2007-01-05 02:52:32 · 13 answers · asked by Christine5 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I am an athiest but don't hide it. One day my brother in law who always goes to church and I had always had assumed to be a devout christian told me he was an atheist too but not to tell his wife. So Yes. Maybe its much more common than we think. If he can be a closet atheist anyone can. He is afraid because if he let it be known he is an atheist his wife might divorce him.
2007-01-05 03:00:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
From what I've seen, in quite a lot of Bible-bashing families, atheist kids are forced into going Church by their God fearing parents.
2007-01-05 11:35:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not me personally, I'm not atheist, but my brother does. He is an atheist, but when he comes home from college he just can't let his beliefs be known to our parents. My Dad is a Pastor with his doctorate in the Lutheran Church. He sits there and acts like he goes along with it all. Pretty sad in my opinion, he is 23, went to war in Iraq but can't tell his parents how he feels.
2007-01-05 23:04:14 · answer #3 · answered by Wicked Good 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atheists? Not sure, but I know of many agnostics whose families are aware of their beliefs who will attend with their families because it is good to accompany their children to church. I'm glad for this as I see it as a way to perhaps become enlightened, to actually realize there is God our Father!
2007-01-05 10:58:21 · answer #4 · answered by June smiles 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well my family is Hindu, and I never go to temple
It's hard when your family is really religious, when I told them that I'm an agnostic they got really angry, so I never bring up religion, I go along with the holidays and that's about it, I find hinduism interesting anyways, but not as a religion, from philosophy and cultural point
2007-01-05 11:09:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I used to go to church with my grandma, but I wasn't afraid to tell her that religion wasn't for me. She took it fine, and so did the rest of my family.
2007-01-05 10:56:34 · answer #6 · answered by Seven Costanza 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure there are some. I'm not sure why you would want to hide it from your family though.
2007-01-05 10:54:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes latterly thousands of closet Atheist. They are as bad as retched evil closet vampires who can't go out during the day but sneak out at night to pray on the poor defenseless homeless. o'yam my kisses only you have it right. xx
2007-01-05 10:59:35 · answer #8 · answered by Betty Boop 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i go to church to please my family, but i don't hide it, my family hides it, but if someone were to ask me if God exists i would tell them the truth.
2007-01-05 10:55:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I think so . there must be millions in hiding .
2007-01-05 10:55:10 · answer #10 · answered by jsjmlj 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋