2006-11-01 23:44:12 · 18 answers · asked by Carpe Diem 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Every day on this forum - the constant violations.
2006-11-01 23:46:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
I was fired from a job once when the holy-roller manager was "informed" that I was an Atheist. I was young, and found another job the next day, but today, I would sue and end up owning the place. On the other hand, I've found that when it was time to end a relationship, saying the magic words, "I'm an Atheist" quite often would generate those words any guy looking for a way out longs to hear, "We have to talk".
2006-11-02 01:27:47 · answer #2 · answered by iknowtruthismine 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've spent most of my life in Iceland, where there is a lot of atheists, so I have only experienced minor discrimination (in the education system, run by the state that has not yet been separated from the church). I've experienced quite a lot of prejudice, almost all of it coming from Christians and a huge majority of it coming from foreign Catholics.
2006-11-02 00:23:57 · answer #3 · answered by undir 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. Just the other day I was watching Bill O'Reilly talk about how secularists are bad for America. Even George Bush senior said that atheists cannot be patriots.
We live in a society that cannot tolerate anyone going against the status quo. Anything that in any way implies that not everyone is a Christian is considered bad and harmful.
2006-11-01 23:50:20 · answer #4 · answered by leaptad 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I'm lucky enough to have a boss who's an atheist, so I haven't really suffered any discrimination. Prejudice, probably, but not anything to my face.
2006-11-01 23:51:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
while i began a job, I complained approximately all the religious decorations on the partitions in our locker and injury rooms. I complained to administration that the placement of work is not any place for religious expressions. They agreed and had the decorations taken down. After that, no person might communicate with me. all of them pretended that I wasn't there and can circulate silent if I entered the room. i began out to get harassing letters crammed into my locker approximately how i replaced into going to Hell, and how i replaced into an emissary of the devil. I became them into administration who in comparison the handwriting on numerous hand written comments to locate and do away with the guy. gradually the persons who got here in have been a lot extra secular minded, and issues eased right into a extra mushy artwork atmosphere using fact the previous team replaced into circled out.
2016-10-21 03:28:34 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I see that the atheists are complaining. Is atheism really a religion? Is it even spiritual? I don't see how. They have their rights; Maybe there should be a non-spiritual section on Y!. I don't discriminate against people because of what they do or don't believe. Of course if I don't like a particular Q+A, I keep off of it.
2006-11-01 23:50:16 · answer #7 · answered by RB 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I have seen people talk really badly of atheist and I think is extremely unfair God gave people free will (these comments are not from Muslim, as Muslims spend most of the time about getting better in their own religion). So if they want to choose one path or another after they hae informed themselves is up to them.
(Allah grants hidayet to whhom he wills) No one can forse anyone into a religion. Religion is not compulsitory!
2006-11-02 00:03:15 · answer #8 · answered by . 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The worst one was at a hospital - I put it down under "religion" and it caused my surgeon a lot of bother.
So instead of dealing with me MEDICALLY, as I would have preferred, I got to hear about her relationship with Jesus and get asked a lot of questions about having a god-sized hole in my soul. Just what you do NOT have patience for when you're going into surgery. But since she had the knives, I was also motivated to be polite.
2006-11-01 23:48:59 · answer #9 · answered by Black Parade Billie 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Not in everyday life. However, because I live in the southeast, I do have a better than odd chance of having a run in when the topic comes up.
2006-11-01 23:52:07 · answer #10 · answered by Bill K Atheist Goodfella 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Look around you.
We are discriminated against right here on this very site.... Our questions and answers both get deleted without hesitation while the christians and muslims run rampant.
Why do so few of us fight back?
2006-11-01 23:46:14 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋