About

My project is simple; come out to my family about being an atheist and document the process. My name is Michael, and for the past 25 years, I have been a christian, raised to believe in heaven and hell, angels and demons, God and Satan. I am not an expert on any subject, religion or otherwise. I don't plan on de-converting my family from religion, but I don't want to dodge conversations, lie about my beliefs, or feel dishonest anymore. I need to tell them what I believe and why I believe it. Although I feel that my family needs to hear these things, I don't want my conversations to fall only on deaf ears. That's where the documentary comes in. I believe that if I can document these conversations with my family, others in similar situations can learn from my experiences, and this documentary will hopefully help them make decisions on how they want to approach their own situations.

I plan to first talk with and interview my family, then move to other people including leaders from my church, as well as friends and even some strangers. I am local to Harvest, a very prominent chain of mega-churchs here in the Southern California area. And would love to interview their higher-ups, who, as the Harvest website says, are committed to "Knowing God and making him known". I also would like to do a tour of several places of worship of various religions around Southern California. The plan is to pick everyone's brain that will let me about why they think that belief in God is justifiable, and gather evidence for why I should also believe.