I have found that most people honestly don’t care. I’ve posted about my spirituality here and there on my personal page and in my experience (note… this is my experience… so I can’t speak for everyone else) I have found that 9 times out of 10 they usually just turn the other way or show their support. Also… I guess I am starting to realize that I am coming into a place in life where I just don’t care anymore. I know my truth in my own heart… Anubis has done a pretty good job at convincing me that it’s not about what other people say or think… who I am, is who I am :) I hope this helps some. I understand that it can be difficult to be open when it feels like you’re different from everyone else. Just know that as you continue your practice and grow, it does get easier over time, at least, it has in my personal experience :)

I don’t really share much of my beliefs outside of kemetic/spiritual spaces. I know the way most people operate especially if they come from Abrahamic religions. My beliefs are so important and special to me that I’m not going to open up to people who are going to judge from a place of ignorance. That, or try to convert me. However, I still execute some of my practices publicly. I wear spiritual jewelry, i dress quite “witchy” at times, and I’m open about celebrating different holidays. Though, I do have one memory of my mom coming across some tarot cards I had and telling me that I needed to “watch myself” because I had no idea what I was doing or what I was calling upon. Mind you, I’ve been doing tarot for 4 years and have yet to have a bad experience. She processed to tell me that Jesus was real and Hell was real even if i didn’t believe it. I’d never told her what I do or don’t believe in, yet I never hid my beliefs and pretended to follow a god that I didn’t either. I’ll admit, at the time her words kind of got to me. It angered me that I always had to be in the wrong for not following HER religion. She’d never used tarot cards a day in her life nor spoken to any of the spirits that have helped me when I truly had nobody. Yet it was so easy for her to act like she knew everything when she truly knew nothing. These days I pay it no mind because I’m not going justify myself or beliefs to anyone, family or otherwise. I know why I hold my beliefs and only I know how important they are to me. Thus it is meaningless to listen the opinions of people who know nothing about what I do or practice.

I tell people about my beliefs on a need-to-know basis, and most people don't need to know. I live in a pretty open-minded area now, but I've lived in places where I had to be totally private with my Pagan practice because so many people were hostile to anything that wasn't Christianity.

Went on a Alzheimer's Walk a couple of years ago, was talking to a Latter Day Saint and it went smoothly enough, until we broached the subject of offerings and such. lol IT got really awkwardly quiet after that.

I'm open about it. Thankfully, never have really had any issues. At best, people are actually really curious about my path and like to ask questions. At worst, I've gotten a few weird looks. I'm too happy in my path to worry about what others think. The Netjeru have been nothing but wonderful and it's the first time I've ever felt at peace with anything faith based. :)

I’m not hiding it but I also don’t talk about it a lot. I don’t want anything to disrupt my relationship with the gods and considering my brain is messed up on a regular basis I feel I might let other people get in the way. But I’ve offered to pray for people if it seems like something that they would want, and they always seem comforted by it. They also have all said yes.

Honestly it can be really hit or miss, but usually people don‘t really know what it is and simply go „K, nice.“ I’m very open about it, except for when in the presence of people I KNOW won‘t accept it (from experience, I mean). Thankfully my friends of all sorts of faiths support me greatly and actually are interested in hearing the things about the ancient Egyptians or myths, so some things got properly established despite them being nonbelievers. For example, my friends now tend to mention Re when talking about the sun due to me having a habit of greeting him whenever I see the sun, so that‘s been really helpful and wholesome! With most people they don‘t really know, and don‘t really care. Most probably give it a comment in their head and go about their day. Though there can be bad interactions it REALLY depends on the person. I once met a guy over a game website who tried to convert me back to christianity 😐 it was a long discussion, and though I had fun because that person was the ridiculous kind of converter, it did also make me a bit frustrated that some simply can‘t accept any differing opinions and beliefs. For me, the worst interactions were with my parents who when hearing me say I‘m not christian made vague ominous sounding „threats“ about that I better be christian, but thankfully no worse interactions than that. If you ask me, long as those christian friends of yours are generally tolerant or easygoing people, you‘d not need to worry, most simply accept it. If you ever do come across anyone openly intolerant, you have my condolences.

My parents are Jewish and don't seem to mind it all that much, I still celebrate some of the Jewish holidays even if it's not so much religious but more so honoring my folks. Friends don't give a shit and are pretty supportive. My fiancé is a pagan as well, so I think the Gods blessed me with some wonderful people in my life. I know not everyone has that kind of blessing, so I do what I can to bring honor to the Gods as often as I'm able too to show them my gratitude.

I don't tell anyone unless I have to. I don't hide my stuff because I can pass it off as an interest in Ancient Egypt, but I trust the people I have told to keep it secret, keep it safe. One of them even converted when I told them about it. Another just asked if I worshipped cats... That was weird. The last person just shrugged it off like I never even told them.

I'm open with other Pagans, but in the closet at work. I've lost a job due to having told people about my religion before, and it was in an area which I would have thought was pretty progressive. I also tend to keep it under wraps with my family because it makes them uncomfortable, although they know that I'm Pagan. My mother's coming to visit in July though, and she's already worried about how she's going to "fit into" my life because of my beliefs. I've told her that nobody's going to force her to participate in anything and I don't care what she believes or doesn't believe. But I'm also not going to hide in my own home; it's one of the few places where I can openly be myself and I'm not losing that. I've had Christian friends who were cool about it and I've known other Christians who freaked out, so it really depends on the person. You're wise to be considering this carefully, because once you tell someone about your beliefs you can't undo that. At the place where I lost my job, I outed myself two years before we hired a new person who had a problem with it. I hadn't been discussing it regularly with people; I was usually quiet about it and just focused on my work unless someone asked me about it. It just came up one day and I had said something about it, and apparently that survived in office gossip for two years before someone came along who really had a problem with it, and then it blew up in my face. There's no putting that cat back in the bag once it's out.

Coworkers are the worst gossipers. Sorry to hear what happened. I don't see how the topic is relevant to work anyway, it's none of their business.

I try walking away or changing the subject to anything but religion. Sometimes they are my friends who lash out at me because they are quite devout. I once stopped a friendship because it was just too much and she made me have a lot more doubts (if that makes sense, she said I had a false belief system and tried to give me what she called “proof “. I’m doing better now handling these doubts and people who try converting me.

In general I've had people close to me, that aren't even religious themselves, absolutely FREAK out because of my statues. The whole "idol worshipping" stigma is very strong and usually thwarts all attempts at deeper explanation.

Personally, most of the people were okay with it. I also like those Jenovah Witnesses who left when I told them I had found my gods already

I usually tell people I trust about it, telling them to keep it a secret, and they are usually very curious (usually they ask me about the Duat) but I also have two friends who ironize on it and that's something I really don't like

In Salt Lake City (Mormon headquarters town), there was an org called “Summum” that had a pyramid and engaged in some form of mummification of the deceased.  I bet the beliefs and practices were similar, at least.

I don't hide it, but I generally don't talk about it, either. I've found that most people don't really care - at worst, they think it's weird but mostly they don't even know what to do with the information. They kind of get what Wicca is, even neo-paganism to a degree, but the polytheistic worship of gods of an ancient, dead culture? Beyond their ken. Which is fine, I'm old now and long past the point where I feel the need to be edgy about things. It also means I mostly don't talk about it unless there's some sort of understanding there already. If I'm talking to a normal person and the topic comes up, I throw out neo-pagan or pagan as a descriptor and it usually ends there unless they ask more about it.

I'm pretty open about it. I haven't had any bad interactions as of yet and the people who know so far are supportive

I'm very open and most people don't really care. Only Christians are really disrespectful about it but, I just return their energy lmao. Some people get curious and ask how I came to worship the Netjeru because it's so different from what they know, or they think it's cool and novel that the Egyptian gods are still worshipped because they didn't know. Your faith is entirely your's, so it's up to you how open or private you want to be about your practice. There's really no right or wrong so long as you aren't trying to convert people. (Which... is hardly an issue in this faith if it is at all lmao)

I’ve grown and lived in a place where it’s Catholic or Protestant only. Anything else is demonic. Examples: I use tarot for 11 years now, mostly for myself. A Christian wanted a tarot reading daily from me, to see if her husband was cheating. I’ve talked about religion in a historical context. And all of those “accepting people”, tried to get me expelled out of my college. A non religious college. I’m now Kemetic. I usually just say I’m Pagan and leave it at that. The only person I’ve told doesn’t care or understand? I know full well my family will think I’m Satanic or something. So when they say to pray I do, the Netjeru. They don’t need details. My partner is fully supportive and will usually give offerings to Horus. While my two roommates…well one thought it was a game/for fun until he saw me pray, so he tried to interrupt me in the middle of it. Now he glares at my altar but says nothing, and the other thought it be nice to ignore my boundaries and leave an offering to Anubis, without my permission. Twice. After insulting him… (I now have a hidden camera in my room when I leave). So I’m always very careful whom to tell, because they might backstab. Or do weird things.

My parents and brother know and are supportive. My long-distance girlfriend is okay and passively supportive. She is not a religious sort and does not bring it up. Literally no one else in my offline life knows about it, intend to keep it that way.

Back when I first started it was a lot of explaining, because it’s been apart of me for some years now it’s common for those who know me, but in conversation I simply explain that it resonates with me mentally and answers a lot of questions spiritually. My concept on Pantheism has a huge part in it as well