Atheist Zone | BeckyL | Activity https://atheistzone.com/members/categorical/activity/ Activity feed for BeckyL. Thu, 08 Oct 2026 13:32:51 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 39ad45a47162abeb5e83a891f15de071 BeckyL replied to the topic Our Think Atheist twitter account is being abused in the forum Announcements http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/our-think-atheist-twitter-account-is-being-abused/#post-2043 Sun, 02 Aug 2015 18:45:28 +0000

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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]]> b8c093055a950b6403fc4ba73bd2202b BeckyL replied to the topic So, I am atheist. in the forum Introductions http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/so-i-am-atheist/page/2/#post-1473 Sun, 26 Jul 2015 15:41:23 +0000 @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.

]]> 80ff396c11a8e8c719b9245407bc8e6c BeckyL replied to the topic So, I am atheist. in the forum Introductions http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/so-i-am-atheist/page/2/#post-1465 Sun, 26 Jul 2015 13:56:28 +0000 @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]

]]> 9bdfc1fff0dd5507fb4881fd2f71458e BeckyL replied to the topic So, I am atheist. in the forum Introductions http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/so-i-am-atheist/page/2/#post-1463 Sun, 26 Jul 2015 13:07:07 +0000 @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]

]]> d00ad71bbac4a6320b110424d4123d4f BeckyL replied to the topic Long Story Short in the forum Introductions http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/long-story-short/#post-949 Sun, 19 Jul 2015 12:38:58 +0000 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]

]]> d800904fe840bb96a83413b1d8c31ed0 BeckyL joined the group TA Oldies but Goodies https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/1804/ Sat, 18 Jul 2015 22:31:11 +0000 0 6b081570246a211a85c29a62b64f6476 BeckyL replied to the topic So, I am atheist. in the forum Introductions http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/so-i-am-atheist/page/2/#post-883 Sat, 18 Jul 2015 22:30:33 +0000 @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]

]]> dd6543947998f9df0db3595b3a229a9e BeckyL posted a new activity comment https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/1700/#acomment-1727 Sat, 18 Jul 2015 19:25:56 +0000 I’m glad to help shed light on the self-delusion necessary to faith. The No True Scotsman fallacy doesn’t apply with me because I genuinely believed. I believe it met some emotional and developmental needs I had at the time and I simply outgrew it. My mother always believed religion was a crutch, and I think that is true for many people.

In reply to - PopeBeanie posted an update @categorical Hi @BeckyL, I’m especially curious about why people so completely and willingly succumb to religion, and I see that you have some “comprehensive” experience! I hope you can […] ]]> 03fec4017ba1f6f756613702ed25dabb BeckyL replied to the topic So, I am atheist. in the forum Introductions http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/so-i-am-atheist/page/2/#post-868 Sat, 18 Jul 2015 19:21:19 +0000 @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.

]]> 7ef57f4330e93a738647f96528facf7d BeckyL replied to the topic The outing game in the forum To Do or not To Do http://atheistzone.com/groups/to-do-or-not-to-do/forum/topic/the-outing-game/#post-863 Sat, 18 Jul 2015 17:23:59 +0000 I agree. Once you take a public position that makes a moral judgment, your morals become open to scrutiny. I also agree that when the person making those moral judgments is heterosexual, infidelity is free game. I look forward to the day when one’s sexuality is a non-issue, but until then, people in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.

]]> 2715a02043406733cd97230c26debc2d BeckyL joined the group To Do or not To Do https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/1664/ Sat, 18 Jul 2015 17:05:31 +0000 0 1ed06ae69ced769fdebc777b43c5eab7 BeckyL replied to the topic So, I am atheist. in the forum Introductions http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/so-i-am-atheist/#post-862 Sat, 18 Jul 2015 17:04:50 +0000

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.

]]> b43bac7742286374ea8a88a4cd0ac69c BeckyL replied to the topic So, I am atheist. in the forum Introductions http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/so-i-am-atheist/#post-839 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 18:25:48 +0000 @Strega and @Simon Thanks!

]]> f74fbcacdd41c0865eaf113c1a7001c5 BeckyL replied to the topic Is there any correlation between Atheism and gender? in the forum Atheism http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/is-there-any-correlation-between-atheism-and-gender/#post-838 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 18:23:38 +0000

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.

]]> 7d756bf1cc429d26eb57950ed1b93aef BeckyL replied to the topic Is there any correlation between Atheism and gender? in the forum Atheism http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/is-there-any-correlation-between-atheism-and-gender/#post-833 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 17:32:04 +0000

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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]]> c4ed7f3a17b18a061d0e6562c7b1b04c BeckyL replied to the topic Is there any correlation between Atheism and gender? in the forum Atheism http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/is-there-any-correlation-between-atheism-and-gender/#post-826 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 16:37:46 +0000 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]

]]> 9f7af05163210b6ba6dcdf1c7ad6da0c BeckyL joined the group Sunday School https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/1585/ Fri, 17 Jul 2015 16:16:19 +0000 0 8ddcd1412249f67c879b9d579516b7c4 BeckyL replied to the topic So, I am atheist. in the forum Introductions http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/so-i-am-atheist/#post-822 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 15:59:48 +0000 @erock68la Thanks! 🙂

]]> 58e2b73d2a2a6061e7ff988e2b386adf BeckyL replied to the topic So, I am atheist. in the forum Introductions http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/so-i-am-atheist/#post-821 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 15:58:04 +0000 @DrBob Hello! I did some lurking for a while over at TA and always appreciated reading your contributions to the fora. It’s good to “meet” you.

]]> 5f25d814c05ba41edf5991b55d41d0de BeckyL replied to the topic So, I am atheist. in the forum Introductions http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/so-i-am-atheist/#post-819 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 15:50:10 +0000

SteveInCO wrote:

As for religions… they love bomb you until and unless it becomes clear you aren’t, in fact, going to be assimilated. I guess that’s slightly better than the Borg method, but not much.

It is a bit like the Borg method, but even more like jr high. There are all sorts of cliques and political maneuvers happening just under the s…[Read more]

]]> 1d86a0a412ffd2d2ed5b9c4e24690d73 BeckyL and SteveInCO are now friends https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/1575/ Fri, 17 Jul 2015 15:10:08 +0000 0 3cb2064918ab7181e91c68d1b46d83ac BeckyL started the topic So, I am atheist. in the forum Introductions http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/so-i-am-atheist/ Fri, 17 Jul 2015 13:41:18 +0000 In the interest of brevity, I’ll just dive in. I’m an emergency nurse from a semi-rural part of Texas. I was raised a Catholic but never bought into it. On the very first day of catechism, the nun teaching our class told us that snakes used to have legs, walked upright, and talked. She lost me right there. It sounded like bullshit to my young…[Read more]

]]> 538103319455df7c1a4179b88fbcfffe BeckyL replied to the topic Nothing much to say in the forum Introductions http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/nothing-much-to-say/#post-804 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 12:15:31 +0000 Wow. Who knew that one could find God, talk with Him, and perhaps even build a personal relationship with Him on an atheist website??? You do indeed move in mysterious ways.

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