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Lanky_Pomegranate530 to Atheism@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago

CNN: Atheists are still reluctant to ‘come out’

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CNN: Atheists are still reluctant to ‘come out’

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Lanky_Pomegranate530 to Atheism@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago
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Why people are reluctant to call themselves atheists | CNN
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Many people are hesitant to identify as atheists because of the social stigma they may face, making it hard to pinpoint connections and differences among this group.
  • @Crashumbc@lemmy.world
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    66•1 year ago

    I mean in the US at least, it could become VERY dangerous to not be an evangelical Christian cultist. (Much less a atheist)

    If the Orange Man becomes dictator in November, shit is going to get bad quickly.

    • Flying Squid
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      48•1 year ago

      If the Orange Man becomes dictator in November, shit is going to get bad quickly.

      I’m ethnically Jewish. My daughter is half-Jewish and queer. My wife is a librarian. We’re all atheists.

      Needless to say, we’re making contingency plans.

      • @acockworkorange@mander.xyz
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        12•1 year ago

        My wife is a librarian.

        I’m sorry but that gave me a chuckle.

        • Flying Squid
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          13•1 year ago

          It really shouldn’t.

          https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/west-virginia-criminal-prosecution-librarians-teachers-books-1234970923/

          • @acockworkorange@mander.xyz
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            4•1 year ago

            Holy cow!

    • @Plopp@lemmy.world
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      19•1 year ago

      Which is quite fascinating since he’s made it very obvious that he himself doesn’t know jack shit about Christianity and that he’s not a believer. I’m an atheist myself and I’ve never seen a person more lost and uninterested when speaking about Christianity than him.

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        Really reminds me of the Association of German National Jews and their sad decision to endorse Adolf Hitler. We’re frequently presented with the assertion that people, in-general, are rational when they evidentially are not.

      • @PanoptiDon@lemmy.world
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        9•1 year ago

        Christians know and do not care. All that matters is that they have more control.

        • arefx
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          You are describing any fundamentalist regardless of their religion

          • @Cosmicomical@lemmy.world
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            2•1 year ago

            He’s describing the ones that are currently trying to bring us back to the middle age

      • @Default_Defect@midwest.social
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        5•1 year ago

        I’d argue that most people in government feel very similarly to Trump in regards to religion, they just know its a powerful tool to use.

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