(June 19, 2012 at 12:28 am)Godschild Wrote:(June 18, 2012 at 5:45 am)FallentoReason Wrote: I know for sure that with some people it will definitely alter our friendship and I'll be seen as a 'bad influence' from then on...
I've had nonbelieving friends for many years, and it was them not me that were uncomfortable with the situation. Why would a Christian who is strong in their faith be afraid of someone who does not believe. If you talk to them about your unbelief tell them that is what it is, do not mention the word atheist.
It's not that they would be afraid of me. They would just look down on me and probably ask 'why don't you just go and have as much sex as you can before you die then.' No word of a lie, one of my friends actually said that about the general public.
I don't want to be labelled as immoral simply because I don't subscribe to the Divine Command Theory (an act, x, is morally right if, and only if, God commands it).
I wouldn't call myself atheist, although that's what I come under. Today that word carries too much baggage which I don't want to be associated with (even though the definition of 'atheist' has nothing to do with that baggage).
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
