One of the downsides of being an atheist is losing your religious friends or having them drift away.
I went to the supermarket today and saw an old friend who used to be a good friend of mine. She became really religious after high school and it seemed like we didn’t have anything in common anymore because she said it was not good in her religion to go to the movies or make art (stuff we bonded over in high school).
She sort of became preachy but I didn’t mind it. The thing is, I used to identify as Muslim (the same religion as her) but I decided to no longer identify as that since I always felt deep down inside I was an atheist. I think she found out through one of our friends or just caught on and she just drifted away even further even though I still wanted to be friends with her. I never hated on Islam or Muslims or religion or preached like those angry atheists do (heck my own family is Muslim) ..but still I don’t think she was too keen on hanging out with me anymore. It’s always been kind of awkward because of that. Specially if we run into each other.
Anyway, I was at the supermarket today and I saw her so I said Hi to her and her mum and we got talking and I was freaking out because I went specifically to the supermarket to buy some alcohol (I just wanted to have a few quiet drinks alone at home in my room -.-). And I was freaking out at the check out that she’d see me buying it or getting my ID checked and hate me.
I know that atheists give religious people a lot of shit ..but I wish that religious people wouldn’t always be so judgmental. Like, I can’t even tell my family I an Atheist or they’ll disown me or hate me forever. Real talk.