beliefs are.  The way they were raised doesn't allow them to see that though.

I understand this is hard but I wouldn't hold it in forever. That's a huge part of yourself to hide. I've told my mom but not my aunt and uncle (whom I live with). They aren't overly religious but in a way they are...? They're alcholics and God is a HUGE part of recovery. So I get why its hard. Especially if I tell them something that helped them so much in getting sober is, I think, non existant.

I do plan to tell them, but I am also not sure how.

IM NO HELP BUT I FEEL YOUR PAIN.

Thanks.

[SuperFireKirby]

Mormons

oh. oh dear.

[Yugi]

Mormons

Please don't tell me you have/had to go on that religious mission for 2 years.

[Shadoninja]

I think they may do more than just pester me.  Maybe disown me or something, idk.  At least my father might.  At the very least I'd expect to be removed from the house.  It's just they force me to pray sometimes and also to read scripture.  It's not often, but it's hard to stomach.  Also they're Mormons, so while they're not crazy themselves, their beliefs are.  The way they were raised doesn't allow them to see that though.
Thanks.

I'm so thankful I don't live in religionland and that my family doesn't care what I believe in.