Howdy wonderful roleplayers! So I have been thinking about coming out as agnostic (unsure about a God) to my family. I don't have problems with any religious person here, since I don't know you well enough personally to have a chip on my shoulder about you. While I still believe in some version of an afterlife, I'm unsure about a God. I've only told a few strangers on a Discord server and another forum, but never told anyone I knew personally. I'm going to talk this over with my Therapist to get some advice from her tomorrow and I only hope for the best. Any advice on what to do until I decide to come out to people I know?
Believing in an afterlife, and this is just an assumption but some kind of higher power would make one agnostic and not atheist. In the end, it shouldn't matter whether you are Christian, Jewish, Muslim, etc. A person is not defined by their religion, but by the actions they take. The best quote I have ever heard about religion came from a comedy movie, Dogma which kind of puts it in better words than I can.
'I think it's better to have ideas. You can change an idea, changing a belief is trickier. Life should be malleable and progressive; working from idea to idea permits that. Beliefs anchor you to certain points and limit growth; new ideas can't generate. Life becomes stagnant.'
- Rufus (Chris Rock)
In the end, your family should not judge you based upon your own personal beliefs, or lack thereof. I do understand that there are people who put their faith before all else, which makes things hard, but in the end that is what locks someone into their mindset. They lose the ability to adapt and overcome situations at hand. And again, I am assuming, but a true Christian accepts all with love and compassion, as Jesus stated many times throughout the bible. In the end, it comes down to the person, how they are as human beings and not as relatives. What makes you happy, what makes you you, and what you truly believe should always come before what others think of you.
Sorry, I know that was long, drawn out, and probably not helpful at all...