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I pretty much agree with the PP who said that being a non-believer is one thing, but keeping one's atheism a secret is another thing that is more distancing and would contribute to a loss of trust.  ...
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Also, I do not see a need to tell her I am an atheist as I'm sure it would be viewed as though I was trying to build a barrier.  I don't feel that religious talk needs to be discussed with her unless absolutely necessary, such as it involving my children. I also do not understand your distinction between an atheist and a non-believer. I tend to use those terms interchangeably.  [/quote]

I'm the one to whom you were responding a few pages back.  I was trying to use the terms interchangeably, too.  Sorry if that wasn't clear.  I just didn't want to use the same term twice in one sentence, but I could have written "... being an atheist is one thing, but keeping one's atheism a secret is another thing..."  or "... being a non-believer is one thing, but keeping one's lack of belief a secret is another thing..."  I was trying to emphasize that the bigger problem is the secrecy not the difference in belief system.

Also I'm glad that, in spite of skepticism from at least one poster, some others on this thread have validated the negative experience we've had of being given the impression by some Catholics, including at least one priest, that non-Catholics were missing out on the road to salvation.  It is possible that I overstated it by saying that the priest was implying that non-Catholics were heading to hell, but he sure as, um, "heck" made it seem as if only Catholics were headed to heaven (and he wasn't talking about a middle ground).[/quote]

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