Salutations!

[RamseyRam]

Hello! Yet another joiner here. I am an atheist in my mid-teens and have joined this forum due to the distinct lack of people with my views where I live (Fort Wayne, IN, Southwest corner). I was Christian like my family until I was around eight years old, and that was when my faith started dissipating as I put the pieces together, slowly realizing that what I had thought of as truth seemed like a silly idea. I kept quiet about it until I was around 10 or 12, but I was thankful to have such open-minded parents as they accepted my views, even though they were and still are Christians. I still keep up a Christian mask when I'm around my extended family, as they are all pious, but I don't mind. I also celebrate Christmas as I see it more as an American holiday than a Christian holiday, as I am sure many others do. I am mostly passive in expressing my beliefs, but I like a good debate once in a while. I do not like to openly attack religion and simply- and naively- hope for a future where equality in all its forms is the norm. I'm glad to join a community of accepting atheists and I can't wait to get started

[G-Roll]

I still keep up a Christian mask when I'm around my extended family, as they are all pious, but I don't mind. I also celebrate Christmas as I see it more as an American holiday than a Christian holiday, as I am sure many others do. I am mostly passive in expressing my beliefs, but I like a good debate once in a while

you are not alone.  

welcome. i hope you enjoy your stay.

[AlP]

Hi RamseyRam, welcome to the forum!

[Whitney]

Hi, welcome to HAF

 

and simply- and naively- hope for a future where equality in all its forms is the norm.

Nothing wrong with hope...maybe some day humans will evolve past the apparent need to have everyone around them share the same view.

[dtfanxxosq]

oh hello.
my mother is an moslem (without hairdress(turban)ofcourse
yeah,youre not alone at all