Reply To: So, I am atheist.

[DrBob]

@Simon, as a theist it makes me angry. WTH?

Now, I can appreciate it when the employer is a religious entity or one where they are trying to express a particular free-speech message, and the example provided by the employee is not consistent with that message. An atheist Sunday School teacher (with the notable exception of @Reg and his Fronkeys), or a recreational-pot-using executive for Families Against Drug Use, or Donald Trump as paid spokesperson for the Latino Immigrants Coalition are all examples of cases where one’s publicly expressed beliefs/non-beliefs are incompatible with that particular job.

@BeckyL is an ER nurse, though. Who cares if she’s an atheist as long as she can put in a quick IV or can do efficient triage so people aren’t bleeding in the waiting room for an hour?

Forget angry. It makes me furious. Her comments on my “self-delusion” notwithstanding. 🙂