I was a pretty devout Christian raised in a very religious family and environment. I was also a well known gospel musician in my local area and even nationally. I built a good reputation for myself as a well mannered friendly Christian musician. I have a Facebook fanpage of 12,000+ followers and a YouTube channel with 20,000+ followers. However, I'm atheist now and I pretty much don't relate to the majority of my fans anymore. I've literally been trying to reestablish my identity in society over the past 6 years. I'm not a militant atheist, but I'm definitely atheist. I went public about it about 5 years ago, but many people that knew me still don't know or still haven't heard that I don't believe anymore. Does anyone else deal with this issue of always running into people that knew the old you and treat you like a Christian, but you end up having to explain who you aren't anymore?