This sounds suspiciously like that old Christian argument "your atheism is only a phase."
"You're only atheist to sound cool"
What exactly does being an atheist stand for? I'd rather someone judge me for being a humanist, not an atheist. I don't give a fuck why they think I'm an atheist, really, because it doesn't change the fact that I haven't thought there was a god since I was 10. I doubt those "hipsters" you keep mentioning give a fuck what you think about why they label themselves atheists either. One can't help what one believes, and if one labels oneself an atheist online it really doesn't make them look any smarter or cooler than another type of person, as a few people on this forum who are both atheist and complete twats demonstrate.
If it's so trendy, I doubt Dave Silverman, who I had the intense pleasure of meeting and spending an evening with, would be working so tirelessly to get us the respect and rights we deserve.
If no one knows what it means anymore, I doubt we'd see so much activism in the blogosphere. Quit hanging in trollish areas - one look at youtube ought to let you know that people on the net will say just about anything from the safety of their keyboard. Go find somewhere to surf that focuses on the positive instead.
Unless you'd rather just bitch that no one understands what it means anymore like an old man proclaiming kids have it too good these days.
"You're only atheist to sound cool"
What exactly does being an atheist stand for? I'd rather someone judge me for being a humanist, not an atheist. I don't give a fuck why they think I'm an atheist, really, because it doesn't change the fact that I haven't thought there was a god since I was 10. I doubt those "hipsters" you keep mentioning give a fuck what you think about why they label themselves atheists either. One can't help what one believes, and if one labels oneself an atheist online it really doesn't make them look any smarter or cooler than another type of person, as a few people on this forum who are both atheist and complete twats demonstrate.
If it's so trendy, I doubt Dave Silverman, who I had the intense pleasure of meeting and spending an evening with, would be working so tirelessly to get us the respect and rights we deserve.
If no one knows what it means anymore, I doubt we'd see so much activism in the blogosphere. Quit hanging in trollish areas - one look at youtube ought to let you know that people on the net will say just about anything from the safety of their keyboard. Go find somewhere to surf that focuses on the positive instead.
Unless you'd rather just bitch that no one understands what it means anymore like an old man proclaiming kids have it too good these days.
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