When Atheists First Began to Tell Significant Others About Their

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Multiple Choice

When atheists first began to tell significant others about their new identity, this experience can best be described in which of the following ways?

• A) Excruciatingly painful, as these people did not accept their atheist identity and made them feel terrible about giving about religion.
• B) As commonplace, in which their telling others that they were atheists was met by a series of nonchalant and uncaring reactions by most others.
• C) As liberating, a positive experience that tended to produce greater confidence in what they decided and a greater stake in that new identity.
• D) There was no one way that atheists experienced their coming out, and all three ways above were seen as examples of ways atheists told others about their new identity.

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