Atheism in High School

[Empocariam]

That's a pretty nasty invasion of privacy on their part, publishing that memo. If they really wanted you to come around, they'd leave you to your own devices and let you reach your own conclusions.

And you've obviously done that, so.

I'd say just be yourself, be polite and nice about your beliefs or lack thereof, and don't try to disrespect anyone despite their disrespect for your privacy. You'll be fine.

Oh, and welcome aboard!

I doubt there was a literal memo, I just ment it sure felt like there was, the way it got to so many of the super Christians so fast

I try not to disrespect people, but, the problem is that to some people just being an atheist is some form of disrespect somehow. Is there a way I can say things like "No, I'm not going to 'just try' church with you" without them feeling like I personally spit on there bible?

P.S. This forum wins for having this

---

You'll find people recoil from Atheists more often than you would think. It's good to be outspoken, but you'll learn to grow a thick skin and how to defuse fundamentalist explosions. My advice is ask questions, the beliefs that propagate religion are fascinating insights into how people work, try and use the conversion attempt to learn more for your own sake, and maybe get them to ask questions of themselves they might not have normally.

Haven't been on forums for awhile, is double posting still In bad etiquette?
Anyways, thanks for the advice.
I'm new to being an atheist, in the sense that all of a sudden I have defend it to other people now. I understand how to show people the irony in what they are saying and how to explain morals and stuff like that,
But the other day I was asked to prove God Wasn't real. I know the right thing to do was explain how the burden of proof is on them, and then when that doesn't work, give them some example like "prove that my sandwich didn't cure me of cancer" to show them how it's almost impossible to prove something isn't real. She said she agreed with my example, But then she said that it is different because it was god. And, I couldn't really understand how she thought it was different[/i], or really explain why it wasn't different either.