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Brb I have to hand out pamphlets and go door-to-door (discuss.online)

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I've never met IRL someone who fully rejects all types of supernatural belief, as I do.

You have now. I think of all religion the exact same way as I think of Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, Roman and Greek Gods, Harry Potter, etc.

And I don't mind sharing that belief, either. I'm not rude about it, I NEVER bring it up ony own, but I also won't politely accept their superstitions as a logical argument for ANYTHING. If we're doing something because God wants us to, then I'm against it. Show me a real reason that isn't a fantasy, and I'll consider it.

Religious reasons are the same as saying Mickey Mouse told me so, and I would have absolutely no problem saying "I'm not doing this just because your "God" says so, give me a real reason," no matter who is in the room. That's not being rude, being rude is demanding I do something stupid because YOUR psychopathic imaginary friend says so, and you're terrified that he will punish you if we don't. I'm not doing something I disagree with, just because you are afraid of your own imaginary friend. Go fuck yourself with your childish nonsense.

It helps that I'm self-employed, and my incompetent boss has the same beliefs as me.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I've met plenty online, but never face to face. As I didn't grow up with religion, I wasn't aware of the wide range of beliefs and the various terms people used. When I was first starting out in life, I thought there were atheists, and believers, and didn't understand there was a gray area in between. A deep soup of "spiritual" beliefs that people ascribed to, mixed and matched, and would still describe themselves as "atheist", and strictly, they were sometimes, it just wasn't how I thought of atheism. It took me a while to sort through all that.

I remember in grade school, when I had first encountered the word "atheist" and knew that described me, I mentioned it to a kid. That kid was my sometimes-antagonist, almost-bully. When I said I didn't believe in god that little shit was shocked. He never talked to me or bothered me again. LOL.

I try to be respectful of other's beliefs, we're all just trying to get through life, and some of us don't have as many cards to play with. That "respect" usually means I don't talk about such things with them, and that usually works just fine. But, as I'm sure we all know, there are a few who just can't stop themselves from "spreading the word" with every encounter. Them I avoid.