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Classmates
January 28, 2016 at 1:55 am
Hello again AF! Throughout the school year, as many in my school know, I get a lot of sh*t for being an atheist. Any ideas for how to counter someone who says, "OMG WAIT REALLY LIKE THOSE KIND OF PEOPLE EXIST WTF?!?"
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RE: Classmates
January 28, 2016 at 1:57 am
"Yes."
"There remain four irreducible objections to religious faith: that it wholly misrepresents the origins of man and the cosmos, that because of this original error it manages to combine the maximum servility with the maximum of solipsism, that it is both the result and the cause of dangerous sexual repression, and that it is ultimately grounded on wish-thinking." ~Christopher Hitchens, god is not Great

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ignoramus Offline
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RE: Classmates
January 28, 2016 at 2:17 am (This post was last modified: January 28, 2016 at 2:18 am by ignoramus.)
Well then keep your mouth shut! I'm serious!
If your beliefs, or lack thereof, are causing to much friction, then tell the dickheads what they want to hear.

Do you want friends or not?
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RE: Classmates
January 28, 2016 at 2:24 am (This post was last modified: January 28, 2016 at 2:38 am by Excited Penguin.)
(January 28, 2016 at 2:17 am)ignoramus Wrote: Well then keep your mouth shut! I'm serious!
If your beliefs, or lack thereof, are causing to much friction, then tell the dickheads what they want to hear.

Do you want friends or not?

That's not good advice at all. I hope you're not serious.


@OP, 

I used to be an atheist while in middle school and right through high school as well. If anything, my atheism made some of my friends inquire into their own belief systems and they became more rational and skeptical for it.

Just ignore them or cleverly rebut them wherever necessary. Your frankness and openness might encourage someone else to do the same, if not maybe even change someone's mind on the subject. Also, it might be well advised to have the conviction of your beliefs on the matter(or non-beliefs, as the case may be). If they feel like you're preemptively ashamed or that you feel like an outcast for it, they might have more reason to treat you precisely as you would expect them to. 

Just keep in mind who's rational in this whole debate and don't be deterred by the statistical majority side of it.
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RE: Classmates
January 28, 2016 at 2:24 am
"Yoy mean people without imaginary friends? Yes, we exist. Why, do you have a problem with that?"

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"You did WHAT?  With WHO?  WHERE???"
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RE: Classmates
January 28, 2016 at 3:19 am
(January 28, 2016 at 1:55 am)Veritas Wrote: Hello again AF! Throughout the school year, as many in my school know, I get a lot of sh*t for being an atheist. Any ideas for how to counter someone who says, "OMG WAIT REALLY LIKE THOSE KIND OF PEOPLE EXIST WTF?!?"

Politeness is of the table and it looks like person saying this isn't exactly brilliant so riposte must be on level possible to comprehend, which exclude talking about Marx and his opiate for the masses for example.

I guess simply asking if someone have problem with that will be enough and if not best ripostes came to mind on spur of the moment.
The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master in heaven, we will be slaves on earth.

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RE: Classmates
January 28, 2016 at 10:53 am
(January 28, 2016 at 2:17 am)ignoramus Wrote: Well then keep your mouth shut! I'm serious!
If your beliefs, or lack thereof, are causing to much friction, then tell the dickheads what they want to hear.

Do you want friends or not?

I think it's a fine line.  I agree with the "keep your mouth shut" part.  There are all sorts of ways to avoid getting drawn into conversations about religion.  But if you're really pushed, then state the truth simply.  I think most of us can tell the difference between somebody who is just curious, and wants to understand, vs. somebody who wants to try to change your mind.  Whatever you do, don't ridicule their beliefs.  It won't go over well.
"The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children."- Albert Einstein
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RE: Classmates
January 28, 2016 at 11:17 am
(January 28, 2016 at 1:57 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: "Yes."

That's all there is to it. Big Grin
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RE: Classmates
January 28, 2016 at 11:29 am
At least you have a filter up to distinguish between good and bad friends.

Good friends won't give you shit for being an atheists. Just stay confident and give them a reasonable response, if they can't be reasoned with then they are obviously idiots that are not worth your time.
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RE: Classmates
January 28, 2016 at 12:19 pm
(January 28, 2016 at 1:55 am)Veritas Wrote: Hello again AF! Throughout the school year, as many in my school know, I get a lot of sh*t for being an atheist. Any ideas for how to counter someone who says, "OMG WAIT REALLY LIKE THOSE KIND OF PEOPLE EXIST WTF?!?"

Unlike 'god', yes atheists exist.
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