Does an over-whelming portation of population not disclose they're atheists to avoid discrimination?

Answer 1

Actually I stopped telling people I'm an atheist after having so many religionists start foaming at the mouth and shouting at me. I've had a few ask me how I "dare to be an atheist," and question my patriotism. What a crock! Besides, faith, or lack of it, should be a private matter.
I don't worry about discrimination, because basically it's illegal in any form, and I would have no problem filing a complaint against a Christian. Who knows? Might make them wise up.

Answer 2

I'm a Christian. I have never been an atheist, but I have been an agnostic.

I never discussed my beliefs or lack thereof unless someone else brought up the subject. I do share and witness as a Christian, because I believe those things are part of being a Christian.

I don't think an overwhelming portion of the population is atheistic. Some are, but most non-believers are probably agnostic, who simply don't have a basis to believe but are not absolutely convinced there is nothing to believe in. I think most Americans do believe and to some extent practice some sort of religion.

Atheists are not persecuted, or discriminated against because of being atheists. Neither are agnostics. All humans should learn social adaptation. You don't change the society, you adapt to it.

If you are an atheist and truly feel there is no God then you are the only person on this planet to whom you must answer. You may have to answer to God at some point, but obviously most atheists don't see that as either likely or a problem.

In other words, no.

Answer 3

Its sometimes frowned upon to be an atheist... especially in an environment where there are more religious people than not... so yeah, i guess that would make sense.

I suppose its the same kind of concept as being Gay... religious people frown upon it, therefore some Gay's dont immediately tell, to avoid discrimination and scorning. So many Gay's and Bi-sexuals keep these things a secret. An atheist can be no different.

Then again, there are the Atheists who dont care who knows because they are proud of their belief, just as any Christian or Muslim is of theirs.

Answer 4

A person who does not disclose they are an Atheist is not an Atheist he is a Hypocrite and despicable. There is no such thing as a closet Atheists. A fence straddling Agnostic maybe. I have never been discriminated against as an Atheist. It is only a belief most Americans are tolerant of others beliefs. It is others actions that they disparage of.

Answer 5

There is no overwhelming portion of the population that are atheists. A good 95% of the people in this country and in the world believe in some kind of a deity. In your brain there are 100 billion neurons. Each one of those neurons(remember, there's 100 billion of them) is connected to 1000 other neurons. That comes out to 100 trillion connections in your brain. These connections send electronic signals(and you can measure the electricity) from one place to another. If part of the brain is damaged and you lose some function that is controlled by that part of the brain, the brain can actually re-wire itself and let other neurons in the undamaged part of the brain take over so that you can get back that function. That's only the connections in the brain, not the rest of the body.
Our bodies also have tons of information in the DNA. You have enough information in your DNA to fill encyclopedia sized books stacked from here to the moon and back 500 times. Do you really think that came about by just random chance........kind of like a monkey typing out the works of Shakespear just by randomly plucking away at the keys?

You need to step back and look at the big picture of what is being claimed by atheism(and its partner evolution), namely, that the unbelieveable complexity of the human brain(not to mention the rest of the body) is nothing more than re-arranged pond scum. It’s pond scum from the original prebiotic soup re-arranged over billions of years into 100 trillion connections in the brain by luck…..just random chance.

Answer 6

Out of all the years I've spent in the workforce, I've never come across discrimination toward somebody about their athiesm. Christianity, on the other hand, is a different story. I've seen many Christians being cruelly treated and bullied by others, many, many times. I reckon you've got to be pretty brave to admit your religion to anyone these days, regardless of what it is.

Answer 7

I think they would be discriminated against far more if they said they were a Christian. I am noticing the sheer hatred and disgust that people display in their attitudes toward Christians in general, without even knowing what kind of people we are. If a person is an atheist, people say "well, live and let live". If a person is a Christian, there is the attitude of "get your judgmental, bigoted self away from me". This is my experience. It may not be everybody's.

Answer 8

I can't see why. Religions teach not to hate and to accept others who don't follow their beliefs (excluding our crazy terrorist friends who follow their own bible).

Since they don't believe in ANY God, perhaps this is even better than believing in the WRONG God.

I would say that I don't know anyone who hides being an atheist. Maybe if they work in a church... ;)

Answer 9

yeah. in a 'christian nation' like the u.s., saying you believe in logic and rationality can be dangerous.

it's also a bar from public office in a few states to be an avowed atheist, or at least was until recently.

it's basically the last acceptable prejudice in america

Answer 10

I used to tell ppl, if someone mentioned god.
I don't anymore, because sometimes I get the disappointed "oh" response or look. Or sometimes they'll want to know why.

If someone asked, I'd tell them.