Hi Ryan, I have only recently come across your blog & your experience with leaving the church and growth into atheism. I would like to ask you, how do you handle your relationship to family members who are still religious? For me, after it became clear to me that my family is not hostile to me, even though they 'disagree' with my sexuality, I have found it increasingly difficult to navigate/help their health & marriage problems, since (in my eyes) the root of their unhappiness in dealing with those issues is their religion.
Thank you for your courageous journey. I left the SDA cult 46 years ago, but I haven't found many powerful stories from others. Thank you again!
Hi Ryan, I have only recently come across your blog & your experience with leaving the church and growth into atheism. I would like to ask you, how do you handle your relationship to family members who are still religious? For me, after it became clear to me that my family is not hostile to me, even though they 'disagree' with my sexuality, I have found it increasingly difficult to navigate/help their health & marriage problems, since (in my eyes) the root of their unhappiness in dealing with those issues is their religion.
Friends? Adventist friends? They are scared of me. As are many. 👍