Hello fellow Atheists. How welcome do you feel in your country

[SamKnause]

after that 'lovely' speech by Trump ???

[justiceischeap]

1. About as welcome as I feel as a woman or a lesbian. nt

[Warpy]

28. No shit

No matter who we are or how we think, we're all outlaws if we're not straight Protestant white males with money.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

2. Meh. I'm used to that kind of insanity. n/t

[Missn-Hitch]

3. I could not bare to watch. How was that idiot Graham's prayer?

I'm not worried in my blue bubble. Now, going to my birthplace is a different concern.

[MineralMan]

4. Well, Trump is also an atheist, albeit a closeted one.

[HAB911]

7. He may not believe in a 'god' you would recognize

but he thinks he is a 'god' and that's all he believes in

[lapislzi]

21. Mammon is a god.

When you think about it, every person is an atheist of one sort or another. We're atheists when it comes to Zeus (most of us, anyway), or other ancient gods whose names have either been forgotten or absorbed into the worship of other deities. Every time you say "this god and not that god," you're declaring a kind of atheism.

I ditched them all decades ago.

As for the yam, he is a very devoted follower of Mammon.

[MindPilot]

25. Are you seriously making that claim? That orange fucker wouldn't make boil on an Atheist's ass.

After that church service and sermon this morning; "god...god, bible, god, country, pray, god, christ, jesus, god, pray some more, and god bless America."

Please don't insult non-believers by making comparisons to him.

[MineralMan]

27. I am an atheist. There is almost nothing all atheists have in common

with each other. Atheism has nothing to do with politics. It is simply a non-belief in deities and the like.

There are plenty of atheists who are also awful, horrid people who pretend to have religious beliefs and court believers. Some are actually in the hierarchy of Christian denominations. Atheism isn't what you say. It is what you don't believe. One can be a hypocritical atheist who pretends to believe if it suits one's goals.

Atheism is simple. It is simply not believing. That has nothing to do with anything else.

Atheism is only that. It has nothing to do with anything else at all.

[lindysalsagal]

5. GOP hates everything about me.

Except that I I'm white and I pay taxes.

[JHB]

26. No, they hate that too...

...since your existence spoils the narrative.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

6. Not interested in anything the Nazi-in-Chief had to say.

[HAB911]

8. It's nothing new, we're used to idiot supremacists like him........n/t

[hack89]

9. I have always felt welcomed and feel no different now

I did 20 years in the military with no problems. My atheism has never negatively impacted my life or career. I see no change even with Trump.

[manicraven]

10. I happily missed the tRump's speech and the whole nasty spectacle.

I feel about the same, though, as I knew the religious extremists would be attending and spewing their hypocrisy and blessing their evil emperor, basking in what they see as their god's hand in delivering tRump to the presidency.

[Girard442]

11. Gott Mitt Uns.

[Vinca]

12. I'm sorry. Didn't watch the speech. Too busy sacrificing animals and dancing around the pentacle.

As an atheist, I really don't give a shit what he said or what he thinks. The proof is in the dying and even then it's impossible to convince them there's no sky daddy.

[angrychair]

13. I was already an outsider

I know these idiots don't welcome me but I also know that trump and family believe in a god about as much as I do. No one that narcissistic believes in a higher power than them.
Religion is nothing more than another tool for the fascist and dictator to control the masses.

[SamKnause]

22. I agree 100%.

I have 4 strikes against me;

Atheist
Disabled
Female
63 years of age

=

Useless and unwanted in this country.

[OriginalGeek]

14. Not at all surprised that he pandered to the people that believe

And nobody will ever convince me he is ever sincere about anything religious he says. He's playing his believers like chumps.


as for me, not much has changed on that front. Them that loves me still do and them that don't still don't.

[Throd 2.0]

15. Same as yesterday, same as tomorrow.

[meadowlander]

16. Very,

but I live in New Zealand.

There was an article in the paper here a few months back where the Catholic church was proposing more religious education in schools and the online comments were 9 to 1 "over my dead body".

Very refreshing and also sad that so many Americans either don't know or can't respect the founding principles of their country - separation of church and state.

[HAB911]

17. Conservative Catholics and Evangelicals Sold Their Souls to The Devil

in trade for the Supreme Court.

[Piasladic]

18. Horrified and terrified

[nolabear]

19. Fine. We are legion. And I'm not going to be hysterical.

I'm not saying that critically but exactly as it's defined, being frightened without cause. If they come up with cause I'll be frightened. Neither will I stop being vigilant though, not only for my rights as an atheist but those of religious belief as well.

[yuiyoshida]

20. Wait till the Christian Right Wingers in Congress start passing Religious laws....

I wonder if they will bring back crucifixion as a death penalty method?

[RedWedge]

23. I remember Obama giving a nod to atheists in his inaugural speech, and appreciating it.

Those were the days, my friend.

[Freethinker65]

24. +1

[hamsterjill]

29. I am a Christian, and I don't feel very welcome.

First of all, I'm not one of 'those" Christians. I'm more the red letter type. I believe in, well you know, those pesky things like compassion, dignity, benevolence, helping the poor, etc.

Second, I'm a woman.

I feel completely alienated by my country. But the Resistance is growing, and that is my only hope.

[Doreen]

30. I am Buddhist, female, disabled, overweight, and poor. I have

always felt both welcome and unwelcome. It depends on were I am. I feel unwelcome were I live because I live in a red county.