I've told my wife and a friend of mine.
"I am atheist, I do not believe in god and I do not believe in the devil"

It was really difficult. I was raised a roman catholic, for 18 years of my life I was "trained" to be a catholic and did not have a say otherwise. All along though, I have had questions and doubts. So for the last 20+ years, I have been living the facade of a Catholic, while internally viewing myself as Agnostic and all the while wondering what was the right and wrong thing to do.

I learned about many different religious beliefs, many that conflicted with each other, even learning that many Religions based their story against pagan traditions. I learned that Easter was originally Ister and various other celebrations. Eggs were colored long before Christ was born. That's my loose translation of what I learned but I think you get the point.

I'm about to step into the realm of announcing it to my family. Originally I wanted to wait until the New Year but then I am putting off the inevitable. Plus, I am going to a solstice celebration on Sunday... Winter Solstice will be my symbolic celebration going forward and I'd like them to know that before it actually happens.

Yeah, I know I may get some grief but my mind is made up, it has been for some time now.

Thanks for listening.
Dapper