(November 2, 2013 at 11:49 pm)Wunsbee Wrote: What is your opinion on people "coming out" as atheists? Or closeted atheists. Do you think it's necessary to tell friends and family that you are an atheist? A part of me is like, well no. There's no need to but if it comes up be honest. Others say that we need to do it so we can rid the stigma and hate of atheists (at least here in the USA).
I don't feel lgbt should even have to come out! It should be like "this is my gf/bf" or "I like the same sex." and the other people take it like someone saying they like blondes. You know?
In this society this isn't possible yet. What are your thoughts?
I think it depends entirely on the situation and whether or not that person deems it important enough. If I were the son of a fundamentalist preacher, I might feel it more important to proclaim my atheism than if I were the son of a watered-down Christian that didn't go to church.
It's up to the individual to determine.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
