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Permalink Reply by Dallas the Phallus on December 3, 2011 at 3:38pm

Well, if the point of that video is to indicate that this is anything new, it isn't. Of course theists are going to denounce atheists. They always have. The attitude of ideologues towards anyone who doesn't give obeisance to their beliefs, be they religious or political, is to denounce them as an enemy, a heretic, a threat to society, blah, blah, blah. Same as it ever was.

 

Permalink Reply by Mike S. on December 3, 2011 at 10:14pm

No, obviously I am not saying it is something new. Every once and a while it needs to be brought to light though. 

Permalink Reply by Dallas the Phallus on December 3, 2011 at 10:22pm

Every once and a while it needs to be brought to light though. 

 

Well, I agree to a certain extent. I think many theists don't take into account the contributions of atheists. But telling theists that Jodi Foster or Isaac Asimov are atheists is not going to make a single bit of difference to them in the long run. Dogma is immune to fact.

Permalink Reply by Jacob Bauer on December 3, 2011 at 3:42pm

You mean 40-odd percent of poll respondents perceived that atheists disagreed with them the strongest out of several, (potentially overlapping) options.

I've never had a persecution complex over being an atheist. I actually think most people are atheists but won't admit it, and balk when other people won't play along.

Permalink Reply by Mike S. on December 3, 2011 at 10:15pm

I actually think most people are atheists but won't admit it, and balk when other people won't play along.

 

Yeah, you might be on to something there.

Permalink Reply by Subgenius on December 11, 2012 at 8:32pm

it reminds me of all the people who like to say they're "spiritual but not religious".

Permalink Reply by Dallas the Phallus on December 11, 2012 at 10:16pm

I always roll my eyes at that one. 

Permalink Reply by Wayne W. on December 11, 2012 at 10:49pm

I spent every Wednesday afternoon and Sunday morning in Church until the age of 16. At that time, I decided (against the wishes of my parents) that I was done with organized religion.

I must laugh...I AM spiritual, not religious...but my spirits are the ones that live in the meadows and woods that I love, the spirit of the mists, the spirits of cold winter nights, and the sprites and nymphs that dwell in the marshs and wetlands around my summer home.

I do commune with these spirits of nature, and they are alive to me....especially after a couple of beers, or a few glasses of wine. I know they are there....I can feel them everywhere!

Now, you can ALL do a collective 'eye roll'....(lol...) Its OK...you're allowed. My question is: does this make me 'Pagen' in the Roman sense - a "Country Dweller"?

Just one person's opinion.

Permalink Reply by Wayne W. on December 11, 2012 at 10:50pm

Also, didn't think of this until just now....might also be my Celtic roots......but, I'm proud to be an Atheist, in my own way.

Permalink Reply by Chuck Bridges on December 4, 2011 at 1:08am

yeah, that particular link is pretty...what, emo?

 

but hell, if angie jolie is onboard, count me in!

 

you know?

Permalink Reply by NYGayBear on December 7, 2011 at 9:26pm

i think athiests are hated more than homos's........so maybe i should hate athiests too......at least it gives me a one-up in one area! hey.......you see all those folks spending $35 on those black balance bracelets? by and large people are capable of suspending critical thought and love self deception..............jesus and co. are just some backward desert tribes fantasy gone viral. no one can agree on the philosophy.......and no one sure as hell wants to live it! so if your feeling guilty......blame it on the athiest!

Permalink Reply by Subgenius on December 12, 2012 at 2:01pm

come to think of it, is there any minority that isn't hated?

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