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Atheists & Agnostics

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9. Yep. I think that's the part that bothers them the most.

Mon May 8, 2017, 03:10 PM

May 2017

They see atheism as a rejection of what they believe and they take it personally. They don't seem to understand that it has NOTHING to do with them.

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I recently encountered a bigot who referred to atheism as my "particular religious belief". [View all] beam me up scottie May 2017 OP

Some combination thereof. trotsky May 2017 #1

I call that the carrot and stick approach. beam me up scottie May 2017 #5

I'd say, "I'm so atheistic that I don't even believe in THAT." dchill May 2017 #2

I don't know what to believe. But that doesn't mean... dchill May 2017 #7

Yep. I think that's the part that bothers them the most. beam me up scottie May 2017 #9

Yeah, like "bald" is a hair color Warpy May 2017 #3

Or like health is a disease. beam me up scottie May 2017 #8

I tell them to report me to god, "he" will take care of it. LakeArenal May 2017 #4

If their god doesn't approve of atheists why do we exist? beam me up scottie May 2017 #10

Satan LakeArenal May 2017 #11

That's another thing I like to ask about. beam me up scottie May 2017 #12

I also want to know... LakeArenal May 2017 #13

And... what part of any of it does make sense? LakeArenal May 2017 #14

I usually just chuckle and walk away.. mountain grammy May 2017 #16