It's illegal to be atheist in these 13 countries

[JuliaL]

A state in the US used to put you in jail for not accepting god is the ultimate authority and needless to say that law has been overturned.
People just hate atheists because they are not delusional like them.

It's a pretty common strategy here to pass a law to satisfy one constituency then fail to enforce it to satisfy another.
Right now we're in a standoff on enforcement of immigration law. Lots of rules 'on the books' but little being done. One opinion I read recently said that each citizen was committing 2 to 5 felonies a day. I have no economical way to confirm this, but I find it plausible given the sheer volume of law, rules and inconsistent bureaucratic guidelines. Selective enforcement gives members of the enforcement community opportunity and power to apply their prejudices without likelihood of backlash. For the longest time, perhaps still, there was a large difference in the penalties for the use of powder cocaine vs the freebase/crack type putatively because it was the minority community which chiefly used the latter. Even if the nominal penalties have evened up, differential enforcement provides license to discriminate on the basis of race without fear of reprisal. The existence of the informal crime of 'driving while black' further confirms a similar practice.

[dyresand]

A state in the US used to put you in jail for not accepting god is the ultimate authority and needless to say that law has been overturned.
People just hate atheists because they are not delusional like them.

It's a pretty common strategy here to pass a law to satisfy one constituency then fail to enforce it to satisfy another.
Right now we're in a standoff on enforcement of immigration law. Lots of rules 'on the books' but little being done. One opinion I read recently said that each citizen was committing 2 to 5 felonies a day. I have no economical way to confirm this, but I find it plausible given the sheer volume of law, rules and inconsistent bureaucratic guidelines. Selective enforcement gives members of the enforcement community opportunity and power to apply their prejudices without likelihood of backlash. For the longest time, perhaps still, there was a large difference in the penalties for the use of powder cocaine vs the freebase/crack type putatively because it was the minority community which chiefly used the latter. Even if the nominal penalties have evened up, differential enforcement provides license to discriminate on the basis of race without fear of reprisal. The existence of the informal crime of 'driving while black' further confirms a similar practice.

Mhm couldn't agree any better. You have people with power and they do not like a certain group of people or people following another religion etc they make it hell for those people.

[I Am Not A Human Being]

Yes, but now that's all in the past in Western societies. In present time this still happens in Islamic countries.

Not quite. It has more to do with breaking society's norms and taboos.

What do you mean by past i mean we are still a hated minority in the US and even in some Westernized countries. Just because the law was overturned no to long ago it doesn't mean they are making things easier for us. The only real good thing is that well because of the internet and also how much knowledge we know now compared to then we are less ignorant and more and more churches are closing. Southern states tend to be the worst for atheists compared to the north and even still in the north there may be some backlash.

So making things easier for atheists includes churches closing... Gee, I wonder why the progress is going so slow with that hostile attitude.

[dyresand]

What do you mean by past i mean we are still a hated minority in the US and even in some Westernized countries. Just because the law was overturned no to long ago it doesn't mean they are making things easier for us. The only real good thing is that well because of the internet and also how much knowledge we know now compared to then we are less ignorant and more and more churches are closing. Southern states tend to be the worst for atheists compared to the north and even still in the north there may be some backlash.

So making things easier for atheists includes churches closing... Gee, I wonder why the progress is going so slow with that hostile attitude.

Oh i am so sorry *sarcasm* Also you Necro'ed this post.

For one its never been easy for atheists we get killed in other countries. People here mind you have went to jail for murdering atheists or attempted murder. 
Atheists are the most hated group because we do not conform to the norms that society wants us to be. The only big difference between and atheist and a theist is
we just do not believe in 1 god more. And people are so fucking full of themselves to get angry and irrational about like you don't see god goodness and grace. 
Well if they cannot answer the simple fucking question is there a god or not without using the same old tiring shit and actually had evidence we wouldn't be atheists.
So yes is a good thing people are waking the fuck up to reality, they are less ignorant, more accepting, and not fucking bigots for the most part. It pays to be a decent fucking
human being. Because the morals from any bible you name it is so fucking ass backwards. 

[MJ the Skeptical]

Good, a bunch of shit-hole countries I would never be caught dead in anyway. Wooo religion, making the world more moral, one atheist execution at a time.