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Amusing Responses You Got From People When You Came Out About Being An Atheist.

I thougt It would be interesting to see some of the more comical responses people have received upon coming out. I'll start things off with my favorite.

I was about 16 and a guy in class found out that I didn't believe in god and he came up to me and asked

Boy: "So do you really not believe in god"

Me: "No."

Boy: "So.... You worship the devil?!"

I got this one in one form or another many times..... Gotta love the bible belt! :)

Scott

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Permalink Reply by Tonya Wynn on April 12, 2011 at 3:30pm

"ooh!!! You just came right out with it, didn't you?!" When she invited me to church and I didn't hestitate or flinch or act ashamed in telling her I didn't believe in god.

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Permalink Reply by CED on April 12, 2011 at 7:34pm

My sister always calls me a satanist. I try to explain that being an atheist means that I don't believe in Satan either.

I have not told many people that I am an atheist, but my favorite question was, "aren't you worried about going to hell?". Um, no. Super no.

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Permalink Reply by annet on September 15, 2011 at 9:07pm

lol

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Permalink Reply by Rhonda Boyer on April 12, 2011 at 8:16pm

My daughter told me she was an atheist. Since I was not at that point myself yet, I didn't say much. I didn't try to get her to believe. It really opened my eyes, and made me admit to myself the things I wouldn't look at before, and be more logical and reasonable about what I believed.

The whole, where do you get your morals from without the bible thing was one of the first places I saw reason. I always felt that having a get out of hell free card made no sense. I also asked someone once why we(people) were supposed to forgive each other with nothing more than an I am sorry from others, yet the god of the bible demanded someone die in order for god to forgive.

Anyway, I just get asked if something bad happened to make me lose faith, or if I am mad at god.

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Permalink Reply by Greg D on April 13, 2011 at 11:40pm

When I was about eight my mother had some of her friends from church over for coffee.

I was playing in the living room and I overheard "Shh he doesn't know he isn't real yet"

I yelled back "I figured out he wasn't real last year, so don't worry"

My mom answered back "Who told you Santa wasn't real, did one of your friends"

Of course I was talking about god, I folded and said "last Christmas I figured it out but I didn't want to hurt your feelings"

It was two decades longer before I filled her in on my real feelings.

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Permalink Reply by Johnsky on April 14, 2011 at 12:17am

A common one is "But you HAVE to believe in SOMETHING!"

... my usual response is "I do believe in something, reality"

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Permalink Reply by Michael Black on April 14, 2011 at 7:20pm

I like that response. My response has always been the incredulous double blink. They almost always get pissed at that point and leave. (I never was any good at poker.)

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Permalink Reply by Napoleon Bonaparte on April 14, 2011 at 8:14pm

Les Athees Napoleoneinne - VikingTrance

Je m'ennuie parce que je ne connaissais pas de chrétiens fondamentalistes. Mes amis sont indifférents à mon athéisme. Je n'ai pas une histoire humoristique de partager avec vous.

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Permalink Reply by qıƃ ɟ ǝıɔɐɹʇ on April 15, 2011 at 4:04pm

Peter said: "Sorry, I don't know any fundamentalist christians. My friends don't care at about my atheism. I have no humorous past to share with you."

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Permalink Reply by Becky on April 23, 2011 at 11:04pm

My favorite response:

Me: "I'm an atheist"

Close friend of mine: "What's that?"

Me: "I don't believe in God."

Friend: "Bullshit, you're a christian."

Runner up:

Me: "Yes, (Name deleted.) I'm an Atheist."

Name Deleted: "You're the last person I'd expect to be one."

Me: "...."

Name deleted: "You just seem to be a good person."

Me"......"

Gotta love when the town you live in is 90% Catholic.

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Permalink Reply by James Cromb on April 24, 2011 at 8:21am

I guess I must be doing something wrong. When I have told people that I am an athiest I get no response at all. Many of my coworkers are very religious, but they accept me for who I am and my lack of belief. I wear a FSM pin on my uinform and the only response so far was from the daughter of a patient who said she knew her father was in good hands.