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Atheists & Agnostics

OriginalGeek

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16. I've posted a few times before

Reply to ret5hd (Reply #8)

Fri May 11, 2012, 06:10 PM

May 2012

about my conservative, tea-party republican atheist friend and co-worker.

He believes abortion is murder too.

I've told him he has a lot of religious beliefs for an atheist but he gets mad and shuts up when I say that.

He spent several years of his youth in South America as the son of missionaries. I figure that's why he has these beliefs - plus he believes everything fox news and Rush tell him.

But I'll tell you this: That was kind of a dick move to just post "uh huh, sure" and move on. I can't hardly prove I'm not a liar here now can I? But I would have been happy to answer any questions you might have had.

You know, just because you are a liberal atheist doesn't mean every atheist is like you.

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So i just had a Marriage Equality argument with my Atheist, Conservative co-worker [View all] OriginalGeek May 2012 OP

uh huh. sure. ret5hd May 2012 #1

? OriginalGeek May 2012 #2

Not sure what you mean by this, so I won't tell you to fuck-off and get out of this safe-haven cleanhippie May 2012 #3

I mean, exactly, I don't believe his story. ret5hd May 2012 #4

I have no reason NOT to believe the story. cleanhippie May 2012 #5

uhhhh...okely dokely ret5hd May 2012 #6

As I stated already... cleanhippie May 2012 #7

do you mean call as telephone, or "call him on it" ? ret5hd May 2012 #8

Yeah, you should give him a call and have a chat. cleanhippie May 2012 #9

kinda my feeling also. ret5hd May 2012 #10

My apologies. cleanhippie May 2012 #11

I've posted a few times before OriginalGeek May 2012 #16

I met an atheist who believed that being pro-choice was inflicting my views on the anti-choicers... cynatnite May 2012 #13

Yep, I've met somebody like this as well. (nt) eqfan592 May 2012 #28

I've indeed met atheists who believed marriage was a purely religious rite... eqfan592 May 2012 #27

You'd think his head would explode from so much opposition occupying the same space. n/t cynatnite May 2012 #12

Yeah you'd think OriginalGeek May 2012 #18

It seems like the religous conservative aspects of his upbringing just stayed with him... cynatnite May 2012 #21

"How it used to be" in America frogmarch May 2012 #14

Yeah he didn't want to hear from me about any of that OriginalGeek May 2012 #17

Sounds like an Ayn Rand atheist, to me. daaron May 2012 #15

Just goes to show that "atheist"... rexcat May 2012 #19

I will admit to being as surprised OriginalGeek May 2012 #20

As humans we do have the tendency to stereotype... rexcat May 2012 #22

The concept of a Conservative Atheist is rather strange. BiggJawn May 2012 #23

RE: the OP's original description of his work mate edcantor May 2012 #24

I'd say that's entirely possible... OriginalGeek May 2012 #25

Thanks for your reply to my theory.... edcantor May 2012 #26