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[quote=FruminousBandersnatch][quote=Anonymous]I guess I mean we are not assholes if that is what you are saying.  We treat other people as we wish to be treated.  By undercover I mean that I put up lights on Christmas to decorate with the rest of the neighborhood, and give communion and confirmation gifts when we are invited to their parties.  Maybe that does make us assholes?
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No, that makes you normal and good neighbors/friends.

I'm an atheist, and we put up Christmas lights and a tree and have a wonderful holiday.

When a friend's son went through his bar mitzvah, I went to the ceremony, went to the lunch and gave a present. Objecting and saying, "I don't believe in your god and your traditions," would've made me an asshole.

Giving communion/confirmation gifts is celebrating something special in your friends/neighbors' lives. Standing up and saying, "I'm not going to participate because I don't believe in your god," would make you an asshole.

Live your life according to the Golden Rule - whether you believe in a deity or not.

There's no need for you to go out of your way to proclaim your atheism. You don't have to be militant and you don't have to "convert" the believers, but there's no reason for you to shy away from it if the topic comes up (it hardly ever does for me).
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