And if so, how did you manage to get over it?
2007-10-15 11:05:19 · 31 answers · asked by Lex Fok B.M.F. 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Atheists are clever so they can manage to get over whatever
2007-10-15 11:08:52 · answer #1 · answered by Heterodox Idiosyncratic Algerian 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Just to clarify this because people misunderstand this frequently - Girl Scouts of the USA is an entirely separate organization than Boy Scouts of America. GSUSA does not require the adherence to a particular faith and has a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
I'm an agnostic Girl Scout leader. I have no problem since there's no requirement to believe in a particular god. The Girl Scout Promise includes "I will try to serve god and my country..." but allows girls to substitute any word they apply to their god (Buddha, Mother Earth, whatever). When I teach girls the Promise I use the traditional version, but once they've learned it, when we're all saying the Promise, I substitute "good" for "god" - I'm not sure exactly what I believe in (and don't give it a heck of a lot of thought), but if there is anything, I believe it must be good, so that works for me. :-)
2007-10-15 21:18:48 · answer #2 · answered by Heather W 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I was a girl scout from the age of 5 to the age of 18. And I'm not quite sure what you mean by "get over it." Being in girl scouts was a great experience, I made many lifelong friends and benefited greatly from it.
If you're talking about the (very slight) religious influence in it, I mostly ignored it. I don't remember ever hearing about people getting kicked out because of religion or sexual orientation. If it happened, it wasn't in my district.
2007-10-15 18:16:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Haha I was a Girl Scout and I freakin' loved it. We went hiking, had parties, made crafts, and were all great friends. In fact I am still very close to two of the girls I was in there with. However we all quit in the 6th grade because when we got to middle school it was way un-cool to be a Girl Scout.
2007-10-16 16:20:52 · answer #4 · answered by Linz ♥ VT 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was a Boy Scout, back in the good old days. There was nothing to get over because it was an entirely positive experience for me. Since then, the thought police have infested the BSA and I certainly wouldn't want any child of mine to be indoctrinated by bigots.
2007-10-15 18:14:47 · answer #5 · answered by Diogenes 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I was a Girl Scout for seven years. I always liked being a scout.
2007-10-15 18:08:17 · answer #6 · answered by atheist 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I was a girl scout but I don't remember anything about it. I mean nothing. Have always been unable to understand religion so I likely just brushed over that part if there was that part.
2007-10-15 18:09:06 · answer #7 · answered by Flatpaw 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was in the Boy Scouts. Cub Scouts too. The religious aspects didn't bother me too much; I already had to deal with that crap at home at the time. I was more bugged by the whole conformity thing, the "well-roundedness" being manifested in "everybody has to do at least one thing they don't like".
2007-10-15 18:18:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Cub scouts, but I was a Christian then.
There's not much to get over. It's a shame that they kick people out just because of their sexual orientation or lack of religion, because it is otherwise a great organization. It is such a black smug on a great organization.
BTW, atheists are allowed to be girl scouts, if they are female.
2007-10-15 18:07:55 · answer #9 · answered by nondescript 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
In all honesty, NO, I was not ever a boy/girl scout.
2007-10-15 18:10:39 · answer #10 · answered by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No they dont have boy/girl scouts around here
2007-10-15 18:13:00 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋