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Atheists & Agnostics

rexcat

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22. As humans we do have the tendency to stereotype...

Reply to OriginalGeek (Reply #20)

Fri May 11, 2012, 07:19 PM

May 2012

I am visiting family this week (brother receiving chemo and radiation). I am the only atheist in the family and it always comes down to me being the bigot because I have the audacity to speak my mind when the subject of religion is brought up.

Overall the people in this forum are really good, decent people with the exception of a few who have been banned from the forum but they did not understand the concept of safe haven. It does seem that someone did back off earlier with you because someone had your back covered. That is the way it is in this forum and when we go visit the religion forum!

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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