When my friends and family have different beliefs...?
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"You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right."--Rosa Parks\n\nGo to the ebonmusings site and scroll down to the "Deconversion Stories" there and a read some (not every link works). It might help you to kknow what other people did and how they handled it.
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I do as long as they don't try to tell me what I am doing is right or wrong and try to push what they believe or their values on me. You have your right to believe in what you want but you have to respect other people's beliefs too.
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Why not let them study both religions that way when they are older they will be able to decide for themselves and make an informed choice.\nThis is something that should have been thought out before you got married but you don't need me to tell you that whichever way you both decide to handle this people will disagree & be upset especially older family members, a compromise like I said above will really please neither side but should providing they aren't fanatics be liveable
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did your parents shove their religion down your throat?\n  did they bury you in it?\n  religion is a personal thing. time after time i've heard people say that they didn't believe in god because their parents went over board with the whole thing. whether you believe in god or not, your family can't have anything to do with it. that's between you and god or up to you. god knows that some people don't believe in god. it doesn't bother god.\n   i think it's important that you not come to certain beliefs because of other people's actions. whether you believe or not is up to you; and not them.
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I agree with the other answer....Do some soul searching...it does not matter what other people think or your family.....This is coming from a straight guy in his mid 30's.....Live life your way.....it is yours....we are only here for a little while!!!!!
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No not at all....I'm thankful I have a religion a faith the opportunity to believe, and regardless of what religion a person may be someone is always going to put "their two cents" in on it...Believe in what's right for you...no one can do this for you....and I feel you shouldn't put others beliefs down either..Think about it my parents were raised catholic...so of course me and my siblings were all raised catholic...if they happened to be Mormon than we would be Mormon...like I said before believe in what's right for you as a person, to me God can tell the difference of people sincerity regardless of "what religion you may be" or "which religion you think is right"....
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Seems to me that you also believe something blindly and narrowly... that you are right. Isn't that the real problem? That most people have deeply felt beliefs and believe they are right, and have a hard time tolerating others with different views? Your opinion and decisions about religions, our origins, and so on are valid, but so are mine. You speak of religious people being narrow minded, and refer to people like yourself as broad-minded. But, isn't it narrow minded to label any one group of people? You are saying that you don't like having a religious person's views imposed on you. But, in the same breath, you impose your beliefs on us, and label "anyone believing" as unfulfilled, and unintelligent. How exactly does that make sense? Since the group you are speaking of (religious people) is a group I belong to, perhaps I should enlighten you by letting you know that I'm not imposing my beliefs on anyone. I'm am quite ready to talk to those who would listen or have questions, and I am quite ready to listen to others. Do I believe blindly and narrowly? Well, if I didn't believe 100% in my God, that would make me a hypocrite who is wasting my time. If that says to you that I am either blind or narrow, then so be it. But you might consider that our time on earth may be better spent discussing issues without judgment - oh, but wait, Jesus told us not to judge, so I guess that won't work, huh?
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Any extreme belief isn't beneficial to anyone. I agree with you that everyone should have an open mind, listen to all sides, quit trying to convince everyone else and just be level headed about things. It doesn't mean we all have to agree with one another!
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Problem is everyone wants their truth to be the only truth so then they make remarks such as yours. Why not allow others to believe in what they choose and have faith in God that he is in control and everything is as it should be. People turn away from religion because of all the pushing and condemning that is thrown on them. Try living your life the way you want and just give love to everyone. Maybe they will see how happy you are and how content and come to you to find out why.\nLove and Light to you.
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My whole family is christian, but at the moment i consider myself atheist. No one knows about it because i know my family would most likely be upset with me or disapointed. But honestly, at the moment i'm trying to find myself and figure out what i want to do with the rest of my life.. I highly doubt i will stay an atheist forever.
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People have a need to believe in something outside of themselves. Some people believe in reason. Some people believe in a god. It is what ever works for you and you should not try to put down another’s beliefs
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Personally, I'm atheist. \n\nI think everyone has right to their beliefs.\n\nI applaud you for being out there. Some people are just so strong about theirs that other people are seen as low or they are downgraded for expressing their belief.\n\nI hope that you can find some sort of peace, if it may be in Christ, Buddha, or no one.\n\nGood luck.\n\n=)
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If those are you beliefs then you do not have to feel as if they are wrong because someone of different beliefs tells you that you dont need to prove your faith by doing xyz. Faith can take on many different forms and if you feel you must express your faith a certain way then that is what is best for you. However, if you dont want people to judge your way of faith and tell you that you are wrong, remember that when you look upon other people practicing their faith in a way that is different than yourself. \n\nWe can all show our faith in God through a mulititude of ways, just express it in the way that comes most naturaly to you as long as you arent keeping others from doing the same.
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people stop searching about knowledge .. that's a red line u can't cross it talking about religious... like if u r christian and u want to know anything about other religious u find first Ur family will argue u much and Ur friend and community be against u .. may be the bad thing we grow up and we didn't respect  others and sometimes we can't understand coz it simply we do not know ..i hope if we can change
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Just  be honest with them and speak your mind.  Telling them why you disagree with what they are saying.  \n\nBut whatever you do, don't let either one of them influence your decision. Make sure what you are deciding is your choice and what you believe, not theirs.
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I'm not concerned about their beliefs so much as what they actually do.  I've come to this conclusion because there seems to be a rather large discrepancy between what they say they believe and what they actually do.
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i would try to reconcile but under your conditions. if you dont want to go to family get togethers and such then dont. explain that too them, if they cant accept it then at least you tried.