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[Frumple]

Heh. Honestly, on the personal level, I just don't ever hear atheists speak up. Mostly because they, very rightly -- because the christians around here very literally will kick the shit out of non-believers if they think they can get away with it (and they very much can and have) -- fear their physical health (or job prospects, or etc.) if they do. So I only really get the bugnut crazy religious folks talking about religion outside of very rare occasions. Seen a little edging towards it in some of my philosophy classes, but I don't think I've ever actually met one of those stereotypical hardline atheists in person. At least not a vocal one.

I will say it was kinda' incredible the undercurrent of fear in folks voices when they talked down someone from out of the area that was starting to edge towards talking loudly regarding atheist belief in a public space, though. Thinking back, there's some chills, there.

Some of the nicest, most reasonable folks I've talked with in person were radical theists of one sort or another, though. Again, mostly because the non-theists run the fuck away from this region ASAP, and stay as quiet as possible otherwise.

[Flying Dice]

Yep, it's much the same where I am right now. Never mind atheism, if you're anything not-Protestant you don't say a word about what you do or don't believe, though that's somewhat more lax for the Catholics.

[Levi]

Well, I got my weed eater out and I attempted to start its little engine thing up so I could weed eat, I pull on its pull thing a few times and..the handle part separates from the engine thing. Amazing, and the crappy one that I also have? no fuel, and the thing that holds the fuel? I have no idea how to use it. Glorious.

That sounds like a good thing, now you don't have to cut them weeds. 

[Neonivek]

I generally find myself agreeing with the Christians, Jews, etc. Any other atheists ever feel like this happens?

Being agnostic, I generally find both groups have their loud and obnoxious members. But generally speaking, yeah, lately atheists are the loud obnoxious ones and deists are the calm, self-assured ones, which makes them easier to agree with even if you don't embrace their beliefs. They're honestly not any more willing to consider the other side's point of view, but they just tend to be crazy about it.

That is kind of the thing. The vast majority of Atheists (and there is a large number of them) don't care. They don't care about religious matters and they don't care that they are atheist. They don't generally speak up because not only do they often don't have anything to say, after all they don't care, but they also aren't against the idea of religion.

So that means that the only Atheists who speak up about religion are the ones who aren't JUST unaffiliated but are ones who care that they are atheist and care about religious matters.

Though the same could be said about the Religious too. Most of them while they care about attacks on their religion, don't really care all that much outside it.

So then you get not only religious nuts but also the big damn Bible belt of horror!

I need to make less "Special" friends who live in the damnable Bible Belt.

[Cryxis, Prince of Doom]

Teacher's phone going off during the ACT

[Baffler]

Yep, it's much the same where I am right now. Never mind atheism, if you're anything not-Protestant you don't say a word about what you do or don't believe, though that's somewhat more lax for the Catholics.

That's how my home town is. Despite fairly large Catholic and irreligious minorities, anyone who isn't an Evangelical Protestant will inevitably have someone else in the room say something ignorant about worshiping Mary, pedophiles, terrorist religions, or other such silliness if they should bring it up.

Teacher's phone going off during the ACT

Did they get kicked out 

[FearfulJesuit]

I wonder what the Bible Belt thinks about Orthodoxy, since it appears I might switch from agnostic crypto-Anglicanism to agnostic crypto-Orthodoxy next year...

[Dutchling]

I have the opposite problem. 23 Mb instead of 100 :/

[Helgoland]

I wonder what the Bible Belt thinks about Orthodoxy, since it appears I might switch from agnostic crypto-Anglicanism to agnostic crypto-Orthodoxy next year...

Huh, I always thought you were Catholic...

[UXLZ]

Still thinks Nihilism counts as a valid religious belief.

*is shot*

[Dutchling]

You are all heretics. We all know Royalism is the One True Faith.

[Eric Blank]

I don't see any point in worshiping anything other than mother Gaia.

[ArKFallen]

I don't see any point in worshiping anything other than mother Gaia.

I don't see the point in worshipping at all in a lot of these religion things where it isn't needed by the worshipped. Unless it's a flagrant excuse to indulge in feelings.

[UXLZ]

Yeah, I've personally considered the most distasteful aspects of religion the 'worship' part. Worshiping is an outdated concept.

[Bauglir]

Unless it's a flagrant excuse to indulge in feelings.

Feelings're nice.