I find it quite difficult to function in the world with so many people being religious. how do you cope with life and so many people base so many decisions on religion (at work, socially,etc.).
do you ever feel isolated from societal norms.
thanks!
2006-10-26 11:24:39 · 24 answers · asked by black orchid 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Heather**I don't want to find jesus.been there done that. I'm not looking for him either.I don't want to be converted.
2006-10-26 11:31:54 · update #1
thanks for your suggestions guys
2006-10-26 11:34:33 · update #2
cork***religious people are trying to control every branch of government...give it a rest.
2006-10-26 11:36:31 · update #3
The only thing that concerns me regarding social 'norms' is finding a woman to date that doesn't hold it against me that I'm an atheist.
Where do all the single atheist women congregate, damn it!?
2006-10-26 11:33:01 · answer #1 · answered by umwut? 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I'm not technically an atheist...I do believe in a God but not that it really takes part in stuff and it is such a small faith (I am the only one I know or heard of) that I get just about the same treatment as if I was atheist.
I get annoyed with peoples' using religion to justify turning a blind eye to real life but for the most part I just don't care since I know what I know and can't help but laugh at the stuff that goes on with the religious.
To get more in line with question I do feel isolated sometimes but mostly because when I do I feel superior because by using religion they neglect the mind and their potential
2006-10-26 18:32:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do live in the bible belt. I was a christian at one time, but one day realized I was forcing myself to believe things I knew were not true. I sat down and went through my beliefs and threw them all out as being illogical.
It is difficult some times. I dont advertise that I am an atheist. The word causes HUGE reactions, kind of like saying the F word used to. I have to listen to the people around me at work discuss the bible and argue about it all day long. It is definitely tiresome.
I dont isolate myself from anyone. I dont try to persuade people to be like me, as that is just the same as what they are doing to me. I feel like people have the right to believe what they like and what they need to believe. Religion can be a great comfort to people, and I would not like to take it away from someone that needs it.
I have found friends that are atheist. We seem to be drawn to each other, like interests and such. My husband is one and he was greatly relieved to find a like thinking woman. I pray everynight that the world will see the truth of atheism. (That last line was a joke!!!!)
2006-10-26 18:48:37 · answer #3 · answered by sngcanary 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cope with these situation like any other. We sometimes have to deal with decisions made by the stupid, the ignorant and the emotionally crippled all the time. That those making these decisions might also believe in fairy-tales is irrelevant.
2006-10-26 18:33:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Honestly? I don't care what others believe. I do not press what I believe on others and expect the same respect. If I don't get that there is a bit of shouting coming from me, but whatever.
Honestly, what does it matter what people believe in? How does it affect your life? When you go to the store to buy milk are you being shouted at because you are an atheist? No. I say live and let live.
2006-10-26 18:31:01 · answer #5 · answered by Steph 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I agree with the above, I am free, free of mythology and superstition. I know people that are afraid of Ghosts and Demonic Possession. The ludicrous hypocrisy of Judeo-Christian Mythology permeates the very core of society and western culture, yet many like myself stand up to it, wade through it and succeed in our daily lives without it.
Believe me you are better off without it, the worlds organized religions are nothing more than tools to control the minds of the sheep. I choose to be a lion.
2006-10-26 18:31:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
If atheists are in the minority --beliefs-
then would it not seem logical to feel isolated?
why would it bother you?
Can't an atheist cope with life around a religious person yet expect that same religious person to cope with atheist views?
only about 5% of usa practice-live-religious beliefs.
that leaves 95% living otherwise-in sin or in whatever you call it..
hardly a minority...
2006-10-26 18:33:24 · answer #7 · answered by cork 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Luckily I live in a fairly open area where religion isn't an obsession with the majority. (We actually have about thee non-believer houses in a row coincidentally, with us in the middle.) Although the past few years' National headlines over things in schools, etc, has caused a few cases here to stir up...
2006-10-26 18:36:12 · answer #8 · answered by Indigo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a good idea to find some like-minded people to hang out with so you don't go insane. Look for a freethought alliance near you - a lot of universities and large cities have them. I'm the president of mine, and we sponsor debates and lectures on, among other topics, atheism.
2006-10-26 18:27:23 · answer #9 · answered by eri 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It can feel a little lonely at first. I have always been pretty upfront about my beliefs and I find as I do that, people have come out to me about being atheists as well.
But, yes, I feel isolated at times. Our culture is soaked in god.
2006-10-26 18:29:13 · answer #10 · answered by Black Parade Billie 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋