(January 23, 2014 at 6:03 pm)whateverist Wrote: What really is there to say about atheism? I'm no missionary. People are multidimensional. They can have interests in common with me or areas of expertise which interest me .. whether they believe in gods or not. I'm not looking to cleanse my social network of everyone except atheists.

I agree whole heartedly. I don't need to preach my Anti-racism either, but if I hear utterances in my presence that would otherwise go unchalleged, I'm saying something. My "Atheism" is too complicated for an anesthetized, indoctrinized, full-blown YEC to even grasp. In my experience, starting with my adopting the title of Atheism as the topic of discussion with any one of these types of Theists is taking the LONG way to any productive exchange of ideas. I don't believe, therefore, I don't know. The Socratic method is FAR more useful. Knowledge claims of a biblical nature are still knowledge claims, and if I don't know, asking questions to provoke little sparks of intellectual honesty is by far the best approach. What they know soon becomes what they think. And if what they think doesn't make sense, then I don't have any problem pointing that out.

I rarely bring it up, myself.

If asked I'll say that I'm an atheist. Or if someone tries to push their beliefs on me.

(January 23, 2014 at 4:49 pm)Shaggy Wrote: What actually lead to me being a more open Atheist was Facebook. I had tons of people posting religious pictures, bible verses, asking for prayers, etc. So I started posting Atheism pictures, quotes, etc. on my page and kept track of how many people unfriended me or sent me messages to knock it off.

You're making me want to try this Except the only person who was explicitly posting religious stuff was a person I didn't actually know and she already unfriended me when I had the gall to post a history lesson on her "Keep Christ in Christmas" post.

So I doubt it would be very fun.


Oh, and no, I don't generally talk about my atheism because it never comes up. I've only had conversations about it with my best friend, and even calling those conversations is stretching the term as it usually involves me ranting and her silently nodding until I'm done.

(January 23, 2014 at 7:43 pm)Clueless Morgan Wrote:

(January 23, 2014 at 4:49 pm)Shaggy Wrote: What actually lead to me being a more open Atheist was Facebook. I had tons of people posting religious pictures, bible verses, asking for prayers, etc. So I started posting Atheism pictures, quotes, etc. on my page and kept track of how many people unfriended me or sent me messages to knock it off.

You're making me want to try this Except the only person who was explicitly posting religious stuff was a person I didn't actually know and she already unfriended me when I had the gall to post a history lesson on her "Keep Christ in Christmas" post.

So I doubt it would be very fun.

I had a good time with it. And the majority of people on my Facebook took it pretty well. I'd get the same few people liking the stuff every day, everyone else just moving on. Only 2 people unfriended me. Although more probably blocked me.

I actually got a lot more out of it on a personal level that I expected.

(January 23, 2014 at 8:09 pm)Shaggy Wrote: I had a good time with it. And the majority of people on my Facebook took it pretty well. I'd get the same few people liking the stuff every day, everyone else just moving on. Only 2 people unfriended me. Although more probably blocked me.

I actually got a lot more out of it on a personal level that I expected.

I'm still debating on whether or not I want to FB troll with atheism memes and posts. Most of my extended family/friends don't know yet, so the shock value could be hilarious.

At the same time, I don't wanna be "that guy". Also, my boss is my FB friend, and I honestly don't know how he'd react...

Maybe one or two atheism memes a week just for the lulz

I bite my tongue with my elderly parents, but just a bit. All other's had best not try to smear religious bullshit within my earshot. Especially to my family.

I try to keep it interesting for myself, some days I'll ask them how god or jesus talks to them, vocally or what not.
other days I'll attack it from the history angle, the illogic of the Adam and Eve story, or the whole god sacrificing to himself bit. They always get the "deer in the headlights" look.

I don't talk about it unless I really feel the need or when I get asked about it.

(January 23, 2014 at 9:04 pm)ThePinsir Wrote:

(January 23, 2014 at 8:09 pm)Shaggy Wrote: I had a good time with it. And the majority of people on my Facebook took it pretty well. I'd get the same few people liking the stuff every day, everyone else just moving on. Only 2 people unfriended me. Although more probably blocked me.

I actually got a lot more out of it on a personal level that I expected.

I'm still debating on whether or not I want to FB troll with atheism memes and posts. Most of my extended family/friends don't know yet, so the shock value could be hilarious.

At the same time, I don't wanna be "that guy". Also, my boss is my FB friend, and I honestly don't know how he'd react...

Maybe one or two atheism memes a week just for the lulz

I don't hide my atheism on Facebook. At all.

(January 23, 2014 at 9:20 pm)Dark Fatal Knight Wrote: I don't talk about it unless I really feel the need or when I get asked about it.

I am pretty much the same way. Except I share stuff on fb

(January 23, 2014 at 11:01 pm)Lemonvariable72 Wrote:

(January 23, 2014 at 9:20 pm)Dark Fatal Knight Wrote: I don't talk about it unless I really feel the need or when I get asked about it.

I am pretty much the same way. Except I share stuff on fb

I think I should do that too, getting a little tired of seeing some statuses that a few of my friends post about how god is everything and thank him for all their hard work. Ha! What a joke.