(September 8, 2012 at 2:34 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Meh, wiccan and theist are not entirely equivalent. I'm a dirty pagan motherfucker myself that not only doesn't believe in gods, I find the very concept offensive...lol.I am curious as to what "pagan" means to you. If it is merely sarcasm to their feigned rightious indignation, then yea, I like to say I barbecue kittens to show them how stupid they are in reactiing to the fact that others dont buy their invisible friend.
But I have run into "former atheists" and when you peel back the layers of that onion, it had nothing to do with them looking for evidence, but looking to bail themselves out of some bad behavior or emotionial trauma because they didn't have the "true" trademarke "God" in their heart.
But being an atheist is only a position, it is not a lifestyle or a label one should use to be a "rebel" or "bad ass". Holding that label does not preclude us from obeying the law. It merely means we don't believe in a god or gods.
The stupid thing with text is that when you sarcastically use the word "pagan", they get all these stupid stereotypes of atheists. I am not saying don't use it or don't be sarcastic. Just writing this more for them when they read it as "GET OVER YOURSELVES".