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What Kind of Atheist are you?
April 3, 2012 at 12:12 pm
I've encountered roughly two main differences between Atheists.. Those who aren't afraid to admit it, and those who are scared of peer pressure etc, and hide their true beliefs.. There's nothing wrong with either, as sometimes it would be an advantage to not draw attention to ones self. Anyways, which kind are you?
I am rather blunt about being an Atheist.. Although it has undoubtedly caused problems for me.
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RE: What Kind of Atheist are you?
April 3, 2012 at 12:14 pm
If anyone asks, I tell them.
Though it doesn't really crop up in conversation much in the UK.
You are currently experiencing a lucky and very brief window of awareness, sandwiched in between two periods of timeless and utter nothingness. So why not make the most of it, and stop wasting your life away trying to convince other people that there is something else? The reality is obvious.
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RE: What Kind of Atheist are you?
April 3, 2012 at 12:17 pm
Its a bit of a non-issue in the UK unless you actually live in a community dominated by a particular brand of faith.
If it comes up in conversation and I'm asked, I answer. I get the feeling this question depends entirely on the location of the person answering.
The UK screws up almost everything its touching, but its still heading in the right direction on secularism.
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RE: What Kind of Atheist are you?
April 3, 2012 at 12:24 pm
I'm open about being atheist, but that's not to say I run around shouting it from the rooftops. If asked, I tell. Otherwise, I just live my daily life like anyone else.
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RE: What Kind of Atheist are you?
April 3, 2012 at 12:28 pm
It turns up rather frequently around here, this town is rather religious... Good ol' America >_>
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RE: What Kind of Atheist are you?
April 3, 2012 at 12:35 pm
My town is quite religious (for the UK). We have lots of 2 things Churches and Pubs 
Nobody has asked me about my beliefs outside of a couple of family events in church where I was just honest. Made one or two of the more religious a bit uneasy but other than that
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RE: What Kind of Atheist are you?
April 3, 2012 at 12:36 pm
(This post was last modified: April 3, 2012 at 12:36 pm by Phil.)
If someone asks I tell, I don't go around proclaiming it like an evangelical Christian would. BTW, as far as what type of atheist I am - poly, I lack belief in many gods.
Kind? Does that mean Noah brought two of us on the ark?
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RE: What Kind of Atheist are you?
April 3, 2012 at 1:46 pm
(April 3, 2012 at 12:14 pm)Norfolk And Chance Wrote: If anyone asks, I tell them.
Though it doesn't really crop up in conversation much in the UK.
Yes, let's go on about how great it is in no-free-speech-state-officially-Christian England. 
"Sisters, you know only the north; I have traveled in the south lands. There are churches there, believe me, that cut their children too, as the people of Bolvangar did--not in the same way, but just as horribly. They cut their sexual organs, yes, both boys and girls; they cut them with knives so that they shan't feel. That is what the Church does, and every church is the same: control, destroy, obliterate every good feeling. So if a war comes, and the Church is on one side of it, we must be on the other, no matter what strange allies we find ourselves bound to."
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RE: What Kind of Atheist are you?
April 3, 2012 at 1:50 pm
(April 3, 2012 at 12:12 pm)SavageNerdz Wrote: which kind are you?
Well since I'm in the UK it's not a problem. I could easily come out and there'd be no issue.
I keep it to myself unless asked or asked to attend a religious event. Both never happen. Seeing as most of my family are atheists.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
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RE: What Kind of Atheist are you?
April 3, 2012 at 2:05 pm
Haha lucky, a lot of people i go to school with end up asking me.. I always give them some witty response and it takes them awhile to realize that i'm not religious. ;D
(April 3, 2012 at 1:50 pm)Ace Otana Wrote: (April 3, 2012 at 12:12 pm)SavageNerdz Wrote: which kind are you?
Well since I'm in the UK it's not a problem. I could easily come out and there'd be no issue.
I keep it to myself unless asked or asked to attend a religious event. Both never happen. Seeing as most of my family are atheists.
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