is it normal to feel nervous on the first day of being an atheist?

The only way primitive religion exists today is through the child abuse of forcing it into very, very young children but thanks to better education and growing intellects so many teens are able to discover the truth, throw off the indoctrination and step into the real world!

Atheism is not a conscious decision or a belief but a realisation, those that cannot escape remain prisoners of their conditioning!

The first person to produce a single tiny little piece of verifiable evidence for any god will become world famous and mega rich!

Academia states that in the absence of any sort of evidence of the existence of something it must be deemed not to exist until verifiable evidence is found - thus god is held not to exist pending some sort of verifiable evidence.

I can see how coming out to others about being atheist can be a little scary. But now that you have embraced logic and reason, you will see how delusional and even desperate these beliefs are and you will feel better. Just brace yourself for possible undeserved anger, indignation and resentment from others when they find out. Some will understand but some may still be confrontational. All you need to do is be yourself.

To be honest, I wouldn't know, because I am not an atheist. To be also frank: atheism is not a faith; it is just like saying I prefer etc etc, but that does not make it a faith lol

Anyway, I felt like you once, in that I could not get my head around the idea of a God loving to cause untold suffering to His "creation" and could not understand why He allowed suffering; surely if He is God, then He can stop all bad things happening? I had these questions and others, circulating around in my head for some years, after turning my back on catholicism and then, one day, a couple knocked on my door and left me a book and it was like my eyes just opened in disbelief! All my questions answered and besides that, explaining the bible in such an easy way, but not with the assumption that the reader is stupid. I took two days to read the book and decided that I had found the truth and went on to study.

Here is my faith and hope that it will revitalate your desire to praise your Creator. www.jw.org

Just a point to note: hell is just death; hellfire is a false doctrine. There is also false christianity ie one who leans on their own understanding and true christianity, who leans on what God says.

I can only speak for myself, but I was constantly nervous when I was a Christian...all the worry that I just wouldn't measure up and end up in eternal torment.

I don't worry about such things now, not since I left religion entirely behind.

Kind of like walking around down town in your underwear isn't it. Once you are comfortable with yourself you will find it is a natural feeling not to require a god to coerce you every day of your life.

Recognizing reality for the first time can make anyone nervous.

I don't think that you quite make the grade for an atheist...sit on the agnostical fence for a while..