Why do atheists post on the Religion forum?
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Anonymous
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I want to talk with similarly-minded people and I want religious people to think more about their beliefs.
I wish I had known about this forum when I was first questioning religion. It would have been very helpful to know that there are seemingly intelligent, good-humored and logical people who have rejected religion. This is one of the few places that I feel free to discuss atheism. Being religious is the default position in the US, even though recent studies indicate that fewer people these days are religious. |
Anonymous
| Because religion infringes on the rights of atheist in the US, and all over the world. |
Anonymous
What are the "rights of atheists" and how does posting here help? |
Anonymous
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I find this to be a very curious post. I grew up in a nominally Christian home with a family that did not truly understand Christianity. I became an atheist for more than 20 years before converting and becoming an evangelical about two years ago. It was the most unexpected turn of events in my life.
Living in the DC area and working in a very secular workplace, never, not once, in my time as an atheist did I feel out of place with religion. In fact, I assumed that the default was that nobody believed that stuff anymore. Everyone I worked with openly mocked evangelicals. I have actually found it much harder when I swung back the other way. I realized that I didn’t know a single other person outside of my church who believed what I believed now. Yet I believe it as truth and so I couldn’t just ignore it. It has become core to my identity. I have since formed a lot of networks through social media and other venues and it isn’t as lonely as it once was. But I say all this because — I don’t know why you would feel like you need to come to this message board (of all message boards!) to find a sense of community as an atheist. There are atheists everywhere, and they far outnumber Christians or people of other faiths who take their faith seriously and openly, at least in the DMV (maybe not in other parts of the country though). |
Anonymous
Rights for gay people to marry Rights for women to receive health care |
Anonymous
| Why does someone ask this question every so often? |
Anonymous
It was not even a real question - rhetorical device to state why they post here |
Anonymous
This was very interesting and I agree. I feel zero pressure in DMV to be religious in any way. There is much more concern with social and professional status/ schools DC attend and wealth rather than with religious affiliations. |
Anonymous
What are atheist rights? How does religion infringe upon those rights in the US and all over the world? |
Anonymous
Can anyone answer sincerely: what are atheist rights? How are these rights different from human rights? “Human rights are universally recognized moral principles or norms that establish standards of human behavior and are often protected by both national and international laws. These rights are considered inherent and inalienable, meaning they belong to every individual simply by virtue of being human, regardless of characteristics like nationality, ethnicity, religion, or socio-economic status.” What human rights are atheists denied, specifically by religious people? Do atheists require different “rights” than other humans require? What are they? What rights are atheists denied in the United States? |
Anonymous
How do women get healthcare rights from atheists? |
Anonymous
The First Amendment of the United States Constitution protects religious freedom with two clauses: -Establishment Clause: Prohibits the government from establishing a religion. -Free Exercise Clause: Protects citizens' right to practice their religion as they please. First Amendment Fundamental Freedoms: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. |
Anonymous
| Need for validation. That’s why |
Anonymous
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Many of us atheists come from religious backgrounds, and have lots of direct experience with religion.
And as others have mentioned, many of us are directly impacted by religious imposition upon us, in the United States and elsewhere. |
Anonymous
How? You don’t have any examples of how religious people and their beliefs directly impact atheists. You just keep repeating they do. |