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[Cyberman]

I basically concur with all the above, though for me atheism has always been the factory setting since I've never found anything even remotely compelling in the god-squad camp. Yet the world still turns, the seasons wax and wane, the days come and go. I can't say I've kept the same fire that I had when I first encountered the online community, such as it is - years of seeing the same rubberduck dogma over and over again like repeats of The Simpsons will do that for you - but I do still manage to keep up. Like others before me, I too tend not to have much to do with this stuff afk. Even those who know of my atheist leanings often either forget, since it's not generally a component of life in these parts, or don't speak of it for the same reason.

There was a time a year or so ago when Shell mentioned my atheism in unfamiliar company, to which one guy with a personal revelation to grind started challenging me to explain or refute his 'divine' experience. Even he clammed up after I told him I don't play those games.

So yeah, basically it's a background thing, though it does tend to colour one's perception in terms of critical thinking and researching actual facts. I find reality, in that sense, far more interesting than any god tale.

Oh, and welcome to the dark side, new recruit.