are you an atheist?

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I don’t know where that tumblr post is supposed to lead. Okay, it’s different?

I didn’t lose any faith, didn’t break from any kind of religion so ‘my atheism’ is different from anyone who did, regardless of ethnicity/gender/etc., right? So what am I supposed to do with that? (I mostly just don’t ever think about god, gods or atheism.)

onlyfans.com/hunterb (milo z), Friday, 4 December 2020 20:48 (three years ago) link

If a group of non-believers got to that point because they were being more overtly oppressed by the hypocrisies and belief discrepancies in the bible, in the end all atheists are non-believers. There really isn't any value in dunking on r/atheist caricatures when what we all have in common is a rejection of the idea of deities/spirits. Those discrepancies in the teachings of any specific religion are covered within that common rejection despite anyone's personal experiences with them.

Evan, Friday, 4 December 2020 21:09 (three years ago) link

i'd say there really isn't any value in recognizing that all non-believers can tick a categorical when social reality is structured by shades of domination, but then i'd be doing a pale imitation of, say, noodle vague who is always so rich on these kinds of topics and much better than i am at countering silly hogwash while also being charitable.

cosmic vision | bleak epiphany | erotic email (map), Friday, 4 December 2020 21:16 (three years ago) link

this feels more like "my atheism is more pure than your atheism", which doesn't make me feel comfortable

you could try starting a hashtag #notallcishetwhitemaleatheists, but somehow I don't think it would sit well.

it's probably simplest to try to quiet your discomfort by telling yourself the chance is quite high that they will simply do that 'human thing' of holding two contradictory ideas at the same time, and what is absolutely true for them in one frame of mind will be replaced by a different, more flexible, truth at other times.

Respectfully Yours, (Aimless), Friday, 4 December 2020 22:43 (three years ago) link


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