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Permalink Reply by Loren Miller on November 25, 2010 at 6:05am

I related some of my experience with a quartet of JW's in my blog, Morning Encounter, but here's the fun part:

Me: Hi, can I help you?

She: Good morning. We’re from the local Kingdom Hall and we wondered if we could talk with you for a moment.

Me: Indeed – I’m an atheist.

She: Oh, my. I don’t believe I’ve ever met an atheist before. Were you always an atheist, or did something happen to move you in that direction.

Me: Yes – common sense.

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Permalink Reply by J. A. on December 4, 2010 at 5:52pm

Love it!

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Permalink Reply by J. A. on December 4, 2010 at 5:53pm

My mother just cried when I told her, and asked if it was something she had done wrong. My father doesn't talk about it.

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Permalink Reply by Vangelis Stamatopoulos on December 12, 2010 at 10:14pm

Ok, this is kind of a twist on the coming out stories. My father is an atheist and (since he sent me to a xtian school) I was xtian from young. In my 30s, however, I started reading about Buddhism and realised that was what I was looking for in xtianity all along. Anyway, once I had really decided that I was a Buddhist after all, I told my father:

 

Father: Don't worship the Buddha he was just a man, not some kind of god.

Me: I agree.

Father: You mean you don't worship the Buddha?

Me: Nope. He was just a man that woke up.

Father: Well, what god do they worship?

Me: None - there is no all-powerful creator-god being.

Father: Anyway, there's no thing as a soul - when this body dies, that's it.

Me: I agree (sort of but I wasn't going to get into semantics).

Father: Sounds all rather sensible then. Just don't get involved in any cults.

Me: Yes, dad.

 

Hehe - it was all very amusing!

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Permalink Reply by Mo'mo on February 4, 2012 at 9:33pm

Go, Dad!

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Permalink Reply by Edward Teach on December 17, 2010 at 8:30am

"An atheist!?!... But, let me get this right. You do believe in God and the Devil, right?"

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Permalink Reply by Michigan Mike on January 19, 2011 at 5:47am

My wife told her mother one day. Her mother's reply:

 

"I figured. He always needs proof of everything for some reason."

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Permalink Reply by Alex The Realist on January 22, 2011 at 8:13am

I've gotten that.

My reply was... "well you didn't think hard enough, It's clearly smarter than having blind faith. Aren't you diagnosed with that mental illness?

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Permalink Reply by Beth L. on January 20, 2011 at 11:30pm

My Dad:  "Well, as long as you know that you should never be anything you can't spell."

(I spell 'atheist')

Dad: "I guess that's okay then."

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Permalink Reply by David Anam on March 10, 2011 at 3:23pm

That reminds me of my Facebook account, where I actually mispelled "athiest" on my profile. Nobody said anything, but I was sure embarrased a year later when I realized that.

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Permalink Reply by Kamboja Tan on January 22, 2011 at 7:10am

Both of my parents are atheists from a Buddhist background, so I never had to deal with anything at home (I never 'came out', so to speak) but I sometimes get weird responses when other people find out. I was at a party one time and they were talking about religion, and when I told my friend I didn't believe that god or any supernatural stuff even made any sense they said, "I always figured you for a Moonie."
LOL.

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Permalink Reply by Alex The Realist on January 22, 2011 at 8:08am

Me: I don't believe in god

Them: It's okay, he believes in you.

Me: Prove it.

Them: You're welcome to come to church and see for yourself.

Me: No thanks. (walk away shaking head)

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