Wanting to come out

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Wanting to come out

I am starting to become really frustrated with pretending to be Christian. I now see all the flaws and fallacies in what friends and family say when they talk about god. I try to be careful with what I say, trying to avoid directly saying "I believe," and also being careful with the questions I ask.

I've been considering coming out to my family and friends about my atheism, I just don't know how to go about doing this. If you have told your family, I would like to know how you did that and what reactions and responses you received. I don't want to be caught off guard with any of the responses I receive.
I want to be well prepared for this, I would like to know if there is any information or any particular arguments I should have a rebuttal for, if so, could you please recommend some good resources that I could access. Recently I've been watching a lot of Matt Dillahunty and have learnt a lot from him.

Something I will need to keep in mind when coming out as atheist is that my grandfather is currently getting his masters in theology, so I expect to get into many debates with him about this, I doubt I will get into many debates with the rest of my family. Because of this, I am kind of wary about how I go about coming out and what I should know before doing it.

I think this is something that is really important for me to do and I don't want to hide what I believe, or lack of, for much longer. Thanks in advance for any advice.

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WildBlue's picture
I'm no expert on this subject
CyberLN's picture
Greta Christina wrote a book
Cognostic's picture
The more you know, the more
closetedskeptic's picture
All I can really say is good
David Killens's picture
Expect to be treated
CyberLN's picture
Except from other folks
xenoview's picture
Do you depend on your family
Intelligent Ape's picture
Well, I'm not old enough to
David Killens's picture
But telling them you are an
Cognostic's picture
If no one else will tell you
Intelligent Ape's picture
Thanks for the advice, it has
Chipperfhu's picture
Bravo! Nuff said!

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