Is it normal to keep my beliefs to myself?

I'm not a religious person but it's not just religious people that do it i believe in a god I don't go to church or anything. My little brother on the other hand is the biggest atheist on the planet and goes round preaching it's not cool your beliefs are your own.

I agree with you completely. My own experience has been atheist for most of my 65 years, until I met a Church going Catholic woman who asked me to accompany her to Church. Out of curiosity and love for my, now, fiance, I started studying all the mysterious things I was seeing and hearing there. I decided to give up atheism for Lent, just to try out being Catholic, or at least believing, acting and praying like a Catholic. Before Lent was over, I was smitten and joined the RCIA classes.

All my friends are atheist so I decided to simply keep my "journey" to myself and share it only with my fiance who, needless to say, was overjoyed. Frankly, it would be hard to explain it all to my friends as I was so ardently atheist for so many years. I just find, now, that Catholicism feels good and fits me well. I prefer to live it and not tell others how to live as this, too, feels right for me. So, yes, I totally understand, even if from a different perspective.

What is wrong with people, making this poor woman look like a slut! It is totally normal and things such as this hppen every now and then. She is not sick! It is her mind missing around.

This is totally normal and my suggestion would be, your brother in law should move out or your family if it is at any point possible.

No doubt living together with some attractive person around the house pops such thoughts up on our minds and we can deal with it by making the right decisions

I really wish more people were like you.. if people would shut the hell up about their religion for once, this world would be a better place. Everyone tries to be better than the next person and it's retarded.

This is refreshing. I love that u r open to others' views and I love that u think that being so open about ur beliefs is annoying. I completely agree with u. Yes normal haha

why would they ask you about your religious views, if you all went to the same church? that part doesn't make a lot of sense to me. i also didn't know catholics shout their religious belief out to people. my husband is ex-catholic and he's never had that experience, i just asked him about it.

i think you're over-reacting just a bit. if you had confidence in your own opinions, then opinions of others are not really so bothersome. however, it is a faux pas to talk about religion outside of your church in a public setting.

Ide probably be religious right now if it wasn't for people pushing me away like what you described.

I wish there was more religious people like you.

Good luck finding that church you are looking for, being as they are basically businesses that attract many of the "holier than thou" one-upping types.

I know what you mean. Here theres this church all about money its like three huge buildings. My whole family calls it "Six Flags Over Jesus" its so unnessacary. Plus everyone who goes there think theyre of a higher class and above everyone because they are christians and go to this HUGE church...

Agreed, but Christianity is all about drawing people to Christ through our words and actions. I'm not christain, but I know that much about it. I understand where your coming from, and people who are obnoxious about it and all in-your-face tend to give their religion a bad name. But never speaking about it and how it influences your life makes you a bit self centered considering the "goal" of Christianity is to save those damned to eternal hell through the blood of Christ, which cannot be done if you are not open and honest on how your religion has changed your life for the better.