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Atheists & Agnostics

Warpy

(114,628 posts)

5. Some will have questions

Reply to madmom (Original post)

Tue Dec 18, 2012, 01:00 AM

Dec 2012

so try to answer them as gently as you can. Most of the real howlers will just unfriend and block you.

You can pick up your pirate hat and rubber chicken in the lobby.

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Well, I just outed myself as an atheist. I was...UPDATE [View all] madmom Dec 2012 OP

I wish you luck! nt ZombieHorde Dec 2012 #1

Congratulations, and best wishes to you. n/t PoliticAverse Dec 2012 #2

Good going. The more of us that hold our heads high the better. dimbear Dec 2012 #3

I wish I was so brave! Sedona Dec 2012 #4

Not at all. Curmudgeoness Dec 2012 #23

Some will have questions Warpy Dec 2012 #5

I didn't full out myself on Facebook (though many people know) Gore1FL Dec 2012 #6

My FB religious views says: "The Enlightenment" ... eom Kolesar Jan 2013 #28

Good on you! beam me up scottie Dec 2012 #7

I have a stock reply to that one Warpy Dec 2012 #11

This was from the pastor. beam me up scottie Dec 2012 #13

Somebody tries to send me to hell, I don't give a fuck Warpy Dec 2012 #14

Yeah, lol, but I didn't want to interrupt the service. beam me up scottie Dec 2012 #15

You don't need your body in heaven. mmonk Dec 2012 #25

My stock reply to that one is: PassingFair Dec 2012 #26

I am kind of "out" on Facebook Sedona Dec 2012 #8

No big deal for me since I live in the city. Must be harder for rural people. Lucky Luciano Dec 2012 #9

Here is my take on the old favorite: Gore1FL Dec 2012 #10

That's good Kolesar Jan 2013 #27

I actually did come up with a better one Gore1FL Jan 2013 #29

Nailed! Kolesar Jan 2013 #30

It's very dangerous to do so where I live. Manifestor_of_Light Dec 2012 #12

I can't imagine what it must be like. mr blur Dec 2012 #16

Good luck. I'm trying not to do the same thing bu it's not easy. ScottLand Dec 2012 #17

Good for You! Ligyron Dec 2012 #18

You don't need luck, you have your brain! cleanhippie Dec 2012 #19

I'll raise a glass with you! deucemagnet Dec 2012 #20

Good luck! OriginalGeek Dec 2012 #21

Good luck. Curmudgeoness Dec 2012 #22

Give them time, be yourself Fearless Dec 2012 #24