Hi folks,

I'm an atheist from Holland, which in my view is a lot less secular than most people think. 37 years old at the moment. Been atheist all my life, but was shocked when i found out how much impact religion has on society, and on my own views on some issues.

Hope to have a good time here!

Comparing to some of the US atheists stories, we aren't all that bad on Europe.

Europe is the best place to be, if you're not religious or believer in fairy tales.
And we (me and LP above) in the South have a nice weather to make it all that better!

Welcome!!

Thnx for the welcomes! Never been to the States, and I agree some or most stuff is worse there. People in the States however do not see their taxes disappear into religious education for instance. Which I do. In my village there's 2000 people, and we have 2 schools. One christian and one secular. Both funded by taxes, both have insufficient numbers of students. Both have a building, separate management etc.
This bugs me.

Hey Biblio, welcome to AF.org

Hope you contribute as good as you did on the other site. Great poster

Need you to have your book avatar though. :p

(June 18, 2014 at 9:02 am)Bibliofagus Wrote: Thnx for the welcomes! Never been to the states, and i agree some or most stuff is worse there. People in the states however do not see their taxes dissapear into religious education for instance. Which i do. In my village theres 2000 people, and we have 2 schools. One christian and one secular. Both funded nu taxes, both have insufficient nummers of students. Both gave a building, seperate management etc.
This bugs me.

Oh yeah... we get that around here, too. We call it corruption.
Not only for religious schools, but any private school.... it seems that a few years ago that business boomed... right next to pre-existing public schools. And, somehow, the area's city hall is always responsible for allowing it.

I'm a new member myself. I live in the states although born in the UK. Have passports for both and I travel back and forth frequently for work.

Acceptance for Atheists in the states I think depends on where you are. I live in Massachusetts which is probably the second most liberal state in the country after California, so it's not the worst here. Down south is a completely different situation - almost a different planet!

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Those are some mighty big cookies, gurl!!