Beards be banned as religious symbols; hipster public servants will be force-shaved, I take it?
This New Atheism thing appears to be international, it's a disturbing trend I've seen even in some of my supposedly progressive friends yup: here in France too. I like to annoy them on days when annoyed by the reversed racism and sexism I encounter daily as an exolotl from the far North and lately had the pleasure to inform one stern and proud Atheist on how I fought to be taken up into Christianity as a teen. He had been going on about how he fought to be de-baptized which included complicated Kafkaesque procedurals for years and I said, it was hard enough getting water on my head in the totally social-democratic lutheran church of Sweden as an atheist parent´s child. His jaw fell, he had supposed applause from fellow Atheists for his hateful speech. Me, I´ll die a Sceptic, I have since left the Evangelical and serious converting thoughts about the Catholic church behind, but/because... I don´t like sheepish behaviour. Or as an Lj-friend said: I was very pious as a child but I left when I noticed the Chruch was full of assholes.
What I mostly dislike, is the arrogance involved, how most Atheists I met always tend to treat others as if they knew nothing. One isn´t necessarily a Creationist for not bowing to their pre-fabricated opinions, either.
Also, Atheist Conversation is so limited, all they ever talk about is God.
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This New Atheism thing appears to be international, it's a disturbing trend I've seen even in some of my supposedly progressive friends yup: here in France too. I like to annoy them on days when annoyed by the reversed racism and sexism I encounter daily as an exolotl from the far North and lately had the pleasure to inform one stern and proud Atheist on how I fought to be taken up into Christianity as a teen.
He had been going on about how he fought to be de-baptized which included complicated Kafkaesque procedurals for years and I said, it was hard enough getting water on my head in the totally social-democratic lutheran church of Sweden as an atheist parent´s child.
His jaw fell, he had supposed applause from fellow Atheists for his hateful speech. Me, I´ll die a Sceptic, I have since left the Evangelical and serious converting thoughts about the Catholic church behind, but/because... I don´t like sheepish behaviour. Or as an Lj-friend said: I was very pious as a child but I left when I noticed the Chruch was full of assholes.
What I mostly dislike, is the arrogance involved, how most Atheists I met always tend to treat others as if they knew nothing. One isn´t necessarily a Creationist for not bowing to their pre-fabricated opinions, either.
Also, Atheist Conversation is so limited, all they ever talk about is God.