because there was someone in your life who refused to accept you if you werent a Christian?
2007-10-05 06:59:45 · 15 answers · asked by Smee 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Not from my side of the bridge, but a number of my Christian friends couldn't cope with it.* My social life had also been almost totally church-community based, so a broader circle of acquaintances and contacts also disappeared.
*Prior to this, I had been training bible-study leaders and teaching evangelism, so it was seen as a significant apostasy.
2007-10-05 07:33:14 · answer #1 · answered by Pedestal 42 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, nobody in my personal life seemed to be thinking much about religion except for me - I live in the UK.
I heard about a widespread phenomenon of people taping themselves denying the holy spirit, blaspheming and 'cutting themselves off from the lord' forever.
I had a problem with that and I couldn't quite figure out what it was - then I realised, it's the act of pretending that the holy spirit is worth denouncing in the first place - would you go stand on a street corner and deny the easter bunny? Who gives a damn, right? A lot of teenage 'atheists' in the US are more angry ex-christian anti-theists than regular atheists.
2007-10-05 14:08:35 · answer #2 · answered by Leviathan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suppose, such as the bridge to church. There was one good friend whom I didn't speak to for about 5 years (a mutual decision), but then she came to the same conclusion as me eventually and we reconnected. No one in my life really completely dis-owned me for being an atheist.
2007-10-05 14:06:43 · answer #3 · answered by daisy mcpoo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I didn't burn that bridge, they did by refusing to accept me.
2007-10-05 14:03:15 · answer #4 · answered by Blue girl in a red state 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Not really...al those that would be truly affected by it don't know (and won't know)...I'm hiding it because if they DID know...then I WOULD have to burn those bridges...and I wouldn't want to do that with my grandmother...she'd have a heart attack (literally) It's hard enough with my mom....
2007-10-05 14:06:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bridge over Hell.
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2007-10-05 14:03:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
no bridges burned. just a disappointed guilt tripping mother. lol
2007-10-05 14:06:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Actually, I think I reinforced some and brought some family along.
2007-10-05 14:02:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i was a Muslim before i became an atheist, and my family and friends are completely OK with it.
2007-10-05 14:10:02 · answer #9 · answered by krishnokoli 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was born an Atheist, raised an Atheist and will die an Atheist...
And I've never been rejected by anyone....
Anyone that matters, that is.
2007-10-05 14:03:20 · answer #10 · answered by Lex Fok B.M.F. 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋