I am an atheist and get strange looks when people find out, I never preach to anyone or mock them for believing in god so why dont people respect my beliefs
2007-06-19 18:51:16 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Many people just don't understand atheists at all. You see, they need to be told how to be a decent person from an outdated, fictional book. Atheists don't need a book to tell them how to treat others well. That's the main difference and the reason they will not trust you or respect you.
2007-06-19 19:01:18 · answer #1 · answered by seattlefan74 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I once did a road trip across the US. Started in Richmond, Virginia, headed down to New Orleans (pre-hurricane), then over to San Francisco.
Something went wrong with the car when we were in Georgia. We got towed to some backwater town, and surprise, there some part that they couldn't get until
Monday. Everything was going well, until Sunday morning, my man and I slept in and went to what passed it self off as a cafe for breakfast. It was closed, and we couldn't find anyone. (I was of course thinking that they were out back preparing to sacrifice the pair of us).
It was more sinister than that. At around 11:30 people started appearing. they had all been in church. One lady walked up and asked why we didn't attend "All Christians are welcome here".
Me: Sorry, we are not Christian.
Her: We welcome all Faiths
Me: We are actually Atheist.
Our car was ready about 2 hours later.
Strange that.
2007-06-19 19:10:00 · answer #2 · answered by Sarcasma 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are places where it's more or less acceptable; often in very close proximity to each other. I live in a largeish city with a large college community, and the city part is pretty uncivil toward atheists, while the college accepts it as being pretty normal.
All of which means I'm honest at school and guarded at work.
2007-06-19 18:59:27 · answer #3 · answered by Doc Occam 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know any Christians, at least no born again fundy types, so It has never been an issue.
My social group just does not care about religion, none of us know or care what the others believe. We are too busy working and playing.
2007-06-20 05:36:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
HELL yes!
In the last year I have had to attend more stuff where people pray. You just stand silently by. And its perfectly fine for them to bring up Jesus and their relationship with him, but can you imagine if we ever began a conversation, not with "Jesus gives meaning to my life" but "God is dead, don't you think?"
In addition, I had a real freaky conversation with someone recruiting for the Boy Scouts because they wouldn't accept my 8 year old boy.
2007-06-19 18:55:08 · answer #5 · answered by Laptop Jesus 3.9 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
America is the only developed nation in the world that still discriminates against atheists.
2007-06-19 18:54:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I've found that depends where I live. In Boulder, Colorado; Chicago, Illinois; and San Francisco, California, it was fine.
In Texas it was rough and (briefly) in Oklahoma it was so bad, I pretty much never told anyone.
2007-06-19 18:54:35 · answer #7 · answered by STFU Dude 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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Damn! I get strange looks BEFORE people find out!
2007-06-19 19:04:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on who your social circle consists of. There are a lot of atheists out there, unfortunately not near enough.
2007-06-19 18:54:12 · answer #9 · answered by Phartzalot 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Of course not the human race is a inter-religious society. I can be your friend and I am a Catholic
2007-06-19 18:54:16 · answer #10 · answered by Templar 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋