Reply #3: I've been lesbian since birth [View All]

I was indoctrinated into Christianity beginning in my eighth year of life and remained with it for the next two decades. I had an atheist friend who outright told me she thought it was BS. Later I had a gay friend who believed in God but detested organized religion. He asked, "How the hell can you believe in that crap knowing how they feel about gays?". I'd already been having some doubts by then, and about two years later I "lost my religion" and became an atheist.

Ironically I have no qualms about telling people I'm a lesbian if the topic comes up. However I will dodge questions about faith with all but those I trust implicitly, particularly in today's f*cked up political climate where the whackjobs will do who-knows-what to people who are non-christian or the "wrong kind" of christian. (This doesn't apply in online forums of course).