Why is it so hard to be openly atheist in today's world

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Why is it so hard to be openly atheist in today's world

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RE: Why is it so hard to be openly atheist in today's world

March 26, 2015 at 11:40 am

The reason it is hard to be an atheist in the US today is that those who do believe take non-belief so personally. As a teacher, I've made it a conscious decision not to be disclosive about my religious status so as not to derail instruction. I'm not in teaching for the sake of influencing the content of young people's ideas, only their ability to think critically (for which math has no equal in the education of the young).

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