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[AgentM]

[waynehead]

Atheists, generally speaking, aren't the most organized bunch. It's much easier to get a bunch of people together to save souls than it is to unite a group around the idea "hey, those guys're dumb."

Btw, I'm an atheist.

[TheBulimicFatGuy]

[AbbeFaria]

Double post.

[AbbeFaria]

I was a regular participant in an atheist group back home and we always had a great time. We rarely talked about our atheism specifically but we did do a fair amount of bitching about whatever the latest 1st amendment violation was or some other jerk off thing a religious person might have done, etc.

Mostly our gatherings had absolutely nothing to do with atheism, just a place for like minded people to hang out and socialize. In one very in depth meeting, we discussed a problem with non-believers in not having a default group of people to mingle with. If you're religious, if you move to almost any new town, you find your particular brand of faith's church and you instantly have new friends. Atheists don't have that luxury so finding new ways to fill that gap is important. Also, if you're a parent raising a non-theistic child, finding other kids to hang out with is also important for them. Just as with adults, they might not immediately have activities outside of school where they can meet other kids if they don't go to church.

So there are benefits of atheists getting together that have absolutely nothing to do with religion.

-S-

[Ukon]

Considering the majority or at least a large percentage of koreans are atheist or have no religion, I'm not sure why you have to ask....

[TheBulimicFatGuy]

Anybody else in this position?

Standard story: Raised in Christian household under severely conservative parents, realized at a young age that Jesus and Santa Claus were roughly equivalent and never believed in characters again for which absolutely no proof existed.

I thought I had escaped the clutches of religion and was confident in my rationality enough to marry someone who is an go-to-church every Sunday Christian. I don't go and she doesn't bother me about it. However, she takes our son with her every Sunday and until now I've seen it as merely an opportunity to sleep in but the other day I discovered our 3 year old son clasping his hands together and imitating a prayer posture. It disturbed me at a fairly fundamental level. I thought I'd have more time before I needed to show my son the light of reason and help him skip a mental affliction meme (otherwise known as religion).

I know there will be people on this thread who question my sanity in marrying a religious person in the first place but berating me for doing that will do nothing to fix my current predicament. If you've got any good ideas on how to counter the onset of indoctrination for a 3 year old, I'd be glad to hear it. I've got some ideas but any actual experience or ideas would be welcome.

[AbbeFaria]

[tfunk]

[digsydinner]

[iotaphi821]

[AgentM]

[E_athlete]

[AgentM]

[E_athlete]

I never said it was the end of the world. Having said that I do think that religious indoctrination is worse than getting molested. Molestation scars you, religious indoctrination psychologically scars you and makes you stupider.