I'm not usually a "joiner" for these sorts of things, but I've been encountering a lot of toxic religious people lately and I need a break from that. I used to live in Oxford, UK, where everyone I knew was an atheist, and that was very nice. It was like a little holiday. That must be what it's like to be a Christian in nearly every other town in the Anglo-American world. Anyway, I moved to take a permanent academic job elsewhere, and I'm back to being in the minority again. It's usually not bad, but lately it has been.
I don't really have a huge axe to grind w/r/t organized religion or religious people, but occasionally they do piss me off. I have a student at the moment who is determined to question my atheism, when what I really want her to do is finish her research project.
What I'm really here to do is chat with other atheists. I don't think I'll be very tempted to get into theological debates with believers, as I've been down that road before and I find it really boring. Anyway, I get that all the time IRL. I'm happy here just to get on with the heathen. Friendly religious folks I don't mind, just leave the god(s) out of it, please.
Cheers,
Z
I don't really have a huge axe to grind w/r/t organized religion or religious people, but occasionally they do piss me off. I have a student at the moment who is determined to question my atheism, when what I really want her to do is finish her research project.
What I'm really here to do is chat with other atheists. I don't think I'll be very tempted to get into theological debates with believers, as I've been down that road before and I find it really boring. Anyway, I get that all the time IRL. I'm happy here just to get on with the heathen. Friendly religious folks I don't mind, just leave the god(s) out of it, please.
Cheers,
Z
