| Poll: Atheists: Are the words "sin" ad "hell" trigger words to you? This poll is closed. |
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| Yes, although I never believed in such notions. | 1 | 4.55% | |
| Yes, I used to believe and now that I don't, the prospect of such things is upsetting | 3 | 13.64% | |
| No, I have never considered them to be trigger words | 9 | 40.91% | |
| No, I used to be a believer but now that I'm not I don't have any sensitivity to these words | 8 | 36.36% | |
| (This one's for Min) Fuck off | 1 | 4.55% | |
| Total | 22 vote(s) | 100% | |
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Are the words "Sin" and "Hell" a trigger to you Atheists?
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Without the motivation, sin as a pejorative has no teeth. Where the harm lies is in the intent behind the label.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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