Not sure, a lot, but probably not the majority. |
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Do you tell anyone you are atheist? Or do you keep it to yourself? Do your parents know? Siblings? Close Friends? Not-so-close Friends? People you hate? |
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Last edited by Solarflare; 12-25-2011 at 03:03 PM.
Not sure, a lot, but probably not the majority. |
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157 is a prime number. The next prime is 163 and the previous prime is 151, which with 157 form a sexy prime triplet. Taking the arithmetic mean of those primes yields 157, thus it is a balanced prime.
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Like, all of them. Certainly if we're talking about young people who don't have faith; Christianity is very rare, as far as I can tell on Facebook. Nobody really cares or talks about it. I don't think anybody in my inner circle of friends is religious... that's not intentional, it's just the people I became friends with. There's one guy who places a lot of importance on being in the Jewish community, but he's an atheist. |
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Last edited by Xei; 12-25-2011 at 11:49 AM.
Nobody. Why should they know what I really think? |
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Everything works out in the end, sometimes even badly.
If someone asks I'll tell them. I think most people sort of are here but don't really think about it, and they'll claim to be 'agnostic' or that they think there 'might be something out there' or something. And if I say I'm an 'atheist' they'll judge me negatively and think it means something it doesn't, like that I'm aggressively anti-theist or in rebellion or something. For that reason, I won't usually tell anyone unless they ask. I think most of the problems arise from people not realising what an atheist is. But I never lie and pretend to believe in anything I don't either. I'd say my parents know, and any friends online who ask. I don't have any friends in person. |
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I have arguments with my friend every so often. Not as in heated arguments, just discussions. Actually I have another Jewish friend too. They both insist that they're going to marry Jewish girls and my opinion is that it's both a sorry state of affairs closing yourself off to so many people, and also basically racism (pointless discrimination at the least); it's not about religious beliefs for them, just accidents of birth. One of them gave the reason that Jews raise their children properly and I said that that's basically making a derogatory statement towards gentiles and pretty unacceptable... not to mention nonsensical because he is free to raise his kids in whatever way he deems best irrespective of the religion of his spouse. Which he conceded, really. But didn't change his mind. |
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I think my cousin is the only person who knows for sure that I'm an atheist, since he is also an atheist and we've discussed it before. That's not because I hide it (I have absolutely no reason to hide it), it's simply because the topic of religion never comes up in a conversation with anyone I know. If anyone ever asks, I have no problem telling them. They really don't care what I do and don't believe in. Why would they? It's quite an unimportant factor in their lives. |
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I prefer to call myself an existentialist and I have a typical existentialist attitude. While I fit the definition of atheist according to other atheists, I am certainly not typical. I also tend to shy away from calling myself atheist because it seems most people that label themselves atheists are fundamentalists that think no one else is entitled to their own beliefs. I also like things like prayer, meditation, giving thanks, attuning myself to higher energy, etc... etc.. and none of these rituals make me a theist but they do make people assume I am not an atheist. |
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Last edited by Omnis Dei; 12-25-2011 at 06:06 PM.
Everything works out in the end, sometimes even badly.
Hard to say.. really hard. I have only really settled in on atheism recently. All my recent acquaintances assume it of me because of my course of study (evolutionary anthropology). But my older acquaintances... it's a mixed bag. I move around a lot and don't keep many long-term contacts. I suppose that the more recent people I knew the last place I lived assumed it. But it just didn't come up much. |
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Last edited by IndieAnthias; 12-26-2011 at 12:40 AM.
I agree that it's discrimination. Here at least, being born Jewish means you're part of a social club. You befriend other Jewish people, who are usually richer and more trendy than the average person, and get to feel like you're superior to all the normal Christian people. But they don't see anything wrong with it, and seem to justify it in a way with the fact that 'we' were persecuted historically so we have to look out for one another. That's the impression I get anyway. |
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I read it as the first two posters did too lol |
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Eh, just my immediate family and some friends mostly. |
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The worst thing that can happen to a good cause is, not to be skillfully attacked, but to be ineptly defended. - Frédéric Bastiat
I try to deny myself any illusions or delusions, and I think that this perhaps entitles me to try and deny the same to others, at least as long as they refuse to keep their fantasies to themselves. - Christopher Hitchens
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No. I don't bring it up because you're not supposed to do that. Nobody wants to hear about your beliefs or <<<<LACK OF BELIEFS>>>>, as I'm sure someone will point out. And nobody wants to hear about it not because they "hate atheists" but because nobody fucking cares. |
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By definition, everyone is atheist to some sort of God. Most modern gods are the only true God, forcing people to either only believe them or not believe them at all. Of course you can always take my approach which is that Gods are thought-forms, created and empowered by the faith of the followers |
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Last edited by Omnis Dei; 12-26-2011 at 08:47 AM.
Everything works out in the end, sometimes even badly.
One reason being myself and almost everyone I know is atheist or agnostic so its incredibly boring to talk about how much god doesnt exist when its just a chorus of "I agree" over and over. |
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Last edited by Grod; 12-26-2011 at 08:50 AM.
I love discussing religion but to me it's never about describing how much we don't believe in something nor challenging someone else's belief that they have no intention of changing. |
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Everything works out in the end, sometimes even badly.
To me, telling people I'm an atheist is similar to telling people I don't smoke. Actually, I think that's a really great metaphor. When someone offers me a cigarette, I don't just say "no thanks" - i say "no thanks, I don't smoke." It's not to show I'm better than them or anything; it's just that they'll understand where I'm coming from. I'm not rejecting their offer of a cigarette because I don't want one at that time, and I'm not rejecting their offer because I want nothing to do with them - I'm simply rejecting the cigarette because I'm not into smoking, and have no good reason to start. But I also wouldn't walk up to a smoker who is smoking, and start coughing awkwardly, or tell them those are bad for him. However, if there's a smoker deliberately blowing smoke in my face, I'm gonna call him on it. And if politicians were trying to force children to smoke in public schools, I'd speak out very vocally against it. Separation of smoke and state, I say! |
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None of the family knows. Everyone else, if they ask or we happen to discuss that kind of thing, they know. But I think only my really close friends know, perhaps because in the college environment I'm in, no one cares. |
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Don't Ask, Don't Tell. I do enjoy laughing at the silly arguments the supporters of these mutually irrelevant personal belief systems throw at each other though. |
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If I'm asked what I am I tell them I'm an Atheist. My parents don't know I am, but some of my other family members do due to me having them added on Facebook where I have it openly shared that I'm an Atheist. If my parents were to ever ask me what I believe I would let them know I'm an Atheist but I don't go around randomly saying that I am one. The only way I'd do that is if someone starts trying to preach to me or start talking about a lot of religious stuff. I've thought about telling my parents that I'm an Atheist before, but I don't know how that'd go over. I live in the Bible Belt and I'm in a VERY religious community. Most of the people around here are hardcore Conservative Christians and frown upon people like myself. I can only think of six Atheists (some are weak and some are strong) that I've met around here. |
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My family and friends know. But then again my parents were atheists, so it was never like a taboo thing for me or a way of resisting them. Causal acquaintances don't know unless for some reason the subject comes up - but usually the only way the subject of religion comes up is if somebody is devoutly religious and assumes everyone else is too or is wanting to check to see if they need to "work " on you. |
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The two Mormon boys who came to my house a while back know. |
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All my friends are atheist- one was muslim but I made him renounce his faith. |
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No, Carôusol, haven't you heard? No one ever changes their mind. |
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