Why people are reluctant to call themselves atheists | CNN
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Many people are hesitant to identify as atheists because of the social stigma they may face, making it hard to pinpoint connections and differences among this group.
  • @CrashumbcEnglish
    62•4 months ago

    I mean in the US at least, it could become VERY dangerous to not be an evangelical Christian cultist. (Much less a atheist)

    If the Orange Man becomes dictator in November, shit is going to get bad quickly.

    • Flying SquidEnglish
      48•4 months ago

      If the Orange Man becomes dictator in November, shit is going to get bad quickly.

      I’m ethnically Jewish. My daughter is half-Jewish and queer. My wife is a librarian. We’re all atheists.

      Needless to say, we’re making contingency plans.

    • @PloppEnglish
      19•4 months ago

      Which is quite fascinating since he’s made it very obvious that he himself doesn’t know jack shit about Christianity and that he’s not a believer. I’m an atheist myself and I’ve never seen a person more lost and uninterested when speaking about Christianity than him.

      • @[email protected]English
        15•4 months ago

        Really reminds me of the Association of German National Jews and their sad decision to endorse Adolf Hitler. We’re frequently presented with the assertion that people, in-general, are rational when they evidentially are not.

      • @PanoptiDonEnglish
        9•4 months ago

        Christians know and do not care. All that matters is that they have more control.

        • arefxEnglish
          4•4 months ago

          You are describing any fundamentalist regardless of their religion

          • @CosmicomicalEnglish
            2•4 months ago

            He’s describing the ones that are currently trying to bring us back to the middle age

      • @[email protected]English
        5•4 months ago

        I’d argue that most people in government feel very similarly to Trump in regards to religion, they just know its a powerful tool to use.