More than that, it would be internally inconsistent for them not to :P

Well critical thinking may point out faults in some ways of thinking and in some beliefs.

True

Anyway, if you do decide to come out on christmas eve, please make sure to film and upload it :D

If I did that then I'd also have to work on subtitles (seeing as the conversation would be in Romanian). But I'd probably do it on Christmas morning, not Chirstmas eve (when we're all opening our presents). That should make for some good family (comedic) drama.

Lol, yeah. It's even better that it would be in Romanian, which (relatively) few people understand. People would re-upload the video with the craziest alternative subtitles possible. You'd be as famous as the angry german kid. Or as that other angry german guy, you know the one.

Oh, have you ever thouhgt about some bullshit along the lines of "I just can't feel God anymore. I gave this a lot of thought and decided that this is something I must find out by my own means. I'm sure if God is there, he'll show me the way back. But until then, I need to be able to see things from other perspectives and reflect on them. I'm, sorry, I hope you will understand, but I really can't to this any other way."

Really great suggestion. I'll definately think about maybe using this. And it's not necessarily not true, as I never "felt" God even when I was religious. Maybe I'll even pretend to join weird cults to freak them out

Yeah, I think I'd do something like that if I had to. Maybe paint my walls black and draw a read goat on the ceiling or something. And then run and duck as the entire city trows rocks at me.

Now, seriously, if you really think there's a chance they'll kick you out, try talking in confession to your priest or something and explaining your situation as someone suggested earlier. He'll be able to understand the situation better than any of us here and I bet he can help.

I don't trust priests. Never felt comfortable about talking about anything to them. And I think a priest would more likely share my parents sentiments rather than my own.

I can see why you wouldn't trust them, but they sharing your parents mindset and not yours is precisely the point. Anyway, not really usefull if you don't feel confortable with them to begin with, so yeah.

Anyway, good luck with whatever you decide to do, whenever you decide to do it.

You'd be as famous as the angry german kid. Or as that other angry german guy, you know the one.

No I don't. Links please!!! It sounds fun.

Really, you never heard of Hitler? :P

l to am an atheist had to go through the Sunday school church- alter boy ritual , i stopped after high school never actively mentioned  my views   . My dad didn't say anything about me no longer going to church but then again he always believed love was unconditional,  plus mum wasn't a church goer either , she was like a lot of people of past generations declared herself christian on the census forms but never went to church and didn't seem to worry about whether there was a god or not . It maybe prudent to leave the question of your atheism on the back burner till your no longer dependent on your parents sort of ignore both  religion and atheism if possible. It is sad that the people we love and who say they love us have to make there love conditional, you see family's torn apart some times over trivial things such as not following in the family business marrying  some one they didn't like after they met them for  5 minutes etc and its not just the parents you have children saying we want  this and that or you wont see the grand kids.

Well Spock, my parents are fundies. You should hear what they say about people of other religions (and by this I also mean other Christian religions like Catholics or Protestants), let alone about atheists.

And this is why I generally dislike organized religion. It tends to divide people far more than bringing them together.

True, and it's a real shame. Also, since you say you were an atar boy, did a priest try to sexually abuse you? And since what age were you an atheist?