A Small Census

[rexbeccarox]

A little questionnaire is in order, I think. All of the following questions come from strawmen jstrodel built in this thread.

1. What is your age?

2. Are you married? Kids?

3. Are you angry or disappointed at "God"?

4. Do you subscribe to hedonism?

5. Are you an atheist because you want to be, without eternal consequences, sexually promiscuous? A drug addict? An alcoholic?

6. Do you like "psychedelic" music?

7. Was atheism "transmitted" to you from a "Marxist"?

8. Are you selfish?

9. Is your "community" centered around pornography?

10. Is your atheism a political statement?

11. Were you recruited into atheism by the promises of sex and drugs?


I'll go first:

1. What is your age? 36

2. Are you Married? Kids? No and no. Also, I have no desire for either.

3. Are you angry or disappointed at "God"? Since I doubt any deity could exist, how could I be angry?

4. Do you subscribe to hedonism? I would, but it sounds exhausting!

5. Are you an atheist because you want to be, without eternal consequences, sexually promiscuous? A drug addict? An alcoholic? I'm an atheist because I have no reason to believe in a deity.

6. Do you like "psychedelic" music? Oh yes please!

7. Was atheism "transmitted" to you from a "Marxist"? Uhm... I don't think so.

8. Are you selfish? I'm human, but I try to do as many unselfish things as I can.

9. Is your "community" centered around pornography? Well, I don't live too terribly far from LA. I know one guy who used to do porn, but now he's an IT guy.

10. Is your atheism a political statement? No.

11. Were you recruited into atheism by the promises of sex and drugs? And barbecued babies!

[Minimalist]

1. What is your age? 63

2. Are you married? Kids? Yes....2

3. Are you angry or disappointed at "God"? There is no god.

4. Do you subscribe to hedonism? Not at my age.

5. Are you an atheist because you want to be, without eternal consequences, sexually promiscuous? A drug addict? An alcoholic?

I'm an atheist because all religion is bullshit.

6. Do you like "psychedelic" music? No.

7. Was atheism "transmitted" to you from a "Marxist"? Of course not

8. Are you selfish? To a certain degree....I try not to be a prick about it.

9. Is your "community" centered around pornography? Not at my age.

10. Is your atheism a political statement? No... however the politics of religious fanatics tend to be extremely fascistic in many cases.

11. Were you recruited into atheism by the promises of sex and drugs?

If I were, someone owes me a lot of sex and drugs.

Thanks for confirming that jstro is just another dumb jesus-freak cunt.

[frankiej]

1. What is you age? 21

2. Are you married? Kids? Noooope

3. Are you angry or disappointed at "God"? How can I be angry at something I don't believe in?

4. Do you subscribe to hedonism? Depends on how you define it.

5. Are you an atheist because you want to be, without eternal consequences, sexually promiscuous? A drug addict? An alcoholic? I'm an atheist because I have a lack of belief in any god... dats all, folks.

6. Do you like "psychedelic" music? Depends what you class as "psychedelic".

7. Was atheism "transmitted" to you from a "Marxist"? Hah, no.

8. Are you selfish? We all are.

9. Is your "community" centered around pornography? Lol, what?

10. Is your atheism a political statement? Nope... simply a lack of belief in god.

11. Were you recruited into atheism by the promises of sex and drugs? Yes, Satan lured me with hookers and blow.

[Darkstar]

1. What is your age?

18

2. Are you married? Kids?

Neither

3. Are you angry or disappointed at "God"?

Why be angry at something that doesn't exist? I wasn't angry when I did believe in him, either.

4. Do you subscribe to hedonism?

Not really. Unless you consider moral Utilitarianism as hedonism (there is a section on it on the hedonism wikipedia page).

5. Are you an atheist because you want to be, without eternal consequences, sexually promiscuous? A drug addict? An alcoholic?

Eternal consequences? But Jesus saves! Sure, there'd be some suffering in purgatory, but then a literal eternity of paradise in heaven! At least that's what the brochure says...
Never had sex, done drugs, or drank alcohol (unless you count the sip of wine at first communion...ironic, isn't it, that the church made me drink alcohol, and it is the only time I ever drank?)

6. Do you like "psychedelic" music?

Not particularly.

7. Was atheism "transmitted" to you from a "Marxist"?

My atheism wasn't transmitted to me by anyone. I don't even know anyone who identifies as Marxist (as far as I know).

8. Are you selfish?

I don't think so.

9. Is your "community" centered around pornography?

LOL WUT? Never seen porn, don't know what this "community" is supposed to be.

10. Is your atheism a political statement?

I'm in the closet, so I'm not sure how political I can be, but I do advocate for the seperation of church and state. Well, on an internet forum. I mean, I don't do protests or anything...
Or is it asking if I became an atheist for political reasons? Because in that case it is definitely not one.

11. Were you recruited into atheism by the promises of sex and drugs?

Wasn't recruited, never had sex, never done drugs.

The End

[Tartarus Sauce]

1. What is your age?
19

2. Are you married? Kids?
Not the last time I checked.

3. Are you angry or disappointed at "God"?
Of course, he turned down my sexual advances. Wouldn't you be disappointed too? All I wanted was an all-powerful butt-buddy.

4. Do you subscribe to hedonism?
As long it isn't at the expense of others.

5. Are you an atheist because you want to be, without eternal consequences, sexually promiscuous? A drug addict? An alcoholic?
So STD's, drug withdrawls and overdoses, and stone hard livers aren't considered deterrents and only the fear of eternal torment is?

6. Do you like "psychedelic" music?
Who gives a fuck? You could probably use some yourself to chill out.

7. Was atheism "transmitted" to you from a "Marxist"?
Yes, the ghost of Karl Marx told me to do it or else he would take away my unicorn.

8. Are you selfish?
We all have a biologically ingrained proclivity for loving ourselves, it's just a matter of degrees.

9. Is your "community" centered around pornography?
No, but apparently a study conducted in the US found that the highest consumption of pornographic materials occurs in religiously conservative areas.

10. Is your atheism a political statement?
I wish it wasn't, but with the fucktards we have in the government of my country, it inevitably becomes one.

11. Were you recruited into atheism by the promises of sex and drugs?
Isn't it obvious? They recruit us under the bridges at night where we smoke meth and participate in massive gay orgies. I thought you already had that all figured out?

Is the toaster j-strudel satisfied now?

[Angrboda]

Information, yum! Tasty, tasty, information.

[Psykhronic]

1. What is your age? - 22

2. Are you married? Kids? - Fuck no to both

3. Are you angry or disappointed at "God"? - What God?

4. Do you subscribe to hedonism? - No

5. Are you an atheist because you want to be, without eternal consequences, sexually promiscuous? A drug addict? An alcoholic? - I didnt even believe in eternal consequences for such things when i believed in a god, this has nothing to do with my atheism

6. Do you like "psychedelic" music? - sometimes

7. Was atheism "transmitted" to you from a "Marxist"? - Nope

8. Are you selfish? - Probably

9. Is your "community" centered around pornography? - Nah i am not a fan of porn

10. Is your atheism a political statement? - Why the fuck would it be?

11. Were you recruited into atheism by the promises of sex and drugs? - God i wish that were a promise of atheism AND that it were actually delivered upon. Fuck reality, man.

[Jackalope]

1. What is your age? 45

2. Are you married? Kids? Not any more. Yes.

3. Are you angry or disappointed at "God"? Exactly in the same way that I'm angry with Santa, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, FSM, and IPU.

4. Do you subscribe to hedonism? Not that I'm aware of - and if I did, I'm certainly doing it wrong.

5. Are you an atheist because you want to be, without eternal consequences, sexually promiscuous? A drug addict? An alcoholic? No.

6. Do you like "psychedelic" music? Depends on what you mean by the term.

7. Was atheism "transmitted" to you from a "Marxist"? Hardly.

8. Are you selfish? I try not to be.

9. Is your "community" centered around pornography? Hardly.

10. Is your atheism a political statement? No.

11. Were you recruited into atheism by the promises of sex and drugs? I wasn't recruited into atheism. Atheists recruit? I thought that was what Christians do.

[Faith No More]

1. What is your age? 33

2. Are you married? Kids? Yes. One

3. Are you angry or disappointed at "God"? Who?

4. Do you subscribe to hedonism? No.

5. Are you an atheist because you want to be, without eternal consequences, sexually promiscuous? A drug addict? An alcoholic?Considering I was an atheist four years before even attempting any of that, no.

6. Do you like "psychedelic" music? Hell yes

7. Was atheism "transmitted" to you from a "Marxist"? My atheism is not an STD, and I've never met a Marxist

8. Are you selfish? Not any more than any Christian I've ever met

9. Is your "community" centered around pornography? There's a community? (I really wanted to post that Seinfeld clip, but I couldn't find it)

10. Is your atheism a political statement? No.

11. Were you recruited into atheism by the promises of sex and drugs? No. All it took was the promise of a couple of tacos.

[Baalzebutt]

A little questionnaire is in order, I think. All of the following questions come from strawmen jstrodel built in this thread.

1. What is your age? 45

2. Are you married? Kids? Was for 14 years - 2 kids

3. Are you angry or disappointed at "God"? God doesn't exist. Nothing to be angry or disappointed at

4. Do you subscribe to hedonism? Sounds good in theory but in practice it just involves too much puking and weird diseases

5. Are you an atheist because you want to be, without eternal consequences, sexually promiscuous? A drug addict? An alcoholic? I am none of these things. I am atheist because there is no evidence of a god.

6. Do you like "psychedelic" music? Depends on the music, but Pink Floyd fucking rocks

7. Was atheism "transmitted" to you from a "Marxist"? Ummm.....no

8. Are you selfish? Only in an Ayn Rand kind of way

9. Is your "community" centered around pornography? No even remotely

10. Is your atheism a political statement? Only to the degree that I want religion out of my politics.

11. Were you recruited into atheism by the promises of sex and drugs? No, it was more the rock and roll that got me. God hates rock and roll.