I go to a Christian-majority school.

[D i v i n i t y]

Yup, I do. It's not a "Christian" school but the majority of the school is Christian. Some have pretty strong Christian beliefs. Anyways, I saw something pretty sad the other day...

Well, there's this one kid I saw outside the locker rooms right after PE class. He's two years younger than me (freshman) and he is an atheist. He is a very anti-social kid; he's pretty much the stereotypical lock-yourself-in-your-room-because-no-one-likes-you type of kid... it's pretty sad. Anyways, he was talking to this one dude and I overheard their conversation. He was talking to this Christian. I heard the Christian go "Atheists are stupid. Evolution doesn't even make sense. Where did we all come from then?" etc.
I heard the atheist kid reply with "atheists aren't stupid" and that's it. Oh and I also heard the Christian kid go "I hate people like that who go against God" =/
Lol I so badly wanted to punch the kid in the face but I juts kindly said "Kid, drop it. 'Judge not, and you shall not be judged', remember?" He didn't do anything to you okay?" and the christian kid just said "but atheists are so stupid" and I just went "Yeah yeah I know you don't like us" and then left because the bell rang and I was walking to Trigonometry o.o
Anyways, it just so happens that the anti-social kid's mom was my french teacher in freshman year in my old school o.O

Have Christians ever showed unnecessary hostility towards you? Discuss.  

[Goddess of the Coulee]

You live in America?

It'd make sense that a majority of your peers are Christian - whatever that even means anymore - if you live in America because over 3/4 of the population is Christian of some sort.  

[Goddess of the Coulee]

It bothers me with the whole evolution thing and how it doesn't make sense when people that go against that believe in something they can't even explain... sorta ironic actually.

I don't believe stereotyping is the best route to go (although unavoidable) not all Christians are the same just as Atheists are very diverse... I don't even know that I'd consider myself an atheist to be honest.

I am sure there is no afterlife or any sorta deity... but I still don't feel that I qualify as an atheist... don't ask why.  

[D i v i n i t y]

Goddess of the Coulee

It bothers me with the whole evolution thing and how it doesn't make sense when people that go against that believe in something they can't even explain... sorta ironic actually.

I don't believe stereotyping is the best route to go (although unavoidable) not all Christians are the same just as Atheists are very diverse... I don't even know that I'd consider myself an atheist to be honest.

I am sure there is no afterlife or any sorta deity... but I still don't feel that I qualify as an atheist... don't ask why.

Lol why'd you say so if you didn't want anyone to ask? o.o
Ummm well I'm guilty of stereotyping since I pre-judge a lot but I give people a chance to show that they're not super annoying o.O  

[Daffodil the Destroyer]

Goddess of the Coulee

It bothers me with the whole evolution thing and how it doesn't make sense when people that go against that believe in something they can't even explain... sorta ironic actually.

I don't believe stereotyping is the best route to go (although unavoidable) not all Christians are the same just as Atheists are very diverse... I don't even know that I'd consider myself an atheist to be honest.

I am sure there is no afterlife or any sorta deity... but I still don't feel that I qualify as an atheist... don't ask why.

I'm kind of the same way. I'm pretty sure there aren't any deities and that there's probably no afterlife, but I don't really feel like I fit in as an atheist. I don't fit as a theist either, obviously. I do sort of fit with ietsism (There's a Wikipedia article that gives a decent explanation) - except while this is normally called "agnostic theism" of some sort, I identify as a non-theistic ietsist. Ugh, so complicated trying to label ourselves. XD

Anyway, in reply to Divinity... I don't normally get treated like that directly since I don't tell most people I know in person that I'm an atheist. I do feel that the Christian majority would discriminate against me if I were more open about my atheism. But more than being treated that way directly, I used to be that kind of Christian - railing against evolution when I didn't understand it and insulting atheists for no good reason. Dark times... >.>

 

[lalo_989]

Well this my first day in The Atheist Guild of AMERICA!!!

I think im not the atereotypical athiest you see, I insult Christians for their beleifs and they insult me for mines...

I am not anti-social, I am really obnoxious and loud... And that makes me a target for someoen to kick my a**, which luckily my a** has not been beaten yet =/

I actually have been threatened by people who I admitted to them I was one, and I simply say, " Would God tell you to make sin in order to prove something?"...and I ended up being friends with the boy....-_-

Also just to note I am also a Freshmen.... Im Happy Im in The Guild!!!XD  

[D i v i n i t y]

I'm just wondering... Is it possible that many people don't like being called "atheists" simply because it's pretty much perceived negatively by most people? Is it because too many atheists are stereotypically rude and overly hostile? o.O
It's difficult for me to understand why anyone that DOESN'T believe in God would not consider themself an atheist. sweatdrop
Maybe the term is just a strong term that they'd rather not label themselves with it, even though they don't believe in any sort of deity whatsoever?  

[lalo_989]

Maybe its fear from neglection from religious radicals....I don't know im just saying!  

[[-Erik-]]

I would have totally used some unecessary force on him for being so stupid, but that would be something personal.

Now, before doing that.. I'd just point out that I am turning the other cheek like his God once told us to do and tell him to remember the soooo feared comandments.

I'd also tell him how hypocrite he is by beliving in God and not doing as he said.

 

[[-Erik-]]

By the way, that poll needs more options ._.

 

[Sanguvixen]

D i v i n i t y

I'm just wondering... Is it possible that many people don't like being called "atheists" simply because it's pretty much perceived negatively by most people? Is it because too many atheists are stereotypically rude and overly hostile? o.O
It's difficult for me to understand why anyone that DOESN'T believe in God would not consider themself an atheist. sweatdrop
Maybe the term is just a strong term that they'd rather not label themselves with it, even though they don't believe in any sort of deity whatsoever?

In public I choose to tell people that I "Choose to disassociate with religion". Somehow even though the implication is the same as being atheist, you don't get the response you would get from saying "Well, I'm an atheist."

Sometimes it is better to not use the word in certain situations because of the s**t-storm that will develop.  

[PathlessPlot]

Sanguvixen

In public I choose to tell people that I "Choose to disassociate with religion". Somehow even though the implication is the same as being atheist, you don't get the response you would get from saying "Well, I'm an atheist."

Sometimes it is better to not use the word in certain situations because of the s**t-storm that will develop.

I really like that phrase you use. I may have to borrow that from you if I ever have to come out to my grandmother. She loves me to death, but I don't know how she would handle my being an atheist.  

[Lemon Jally]

My mother's not even willing to accept what I've become - she's still blaming the internet and "those damn books".

She'll come around eventually. I don't think that she's so in love with being born again that she'd shun her youngest.  

[[-Erik-]]

Sanguvixen

D i v i n i t y

I'm just wondering... Is it possible that many people don't like being called "atheists" simply because it's pretty much perceived negatively by most people? Is it because too many atheists are stereotypically rude and overly hostile? o.O
It's difficult for me to understand why anyone that DOESN'T believe in God would not consider themself an atheist. sweatdrop
Maybe the term is just a strong term that they'd rather not label themselves with it, even though they don't believe in any sort of deity whatsoever?

In public I choose to tell people that I "Choose to disassociate with religion". Somehow even though the implication is the same as being atheist, you don't get the response you would get from saying "Well, I'm an atheist."

Sometimes it is better to not use the word in certain situations because of the s**t-storm that will develop.

Oh, but I just looove that s**t-storm <3

'Cept if it comes from my mother, she is such a smart person but sometimes behaves like an intolerant p***k, and so does my dad.

l:<  

[Teoka]

I just call myself an atheist, unless it's with my boyfriend's family (except the boyfriend, his mom, and his sister). The majority of them don't know, so if they ask, I just tell them I'm not religious. Luckily, that seems to work well

If they're family, peers, or of a similar group, I just say I'm an atheist. If they decide not to associate with me because I don't believe what they do, that's their loss