BeckyL

Unseen wrote:
In the meantime, rather than taking people who land on ThinkAtheist.com to the AtheistZone.com homepage, take them to a page explaining that if they came here from Twitter, they should know that we are not associated with the Think Atheist Twitter page and deplore its contents. And of course also have a link to our homepage.

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@steveinco I know. If it gets that bad, I will have to rethink the situation. For now, I won’t throw the proverbial baby out with the bathwater.

@mammonista I get what you’re saying, and while I have never met a scientologist (not knowingly, anyway) or a voodoo-ist, I have known a number of mormons with whom it is safe to say I am friends. Their beliefs don’t bother me in the least as long as they aren’t foisting them off on me. Now, would I marry one? No. I didn’t marry a theist…[Read more]

@tonidatyga Yes. I can well imagine. 🙂

@mammonista I applaud you for holding fast to your convictions. I do believe that the best way to loosen the grip of religion and thereby hasten it’s extinction is for non-believers to be bold and demonstrate that religion is unnecessary. The reasons that many of us have for remaining “in the closet” are…[Read more]

Hi, Mickey! I did the New Age thing too – Shamanic journeying and the like. I was also involved in energy healing, first as a Christian and later as part of my pagan practices. I was told that I was particularly gifted as a healer, but I stopped when it was apparent that it wasn’t doing anything to help my mother with cancer. (She initially…[Read more]

@DrBob – I think it has something to do with the misconception that atheists are amoral or “just want to sin.” After all, I work in a helping profession that is often compared to “angels of mercy” and so forth. But, I don’t think I would be fired for those reasons, at least not ostensibly. I should hope they are conscious enough of the EEOC to…[Read more]

@simonm Me too. I live in a “Bible Belt” part of the country, so it’s sad but not surprising.

@PopeBeanie I didn’t know we could link to the old profile. And, yes. I do have comprehensive knowledge of the self-delusion necessary to faith.

Paul wrote:I’d be afraid for my life if I was openly atheist in rural Texas. Those people are horrible.

I’m not particularly open about it. If anyone asks, I usually deflect. People really aren’t all that interested in hearing about other people, so I ask them about themselves. I am keenly aware that it is something I could lose my job over.

@Strega and @Simon Thanks!

Unseen wrote:Women who shoulder their way through life and step on others are thought of as bitches. Men who do so aren’t off the hook, though. They are thought of as bastards.

Maybe. I don’t think they are vilified in the same way though.

Unseen wrote:

BeckyL wrote:
@Unseen – I wonder if maybe women seem more susceptible to “woo” because at least the woo-ish people listen to them. Maybe women are into science-y things too, but maybe science-y guys aren’t giving them a chance.

But most of the woo-ish listeners are likely to be female as well.

Males live in a culture where you mak…

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I was raised in a traditional patriarchal family where my thoughts on many subjects were treated with condescension at best and mocked at worst. (For example, I asked for an erector set for Christmas one year and got a doll instead because erector sets are for boys. My parents thought it was cute that I asked for the erector set but were sure I…[Read more]