I am an Atheist. And, very proud. I have been one since high school. I thank my parents. My Mom is a Christian. My Dad was with the Nation of Islam. And, I chose own way. He is cool with it, but, my Mom is not accepting.

Most of my family do not understand. Oh well. I am not ashamed. We were all born Atheists, and I will die an Atheist.

Tl;dr. very difficult/complicated. I haven't officially had that convo yet.

I don't go into any more detail than what's asked of me. If a family member wants to have an honest conversation on why I don't believe in the Christian concept of god (or any concept that I'm familiar with), I'll be glad to have that with them, but like half_assed said, you'd become a social pariah.

My family and I have an unspoken "don't ask don't tell" policy. I haven't gone to church in about 17 years and no one asks...so I don't bother to tell.

honestly church is such a BIG thing in the black community. even if they be sinning all week they still "love jesus" and everything is "look at god".

Ive never told really any black ppl that i don't believe. I honestly think you'd become a social pariah. even though we sin together and act a fool, they would think I'm eeeevil, cause i don't believe in some slave owner dogma that was shoved down our ancestor's throats to keep em in line.

I was forced to go to baptist church till i got knocked up at 15 lol, and now i visit my (Jamaican) mother often, but to this day, she asks me to go to church with her everytime i visit even though i told her i don't like to go. I had a (black) friend whose mom only offered to babysit for me IF I went to church. shit's stupid </rant>

sorry that was so long, i just have so many feels about this issue.