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[quote=Anonymous]On a few recent threads, we’ve touched on external pressures from friends and family around religion.

Would love to hear more experiences.

At any point in your life:
1) Have you ever omitted (or even lied) about your true religious beliefs to make a social situation easier? [b] Yes. I used to be a Mormon and it was embarrassing.[/b]

2) Has anyone ever insisted that you believe in a certain god or religious figure? [b] No[/b]

3) Has anyone ever made you go to a religious service? [b] My in-laws once when I was visiting. And I worked at a summer camp at a Catholic boarding school when I was in college and they forced us all to go to Mass. I was an atheist at the time. [/b]

4) Has anyone ever made you participate in a religious activity? [b] Not other than the above.[/b]

5) Do you ever feel like an outsider because of your religious beliefs? [b] Yes. I spend a lot of time with evangelicals and it's a weird situation knowing they probably think I'm not a real Christian. [/b]

If you feel comfortable, please share your general location/religious belief. Or any other related thoughts.

[b]I grew up in CT and live in NOVA. I converted to Eastern Orthodox Christianity a few years ago. [/b][/quote]

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