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#451: Jan 29th 2016 at 2:01:13 PM

As a brazilian, in my limited experience, nobody cares too much about your religion. It is a much bigger deal in certain parts of the Us.

I think it depends. I live in the richer parts of Rio de Janeiro, and that is my experience as well. But I have heard, in the Internet of people who said they suffer prejudice in our country. I don't know where they are from, though.

It's a much more subtle matter, such as the implicit need to be really cautious whom I talk about it with, lest they be shocked and/or disturbed. I also get occasional queries about, "But aren't you raising your son to believe in God?" as if I am somehow neglecting him by not doing so.

However, this is all as a private citizen in a relatively affluent, liberal area.

And this is what I find most curious about the USA. I too live in a relatively affluent, liberal area, and I find the notion to have to be cautious about whom I disclose my atheism to to be very alien. I find curious this is not the case even in some big cities in the USA.

Bense Since: Aug, 2010
#452: Jan 29th 2016 at 2:02:25 PM

Personally I know at least four atheists who I would consider friends (more than casual acquaintances), though only one of them is what you might call a hard atheist.

I did have a close friend who talked sometimes about being looked at askance by the majority religion hereabouts, but he was a fellow theist who just belonged to a different Christian sect, not an atheist. He moved back to Texas a dozen years ago.

edited 29th Jan '16 2:04:49 PM by Bense

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#453: Jan 29th 2016 at 3:18:59 PM

[Ignore. Stupid comment.]

edited 30th Jan '16 10:11:15 AM by purplefishman

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#454: Jan 29th 2016 at 3:45:06 PM

he brought up atheist friends because he was asked if he knew any atheists...

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
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#455: Jan 29th 2016 at 4:13:32 PM

[up][up], As [up] pointed out you're at best reaching to prove something you obliviously believe (while making a person attack on another person) or deliberately misrepresenting what happened to try and serve your point of making a person attack on another person.

Either way, please don't.

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#456: Jan 30th 2016 at 12:48:50 PM

In many cases I haven seen many atehist complaing about persecution or anything like it, just that there is sometimes a very heavy pro-christian envriotment around which create a lot of trouble like reactiory behivor when someone question the religion or most likey, like sound douchebag create scams in order to take advantage of people faith, with this like Tv evangelicalism which is issue in USA and even more in brazil.

Or like I said before this kind of double standar where one faith is allow more thing that it should or mantaing a privilage that is dificult to take away(like the whole "they are taking away my freedom or religion") so yeah they is heavy pro-religious bent in some countries, including the states.

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#457: Feb 5th 2016 at 10:45:38 PM

Middle of Jersey here. Honestly probably know more agnostics or soft atheists than I do Christians, though enough Hindus and Muslims that non-religious were still in the minority. With the exception of one or two people we're all perfectly accepting of each other. Even enjoy discussing differing views on theological/spritual matters.

The main exception would be my one friend who used to go hard line "God isn't real" for minor things like someone saying "God bless you" or "Thank God". No one really appreciated that, just because of how confrontational it was.

Down south I imagine it's rather different, especially in the bible belt. Up here most people are at least somewhat religious, but not really bible-beaters. Or Rosary beaters, as us Catholic have apparently been termed in some circles.

edited 5th Feb '16 10:47:00 PM by Joesolo

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hellomoto Since: Sep, 2015
#458: Feb 5th 2016 at 10:52:13 PM

I was never brought up religious, and I still say 'Oh My God' just because it's a phrase that rolls off the tongue.

Though, I still squint when I hear people say 'God is fair', 'God made it that way', or similar.

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#459: Feb 6th 2016 at 2:51:05 AM

"I say 'oh my god' when presented with something unbelievable."

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#460: Feb 6th 2016 at 4:17:03 AM

Middle of Jersey here.

I didn't know you'd moved to the Channel Islands.

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#461: Feb 6th 2016 at 7:47:18 AM

Very funny tongue

Most from the area don't bother with the "New" in the name.

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#462: Feb 6th 2016 at 7:55:16 AM

[up] I presume New Hampshire gets called "Hampshire" then?

edited 6th Feb '16 7:55:25 AM by Greenmantle

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DrDougsh Since: Jan, 2001
#463: Feb 6th 2016 at 7:59:54 AM

You should force Jersey to change its name to Old Jersey so you can claim the name Jersey.

edited 6th Feb '16 8:03:03 AM by DrDougsh

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#464: Feb 6th 2016 at 8:04:01 AM

No idea, never been up there. But I've lived in New Jersey and New York My entire life, in everyday conversation Jersey usually loses the "new", and if you're taking about New York you're more specific, ie, the island, the city, Brooklyn, up-state.

[up] [lol] I'm working on it...

edited 6th Feb '16 8:05:38 AM by Joesolo

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#465: Feb 6th 2016 at 8:39:24 AM

Hey at least New Jersey bothered with adding a "new", the US versions of Rochester and Norfolk didn't even do that.

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#466: Feb 6th 2016 at 8:41:23 AM

[up] Add Newark, Boston, Portsmouth, Portland etc. to that list. smile

edited 6th Feb '16 8:41:32 AM by Greenmantle

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#467: Feb 6th 2016 at 1:28:57 PM

[up][up][up][up][up][up][up][up]I usually just swear to fictional deity's, since going "CHAOS THEORY!" when you stub your toe just doesn't quite have the same feel to it, my current preferences are The Nine Divines and The Emperor

edited 6th Feb '16 1:32:23 PM by FieldMarshalFry

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#468: Feb 6th 2016 at 1:38:35 PM

[up]When you said the emperor, you said chaos right? because you know, they are the only true answerevil grin

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#469: Feb 6th 2016 at 1:41:20 PM

"by The Emperor..." *stubs toe* " EMPEROR DAMNIT!"

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#470: Feb 6th 2016 at 2:24:11 PM

I use deity-related curses and such sometimes, but on the other hand I never really specify which god I am asking for help and/or being mad at. And when I'm really upset I just make a bunch of incoherent noises instead.

Still a great "screw depression" song even after seven years.
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#471: Feb 6th 2016 at 2:51:28 PM

Listening to me you could get the impression that I follow a deity named "Fuck".

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#472: Feb 7th 2016 at 9:02:29 AM

As Terry Pratchett noted, it is very difficult to use "random-fluctuations-in-the-space-time-continuum" as a swearword.

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#473: Feb 7th 2016 at 9:39:00 AM

I find since everyone else already seems to hate my religion, the athiests who say mean things to me aren't really all that new. But when they want to force ideas that "I'm not doing Christianity right" when they don't believe and have told me they don't believe, or openly referring to God as "some imaginary figure" (that's less insulting than what I've heard) really hurts my feelings because I don't go spouting scriptures at them why they should beleive this or that I can be enjoying my day and all of a sudden I get a comment on my Fb about how I'm doing useless and pointlessly stupid actions. Or how I should celebrate Christmas and how they actually started celebrating Christmas because it's become more secular. But I digress.

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#474: Feb 7th 2016 at 11:01:33 AM

openly referring to God as "some imaginary figure"

Well, how would you describe Zeus?

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#475: Feb 7th 2016 at 11:04:58 AM

One imagines that the ancient Greeks would have been very upset if you referred to Zeus as "an imaginary figure". It's all relative to the culture of the time and place that you are in. Ironically, this ought to be evidence against religion being "natural and obvious", as many seem to claim.

edited 7th Feb '16 11:05:23 AM by Fighteer

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