Atheism/family and atheism

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All of my family is christian but im not and they don't really accept me for who i am because im an atheist and when i told my grandma we got in a stupid argument she kept saying yes your christian. All of my family goes to church but when they ask me to go and i tell them that im an atheist they get mad at me and some of them won't look me in the eye its like they hate me because im not christian.
But my aunt asked me why i was an atheist and i explaned to her theres no proof of god she did what all christians do and dismiss it

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Nate:

Very sorry to hear of your family trouble due to your views on religion.  It is, unfortunately, a pretty common thing.  I certainly hope things improve for you.

I didn't, though, really see a specific question you were asking.  Is there something more you wanted to ask?

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Vincent M. Wales

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Skeptic and atheist for more than three decades.

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Living as a non-believer in an increasingly religious nation... and writing about it.

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Atheists and Other Freethinkers (Sacramento)
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(founder of) Freethought Society of Northern Utah

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