Now, two things you’re probably thinking are:



1. Simple, just don’t tell them



And



2. You’re an atheist



And while for the time being, as I’m a 20 year old who still lives with them, at some point I’m gonna have to move out, and by then it might not be so easy, and I’ll explain why later in this post. I’m also not quite an atheist, as I consider myself more of an occultist, and we get a lot of flak from religious and anti religious people alike, but I’m trusting the people answering this are open minded.



Now, growing up one thing my church talked about a lot was false idols, which as someone with a fanboyish personality was tough to reconcile. The way they taught it, it was like being a fan of something more than you were of God was a terrible thing (this line of thinking is one of many things that turned me away from Christianity). It might be unsettling when I have my own house if I have posters and things for my various fandoms but little to nothing for God. I mentioned earlier I’m an occultist, and some of us see Jesus as more a philosopher than a God, and I think what I might do is put up quotes by him or from The Bible that sound good and can apply even to non-believers.



But of course this wouldn’t be honest of me, as so much of what I’ve come to believe in and aspire to are so contradictory to some Christian teachings. Since I don’t know if there’s an afterlife, I think we SHOULD love the world and the things that are in it, and one thing that me and many Christians want is to get rich, despite the verse telling us just how hard it is for rich people to get into Heaven. They may also wonder why I’m not going to church, and of course they wouldn’t like the honest answer: because I want to improve the only life I know for sure I have, instead of wasting time on a religion that frankly has done more harm than good in my life!



I know I’m starting to get on a soapbox here, but it’s how it is when you come from this type of background and have these types of goals. My family isn’t TOO crazy, I mean they let me be a fan of the things that indirectly lead me to these interests, but the slightest sign of even questioning God’s existence is enough to make them very concerned. I love them, but I definitely don’t love everything about them!