Why do never-theists come to atheist forums?

[watchamadoodle]

I'm curious why people who have never believed in religion would come to an atheist forum.

I was raised as a Christian, but I don't know if I would care about atheism if I had been raised as an atheist. (Of course people discuss all kinds of things besides atheism.) Just curious.

[downbeatplumb]

I'm curious why people who have never believed in religion would come to an atheist forum.

I was raised as a Christian, but I don't know if I would care about atheism if I had been raised as an atheist. (Of course people discuss all kinds of things besides atheism.) Just curious.

Theists are funny and it passes the time.

[robvalue]

I want to support other atheists who face persecution, and to discuss religious issues I don't have anyone else to talk to about. I think religion is a big problem and the more hands on deck the better.

And to have fun

[Regina]

I don't think you need to have been part of a religion to feel affected by it. This is especially true if you're an atheist from say, Southern Europe, Latin America, The Middle East or Africa, where religion is still incredibly pervasive to where everyone is affected whether they believe or not.

[Jenny A]

I don't know? Maybe I like the company?

Seriously, I came because I'm surrounded by theists and I wanted to talk to someone else. I stay because I like it here.

[JuliaL]

It's seductive and dangerous to never question ones basic beliefs.
From the reasoned give and take here I hone and polish my arguments and firmly held truths.

While continuously considering the proposition that my self congratulatory preening for being right all the time is simply confirmation bias.

[No_God]

I'm curious why people who have never believed in religion would come to an atheist forum.

I was raised as a Christian, but I don't know if I would care about atheism if I had been raised as an atheist. (Of course people discuss all kinds of things besides atheism.) Just curious.

To talk with like-minded people, jeez.

[Minimalist]

In 'murrica we are surrounded by xtian fuckheads. AF is an island of sanity in a nutty world.

[Simon Moon]

Because people's beliefs inform their actions. Beliefs don't live in a vacuum. Many religious beliefs lead to real world negative consequences.

Many atheists that have never been theists still live in societies that may be largely theist. If the theists in that society try to get pseudoscience taught in public school science classes, prevent stem cell research, try to get "Scriptural Morality" based laws passed, etc never-theists are effected along with those that were once theists.

Having a place to come and discuss these issues is important. Especially if they live in areas where it may be dangerous to have your atheism be known.

[abaris]

I'm not sure, if I can be counted a never theist, since of my 52 years I probably didn't give a shit about god for about 40 if not more. As far as I can remember, I always was the I don't care about religion guy.

It's the first atheist board I joined. And honestly, not because of atheism in it's label, but because of hoping to find like minded people to have interesting discussions with. And I haven't been dissapointed. It's true that atheists can believe in pretty much anything besides not believing in god. But my personal experience showed me, they're usually more open to most every issue in life, once the intellectual god-brake is removed.