I often feel (particularly from Christians) that there is a sentiment that if I have "rejected" the notion of god I am rejecting morals and that I don't have the ability to have my own personal moral compass. I also get the feeling that they assume I am "rejecting" the teachings of Jesus or that I don't know about the teachings of Jesus or understand their value. That's incorrect, I do. I am capable of understanding the value of a concept without having to know for a fact that it came from a live real person who died in some horrific way that somehow symbolically erased the concept of sin from all of our hearts, but only for that one brief second, and then every time you ask for forgiveness afterwards. That's simply not true and it is a bit frightening to think that these people feel their moral compass is so weak that without the bible to guide them they might not be able to distinguished between right and wrong, which they clearly seem to think I am unable to do. What's even more bizarre is that god lies, misleads, and killed thousands of innocent people - not sure if that's something I'd want to model my moral code after, but mmmk. The teachings of Jesus were great. I would recommend that everyone take a nice long look and internalize all those great concepts. Those were concepts so cutting edge awesome that we - as a species - still struggle to understand and live by them today. So, that's great, and I get that. But, yea, I feel hesitation to have an open conversation with religious people about my lack of faith, because they seem to think it's some kind of indication that I must be a horrible person.