I have.
2007-11-25 12:16:47 · 28 answers · asked by Psychedelic Pantheist 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I dont want to talk about my experience....its too painful. I want the question to be focues on you.
2007-11-25 12:29:21 · update #1
evolved: Since god = nature, I do not believe in a supernatural god. Atheists as well, do not believe in a supernatural god. Therefore, I am an atheist as much as I am a pantheist.
2007-11-25 12:46:19 · update #2
evolved: Are you retarded? You gave the definition in your answer of pantheism. With God being an abstract equivalant of the universe, nature,...... So thats where I got my god=nature. I dont believe in spirits either. Maybe you should do some more research on the topic instead of just going to wikipedia for info.
2007-11-27 00:42:57 · update #3
Yep. May have lost a job. Told I'm going to hell. Told I couldn't possibly be an atheists as I'm too nice.
2007-11-25 12:19:33 · answer #1 · answered by punch 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
You are not an atheist. Your name clearly states that you are a pantheist.
"Pantheism is the view that everything is of an all-encompassing immanent abstract God; or that the Universe, or nature, and God are equivalent. "
Atheist = NO god. All encompassing or not.
No I have never been 'persecuted' for not having any beliefs in the supernatural. I would love to see someone try.
Edit.
As I have clearly said, we do NOT believe in god. Any god. Including a god that is "nature" whatever the hell that is.
You are NOT an atheist since you believe in god. How you choose to squirm around that fact is up to you. Your statement god = nature, is ridiculous. Says who? You?
A pantheist, pagan, wiccan or anyone else who believes in spirits, elves, moon goddesses or other nonsense ARE NOT ATHEISTS.
Stop hitching your weirdo wagon to rational, reasonable people.
2007-11-25 12:43:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't know about persecuted but I've been rejected for it. When I was in my senior year of high school I fell in love with a girl and I felt she was the one for me. This was the woman I wanted to marry and spend the rest of my life with. The religion question came up a couple weeks into our relationship and she was shocked and appalled to learn that I was an atheist. The rest of our relationship was doomed from that moment on. It was not something she could consciously deal with or accept. Eventually we broke up. A few years later I found out she was married.
10 years later she found my email address on our school website and sent me an email. Turns out she was married to a minister and had 2 kids. Her husband is the polar opposite of me... the kind of guy who wants a 50's wife who does the cooking, cleaning, and taking care of the children while he does his own thing and she wasn't happy. She remembered me and how well I treated her. We both realized we still had feelings for each other.
Now she's still in a rocky marriage but separated and has filed for divorce... the kicker is... she's pregnant with my child. It goes to show that sometimes human nature is stronger than religious ideology which it should be.
2007-11-26 15:35:35 · answer #3 · answered by RaisedByWolves 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i won't be able to think of of an occasion. Heretics have been persecuted in Europe, yet they weren't "atheistic" interior the stern experience, yet unitarian. The theory of modern-day atheism did no longer even arise till around the French Revolution. there substitute into an occasion of Christians being persecuted and being charged with "atheism" decrease than the Roman governement because of the fact they did no longer bow before the state gods. it is addressed in Justin Martyrs Apologia.
2016-11-12 19:45:37 · answer #4 · answered by eaddie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
About 20 years ago in boot camp I was beaten by a bunch of cowardly christians for being an athiest. I also got more than even with the ringleader.
2007-11-25 12:20:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
No. I'm from a very conservative Bible Belt town, and usually my brother and i were the ones persecuting christians for believing such ridiculous things. There were several individuals like us in our school, and we were a very outspoken, cohesive unit that made everything easy.
I'm sorry about your experiences.
Here's a video I'd like to share:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8Aq00yJSxo
2007-11-26 21:56:25 · answer #6 · answered by Elizabeth J 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I have been fired from a job when it was discovered I was atheist.
All because I didn't attend "voluntary prayer" meetings.
Oh, I've had a gun pointed at me too, for being a "God D**** atheist!".
People saying things to me? That's not persecution. It's actions that matter. Most fundies are afraid of me. The media has created a tangible enemy in Islam, but how do they take on an atheist in the Deep South?
2007-11-25 12:18:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 13⤊ 2⤋
When I was an atheist, my family and friends didn't like to talk about the subject, and I was told by people who cared about me that they would pray God would help me see the light; that I wouldn't be sent to hell.
It was... uncomfortable, but I was never persecuted.
2007-11-25 12:20:16 · answer #8 · answered by L. Azymia 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not yet. That doesn't mean I'm about to let my administrators and the parents of my students know I'm an atheist unless they specifically ask or I have good reason.
2007-11-25 12:18:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
If you mean things like someone on the train asking you if you believe in their god and you reply not and after all his babbling, you still say no, he end his statement with "You are going to hell you infidel, when god return to earth, I would be laughing at you by this side when I see you burning in hell?" .... ya, just yesterday.
(btw, my reply ...... "ah, that shows how benevolent your god is"
2007-11-25 12:25:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋