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Atheists & Agnostics

deucemagnet

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6. Although I'm both a vegetarian and an atheist,

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Sat Jan 9, 2016, 10:22 PM

Jan 2016

but I'm not a vegetarian for the same reason that I'm an atheist.

BTW, most vegetarians and vegans you encounter both on the internet and IRL are not like this. Nobody will force their diet upon you, and you'll be applauded to doing as little as observing meatless Mondays.

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