HelloWorld Posted September 28, 2008 Posted September 28, 2008 Yup. I removed "Religion: Catholic" from my profile information, and I also left all of the Catholic/Christian groups I was in. I say that I only "half" came out because I changed my profile setting so that it would not show up on my friends' news feed that I had done either of these things. I also made sure to leave some non-Christian groups at the same time so that if anyone (my Catholic/Christian friends, family) noticed anything "suspicious", I would have something to say to them. So, I guess you could say that what I did was sort of lame. On the other hand, I think it was a big personal step for me to be able to do those things without feeling entirely guilty. There was SOME merit in what I did. Yeah, now that I think more about it, I suppose the most important and commendable thing about this is that I finally admitted to myself in some tangible way that I am de-converting.
Crazycatlady Posted September 28, 2008 Posted September 28, 2008 That is not at all lame. I did the same thing myself awhile ago (I removed everything but my sex and birthday, actually). It does feel empowering. Go you!
babysealclubber Posted September 28, 2008 Posted September 28, 2008 Don't feel bad, I did the same thing... It feels better to not deceive people, even if you aren't telling the whole story. I also typed out a lengthy note on why I couldn't believe in God anymore, which I promptly saved to 'drafts' and never posted. I recommend the exercise, it helped me sort out my thoughts early on.
Andy Posted September 28, 2008 Posted September 28, 2008 I did something like that as well. I've also used facebook to drop a lot of hints, like quotes by freethinkers, putting a few atheist/anti-christian books on my list, things like that. People don't pay a lot of attention to that kind of thing.
sarahgrace Posted September 28, 2008 Posted September 28, 2008 Yeah, I'll chime in with another "not lame!" Baby steps, baby steps. It is best to be comfortable and guilt-free with who you are and where you are at right now before you go making proclamations about your lack of belief. I actually am not a fan of proclamations at all... I just sort of let myself gradually fade away from the Christian world. I still maintain several close friendships with Christians, and I have been honest with them about my beliefs (or lack thereof) and they respect me and love me for who I am. I think a big bold "I don't believe anymore" announcement would have jeopardized some of those very dear friendships. So I applaud you and your baby steps. Re: facebook, ever since I joined up my religion has been "devout adherent to the church of cask ales." Nobody has said anything about it.
Jeff H Posted September 29, 2008 Posted September 29, 2008 I did the same thing a while ago. First I changed it from "Religion: Pentecostal" to "Religion: Christian" way back when. Then, more recently, once I had convinced myself that my doubts weren't going away, I just took out the religion thing altogether. Did it like you, deleted it from the mini-feed so I wouldn't get a lot of posts on my wall. Since that point, I've been trying to come up with the perfect thing to put in there, once I'm ready to do so. It's a fun exercise to do. Do I want to become a Pastafarian? Or am I more of a Church of Jedi person? So many options
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