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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For atheists, maybe if the question is "what religion are you?"  the answers "none"  _ I don't have a religion.  I don't believe in god"[/quote]

You have to see how that feels like meaningless semantics to us[/quote]

It is meaningless semantics.  That's the whole point.  It's not sufficient for an atheist to simply say they don't believe in god or have no religion. [b] They have to attack religion.  [/b]That's what being an atheist is really all about.  It's not metaphysical, it's psychological and political.

Has an atheist ever answered that question by saying "I prefer not to discuss my personal beliefs" or "that's private"?[/quote]

So weird. If someone asks me as an atheist about my religious beliefs, why should I say "that's private" any more than any one else?  Because I am ashamed?   Because I don't want to politicize?  Just not following [/quote]

Really.  I posted earlier.  If someone asks me which church I go to, I respond that [b]I don't go to church.  That's all.  I don't attack religion.[/b]  
I agree with the above.  WHY should I say "that's private"?  It isn't private to me.  I don't go to church.  I don't believe in God.  How and why is that private?[/quote]

Unfortunately, in the still pervasive pro-Cristian culture we live in, the mere acknowledgment of not participating in Christianity can be seen as an attack.  This is partly the responsibility of atheists who have feigned belief in the past in order to fit in or not make waves (the way gay people used to do).[/quote]

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