Atheism and its negative stigma...

**Janszoon** · 07-27-2014, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by tore

I don't think atheists have much of a negative stigma where I live. It's worse if you're religious.

That must be nice.

GuD · 07-27-2014, 09:40 PM

Today was some sort of BDSM festival celebration. There's a couple every year, the biggest is the Folsom Street Fair and I guess today's is related to that?

Anyways, lots of beared, burly, pierced dudes in leather chaps and short shorts on the train today. A small group of people were protesting it, handing out flyers and saying "Jesus loves you!" and some guy was like "**** YOU I'M AN ATHEIST *******!"

Made me think of this thread.

The Batlord · 07-27-2014, 10:39 PM

So no hot chicks in leather bustiers?

GuD · 07-27-2014, 10:47 PM

A couple here and there but mostly dudes. I wasn't there for the actual parade part I just caught the aftermath on my way home from work. The Folsom Street Fair is usually pretty evenly queer and straight couples so there were probably more women, just not that I saw.

Guybrush · 08-04-2014, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

I thought Norway was supposed to be a religiously conservative country.

Oh and... TORE!!!! Where U been, Cracka Supreme?

My part of the world isn't particularly religious, but the leading church here is protestant.

As for where I've been .. Moved, got a job, got a house, got busy being elsewhere

Chula Vista · 11-10-2014, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

The reason I'm willing to make the logical leap that God actively doesn't exist, as opposed to simply not having a belief that he/she/it exists is that humanity has shown a willingness to see agency in everything from the changing of the seasons to the spilled intestines of ritually sacrificed cows that is so extreme and nearly uncontrollable that without any compelling evidence as to his existence I think it is logical to come to the conclusion that the whole idea was made up by people who just can't help but see faces in the leaves.

Reminds me of a Douglas Adams quote:

Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?

This thread's been a fun read.

Zhanteimi · 11-15-2014, 05:09 PM

Not many religious people where I live. And my atheist colleagues proudly proclaim their position.

The Batlord · 11-15-2014, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by mordwyr

Not many religious people where I live. And my atheist colleagues proudly proclaim their position.

Damn you. I'd kill to not have to assume that half the people you meet don't believe in evolution. Specifically I'd kill that.

~~John Wilkes Booth~~ · 11-15-2014, 05:55 PM

i tell people i'm atheist if they bring it up then we might get into it a little bit but ultimately i take the position that i think the stories are fake but i don't know at the end of the day and i don't really care if they want to believe in it. it really hasn't been an issue for me so far and i live in the middle of the bible belt. i do meet people who believe what i consider to be dumb **** but it really doesn't bother me that much, i just find it a bit strange.

Zhanteimi · 11-15-2014, 05:56 PM

Just move...countries.

07-27-2014, 09:40 PM	#72 (permalink)
GuD Dude... What? Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 1,322	Today was some sort of BDSM festival celebration. There's a couple every year, the biggest is the Folsom Street Fair and I guess today's is related to that? Anyways, lots of beared, burly, pierced dudes in leather chaps and short shorts on the train today. A small group of people were protesting it, handing out flyers and saying "Jesus loves you!" and some guy was like "** YOU I'M AN ATHEIST *****!" Made me think of this thread. __________________ I spit bullets in my feet Every time I speak So I write instead And still people want me dead ~msc

07-27-2014, 10:47 PM	#74 (permalink)
GuD Dude... What? Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 1,322	A couple here and there but mostly dudes. I wasn't there for the actual parade part I just caught the aftermath on my way home from work. The Folsom Street Fair is usually pretty evenly queer and straight couples so there were probably more women, just not that I saw. __________________ I spit bullets in my feet Every time I speak So I write instead And still people want me dead ~msc

11-15-2014, 05:09 PM	#77 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	Not many religious people where I live. And my atheist colleagues proudly proclaim their position.

11-15-2014, 05:55 PM	#79 (permalink)
~~John Wilkes Booth~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 2,235	i tell people i'm atheist if they bring it up then we might get into it a little bit but ultimately i take the position that i think the stories are fake but i don't know at the end of the day and i don't really care if they want to believe in it. it really hasn't been an issue for me so far and i live in the middle of the bible belt. i do meet people who believe what i consider to be dumb **** but it really doesn't bother me that much, i just find it a bit strange.

11-15-2014, 05:56 PM	#80 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	Just move...countries.