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Another person knows...

Amazingly, all it takes for me to come out as atheist is somebody asking. I'm absolutely more honest than most Christians I know and too honest for my own good.
A co-worker asked me in front of 2 other co-workers if I believe in God. I tried to weasel(sorry, weasels) my way out of that by mentioning what I do for my church, basically implying that this is a stupid question, like, c'mon, and another co-worker was saying, "Of course he believes in God", also mentioning my church work. But he didn't want weasel words(I love you, weasels! You're all cute and delightfully hyperactive! Unless you prefer different adjectives, of course.), he wanted me to actually say that yes, I believe in God and that Jesus is my savior.
I... couldn't say it. Instead I gave a "meh" hand signal & facial expression(hand horizontal, facing down, rocking back and forth) as well as an actual "meh". Granted, the 100% honest answer would have been "God, no", but I'm trying not to look atheist, which of course means I'm keeping a huge lie. Aren't we all, though? I figure I can at least play it down, just seeming like I have doubts but go to church anyway.
The co-worker didn't make much of it, essentially saying "See?" or "There ya go", I forgot what the conversation was about. I'm not sure that the other co-workers even noticed. They didn't say anything about it. One of them likes to spout scriptures, too. Shortly before, we were all discussing if getting drunk is a sin, and I had to ask him where it says that getting drunk is a sin. I didn't have any doubt that it was, but I certainly didn't recall it actually saying that it is. I didn't want anything vague, either, like the scriptures in 1 Corinthians saying that your body is a temple, I wanted something concrete. He did some searching & found one that said that if you do certain things which included getting drunk, "You will not enter the kingdom of God". Good enough. I don't get drunk anyway, not that it matters. Not being convinced of God is an equal sin, anyway. I wasn't expecting to enter the kingdom of God, in the first place.

So that's 2-4 people that now know my... secret? Seriously, one of these co-workers is one of the people I've specifically wanted to keep this a secret from, due to his evangelistic nature, albeit in a fairly passive nature. If he noticed, I might get some scriptures posted on my desk. Big woop. And yes, he's done that to another employee for some jokingly racist statement about our president. I'm, not sure what the connection was there, maybe an "honor thy leaders" thing or general "be excellent to others" verse. He might discuss God with me more, though I expect him to be friendly about it, and I'll be friendly right back, because we're friends. Either way, I feel that the best way for me to have freedom from religion is just to blend in. That of course sounds like bullshit because I'm actively promoting Christianity at church. sigh, I don't think I can win either way. It at least prevents people from trying to ram religion into my skull, and I do enjoy what I do at church even if I don't believe the message.
Main thing is, though, that my mom and church members don't find out. I wouldn't hear the end of that.

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