SerenelyBlue Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 I just posted an atheist meme on fb. I don't know if I should be relieved or mortified. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SerenelyBlue Posted April 25, 2016 Author Share Posted April 25, 2016 I blame ex C for this. Yes I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhim Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 I just posted an atheist meme on fb. I don't know if I should be relieved or mortified. Congrats! My entire family is Hindu, so it was a relief all around when I "came out." But as someone with many, many former evangelical friends I can certainly understand where you're at right now. I hope the next few days go well for you. I blame ex C for this. Yes I do. Hey now, at least a solid 1/3 of us will freely admit that there are certain situations in which you shouldn't come out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SerenelyBlue Posted April 25, 2016 Author Share Posted April 25, 2016 No. I am relieved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SerenelyBlue Posted April 25, 2016 Author Share Posted April 25, 2016 I was just kidding about blaming ex-c. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SerenelyBlue Posted April 25, 2016 Author Share Posted April 25, 2016 Thank you Bhim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamia Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Good for you blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Good luck. Have a game plan ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SerenelyBlue Posted April 25, 2016 Author Share Posted April 25, 2016 Thank you and sorry for everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duderonomy Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Congratulations, SB! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Moderator buffettphan Posted April 25, 2016 Super Moderator Share Posted April 25, 2016 Good for you, SB! Don't hesitate to come here to vent, to commiserate, or for advice if your friends or family give you a hard time. Take care. ----------------------------------------------------- PS I forgot to say that there's no need to be "sorry for everything" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangitbobby83 Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 On FB? That took some balls. Let us know how it goes. I would love to say "fuck it" and post on FB. But considering half of my customers are christian and my in-laws are fundy, the ensuing shit-show would probably cost me a good 1/4 my income, so alas, I must shut it for money's sake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SerenelyBlue Posted April 25, 2016 Author Share Posted April 25, 2016 Thank you very much for your support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yunea Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Congrats for taking such a step. I hope all will go ok for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdelsolray Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Way to go, Mr. H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLyniezian Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Well, well done for having the guts to go all the way. I have "come out" to one guy via Facebook, the guy is an old uni. friend (as is his wife, who isn't obviously on FB) who now pastors a church not too far from me. I have not spoken to him since but got no reaction. Some of the folks from my church already know and never got "unfriended" or anything like that. The one main guy I am concerned about at the moment used to go to our church, moved elsewhere and I only added him to my FB friends list recently, post-deconversion. When I did know him "in the flesh" he was the one guy I used to meet up with quite a lot, which means it would be kind of a shame if I lost him, but he is quite a hardcore, full-on evangelist type who posts lots of would-be "hard-hitting" Christian-related stuff. I want to comment on a lot of these things but dare not, as of yet, until I can get advice on here. EDIT: I would kind of like to make another thread about it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TardisThinker Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 whoo-hoo!!! You're brave. I quietly changed my Facebook religion to "friendly neighborhood atheist", but that doesn't show up on the news feed or anything; no one will know unless they actively search my profile. Out of curiosity, what meme did you post? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SerenelyBlue Posted April 26, 2016 Author Share Posted April 26, 2016 http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/29/52/8b/29528bb0a700628602e2db7e4dee3ce1.jpg 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyfan70 Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Way to go! In 45 minutes, I am meeting with my former boss at church. He is "concerned that he's heard some things about me, including the possibility that I'm no longer a Christian." This should be an interesting discussion. Since they don't have anything over me anymore (like income), I may just give both barrels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator TABA Posted April 26, 2016 Moderator Share Posted April 26, 2016 Way to go! In 45 minutes, I am meeting with my former boss at church. He is "concerned that he's heard some things about me, including the possibility that I'm no longer a Christian." This should be an interesting discussion. Since they don't have anything over me anymore (like income), I may just give both barrels. Wow... Can't wait to hear how that meeting went. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yunea Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Way to go! In 45 minutes, I am meeting with my former boss at church. He is "concerned that he's heard some things about me, including the possibility that I'm no longer a Christian." This should be an interesting discussion. Since they don't have anything over me anymore (like income), I may just give both barrels. Let us know how that goes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyfan70 Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 It went pretty well. He was kind of stunned about the whole thing and tried to say that I was confusing how I felt about church with how I felt about God and I said, "Not really." I told him the basic story of how I started de-converting. So then he tried to use the "But what about your daughter? Don't you want her to have faith?" and I said, "Ultimately, I want her to treat other people way better than I've seen any church person treat people, so 1) I'll let her make her own decision, and 2) I will help her be the best person she can be, with or without church in her life. I really like him so it was hard disappointing him. But it felt like a relief and a release. He wants to get together every once in awhile to talk about stuff, which may or may not happen. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SerenelyBlue Posted April 27, 2016 Author Share Posted April 27, 2016 My mother thought I was having a bipolar episode an was mad at me because of what family might think. She threatened to disown me and to not help me in the future. My friends and family did not reply. The whole thing was akward. I deleted it. I don't want to lose my mother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Moderator buffettphan Posted April 27, 2016 Super Moderator Share Posted April 27, 2016 Sorry it didn't go well, SB. But you're in good company. Not too many of us are out on Facebook and the like. I don't want to lose my mother. That's understandable. FWIW, I'm in my 60's and my mother is in her 80's. She still insists I'm just "going through a phase." Yeah, one that's over 40 years in the making. smh (But at least she's not one of those fundy evangelical types.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blindsighted Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Sorry you had to delete. You still came out though, which was brave. Good for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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