Alienation from friends and family

Why discuss it with them? it's certainly not something I talk about with friends and family. We talk about matters of daily life for the most part - groceries, work, school, exercise routines, pet and childcare, vacation planning.

I actually don't think 99.9% of my friends have any idea of where I stand in terms of belief/lack of belief. It's not something we talk about. If anyone did start talking about religious belief/lack of belief I'd probably change the subject.

A Conservative Christian is as a rule very tied up in their beliefes and you can hardly change nor make them to understand your point of view.
As a rule a discussion about religion can be very interesting and give you a good insight in theology.
Only if the people are open minded, have a certain knowledge and do not condemn anyone. Also knowledge about history is good.
If your family and some of your friends are consercative Christians I would not even hint to them about how you stand. If they are uncomfortable with you it is their problem.
If they start with that old singsong about you are not a good Christian - IGNORE IT.
Or tell them that - in case your are baptized - "As baptized I will always remain Christian - no matter what. If I am good person it is up to others to judge"

That's pretty solid advice actually, thanks.

A Conservative Christian is as a rule very tied up in their beliefes and you can hardly change nor make them to understand your point of view.
As a rule a discussion about religion can be very interesting and give you a good insight in theology.
Only if the people are open minded, have a certain knowledge and do not condemn anyone. Also knowledge about history is good.
If your family and some of your friends are consercative Christians I would not even hint to them about how you stand. If they are uncomfortable with you it is their problem.
If they start with that old singsong about you are not a good Christian - IGNORE IT.
Or tell them that - in case your are baptized - "As baptized I will always remain Christian - no matter what. If I am good person it is up to others to judge"


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Congratulations on learning how to copy and paste.

Echow only has 2 posts here. I'm guessing he/she meant:

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Or a thumbs up for the post.

agnostic atheist

Please explain.