RE: Religious prejudices
May 18, 2015 at 2:56 pm
(This post was last modified: May 18, 2015 at 2:57 pm by TheRealJoeFish.)
I'll first say, generally, "I'm not religious." If pressed, I'll say "I'm an atheist." It really hasn't come up often. In my close group of friends, I think 2 (in addition to myself) are atheists, 3 describe themselves as agnostic, and two don't go to church and don't even care enough to discuss it (I think they're roughly deists of the "I think there's something but I don't know what" variety).
Otherwise, the only people it's really come up with are my family (who are not atheists but don't have a big problem that I am) and a few coworkers who are christians but seem to be so more for the community rather than the faith. In fact, that's another thing I see a lot - parents who don't really believe themselves but think they'd be bad parents (or that others will call them bad parents) if they don't indoctrinate their children into something they themselves would have otherwise moved away from.
Otherwise, the only people it's really come up with are my family (who are not atheists but don't have a big problem that I am) and a few coworkers who are christians but seem to be so more for the community rather than the faith. In fact, that's another thing I see a lot - parents who don't really believe themselves but think they'd be bad parents (or that others will call them bad parents) if they don't indoctrinate their children into something they themselves would have otherwise moved away from.
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Don't worry, my friend. If this be the end, then so shall it be.
