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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live in a 55+ community with 150 residences and lots of social activities.  I've lived here a few years and literally no one knows I am an atheist.  I also don't know if any of them are atheists or Christians or whatever except for once I overheard two talking about a mass they had attended at the same church earlier that day.  But that's it.  Nobody talks about it, at least not in casual conversation.  It's possible some people chat with others who go to their church but I don't hear it. Why does anybody else need to know?[/quote]

No one needs to know, but in American culture, mentioning religious affiliation has been very common - like mentioning ethnicity, maybe. It's interesting  to hear that it doesn't come up in your 55+ community.

Something to think about: maybe some of the people there would like to know that others share their lack of religious beliefs.

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If they want to know they could ask, we do talk about many things, but I think most of us would rather not look for topics we might disagree on so we avoid those.  It makes for a lot of very pleasant conversations.[/quote]
When I was in a sorority in college, we had an unofficial rule for recruitment events: it's impolite to talk about the 3 Bs...Bank, Boys, and Bible.[/quote]

Money, sex and religion?[/quote]
Yep.[/quote]

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