#your ego feeds you a thousand delusions as ridiculous as religion per day

[novadreii]

It's just really not worth it to me to be authentic with religious people about my lack of belief. I am careful to just not get too close to them because with people close to me I do prefer to be authentic. But I can easily mask as vaguely religious with co-workers, acquaintances, in-laws etc. It's not worth the headache because saying you don't "believe" in something to them that is as real as the air we breathe tends to make them at least mildly hostile to your existence. They instantly see you as the Non Believer NPC that religion conveniently warns them about. They see you as a little unwell, a little evil. Because you might as well be telling them you don't believe in mountains, or rain, or the color orange. To them, there really isn't something to BELIEVE in or not. If you're a good and morally upstanding person, you just have faith. Only in a religious context is having faith (carrying a belief without evidence) considered a good thing. In every other, you're a fool lmao.