RE: Atheism in High School
September 12, 2010 at 1:40 am
(This post was last modified: September 12, 2010 at 1:47 am by Empocariam.)
(September 12, 2010 at 12:58 am)Entropist Wrote:(September 12, 2010 at 12:31 am)Empocariam Wrote: Wow, that is terrible what they did to that girl. Thank god my school isn't that crazy.
Did you tell people you were an atheist when you were in highschool?
I was an agnostic at that time in my life. But I was constantly harassed by Christian fundies going for the hard sell with me though, with Bible in hand. At the time, I just wanted them all to leave me alone. I knew better not to voice my own lack of belief though-- I simply couldn't take that chance. This was back around 1984-1989 (my middle and high school years).
I don't think half these people yelling at me to accept Jesus as my savior have read the bible, I'll tell them things i've read in it and they'll say I'm making things up and continue on with there imaginary version of what it actually says.
(September 12, 2010 at 1:03 am)Watson Wrote:(September 12, 2010 at 12:31 am)Empocariam Wrote: Wow, that is terrible what they did to that girl. Thank god my school isn't that crazy.
Did you tell people you were an atheist when you were in highschool?
The irony...I just...couldn't help myself!
Sorry, some expression I haven't found a secular replacement for without it sounding like a bad pun
Anyways, on an unrelated so far note, The only person I've met that wasn't a Christian/Mormon or an Atheist was one Hindu person and his family. They all seemed to be perfectly fine with me being an atheist. Is that normal for Hindus generally, like, is it only Abrahamic religions that get so uppity about it?
