Telling my girls I'm an atheist in the basement.

January/11/2008 Filed in: Telling Them I'm An Atheist
Karen told me yesterday that I should tell the girls that I'm an atheist before they hear it from somebody at church. That being, of course, because Karen has told many people at church.

Karen is gone for the evening at a slumber party with some of her friends from church, so I decided now would be a good time.

I told the girls to go down to the basement because I wanted to talk to them. We have a huge chalkboard in the basement that I used for illustration.

I spent about 30 minutes talking about the world and the beliefs of the world. Those from the past and today.

After 30, minutes I finally explained to the girls that I don't believe in any of the supernatural things that people believe in, including the christian god.

I asked if they had any questions. There were a few. "What started my atheism?" and some on evolution that I spent the next 30 minutes explaining.

At this time, I could see that they were ready to leave. I kept getting those glances of, "Are you done so we can go?"

It wasn't really that bad. I was concerned about what they might think. I do want my girls to love me.
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