Religion poll

[Wschnitz]

Its easy for atheists to express hatred for religion when it was probably that religion that caused them to become atheist in the first place.

I don't hate religion, but religious people have a huge persecution complex, same with a lot of atheists.

[ForcedFirebird]

My Dad bought his Hemi Road Runner out of Arkansas and that was a crazy religious town we were in there, they acted kinda shitty that we wanted to view the car on a Sunday because it interfered with their church time, left us waiting forever and shit because of it.

So what if they were at church, work, or at a nude beach. If they were busy, they were busy! If you replaced "car show" or "e30 meet" in place of church, would your reaction be different?

Funny to look at all the hate on religion. I can live and let live, but many people who are atheist seem to be religion haters, and not being truly "absent of belief in god(s)". What do you care if people are preying, much as saying what do people care if you are working on your car in the yard. Let people do WTF they want as long as they aren't getting in the way, or harming the rest of society.

There are all kinds in every walk of life. You have radicals in every niche, just like you have conservatives in every niche.

That being said, going back to the OP. It's a very vague question. What one person might call "religious", another might call "radical". Do I believe that the human race won the lottery every day for the last few million years, no. Do I think earth was created in a day, no. But, as we know every chemical reaction shows matter/mass/energy cannot be created or lost. Seeing human life is one long chemical reaction, something happens when we die - conciseness is an energy of some sort. Same with the universe...where did all this matter/mass/energy come from?

In my lifetime, scientists have always disproved creationism by saying "you can't get something from nothing", now they are saying before the big bang, there was nothing. WTF, make up your minds. But even Hawkings (who is supposed to be atheist) has mentioned many times that it's hard to say that we are not "designed" since everything works out so perfect, and there are so many repeating patterns - he can see why people believe what they do.

Am I religious because I think we are not an accident, or would I be religious if I attended a church?

[dereliiict]

Maybe it is just the area my Dad's family lives in that particularly turned them off, but they realized that everyone was so religious there that they wouldn't even be able to socialize without being ostracized, the first thing people ask each other what church do you go to and stuff like that, they would see people praying in parking lots, it made them really uncomfortable. My Dad bought his Hemi Road Runner out of Arkansas and that was a crazy religious town we were in there, they acted kinda shitty that we wanted to view the car on a Sunday because it interfered with their church time, left us waiting forever and shit because of it. I was under the impression most of the south was like that unless you are in an urban area. Spent a lot of time there as a kid but limited to a few specific areas mostly.

There is so little respect in this post that it is sickening.

I'm from the South and a vast majority of my friends have no love for religion while much of my family is highly religious.

Love and let live.

It is rudeness that is met with intolerance. Respect is a mighty thing to my Southern brethren.


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[Vincent Brick]

Maybe it is just the area my Dad's family lives in that particularly turned them off, but they realized that everyone was so religious there that they wouldn't even be able to socialize without being ostracized, the first thing people ask each other what church do you go to and stuff like that, they would see people praying in parking lots, it made them really uncomfortable. My Dad bought his Hemi Road Runner out of Arkansas and that was a crazy religious town we were in there, they acted kinda shitty that we wanted to view the car on a Sunday because it interfered with their church time, left us waiting forever and shit because of it. I was under the impression most of the south was like that unless you are in an urban area. Spent a lot of time there as a kid but limited to a few specific areas mostly.

[M_3_X]

The South is a mighty large place, with a great deal of it caring little for religion, and like any place, when one moves one should try to adapt/blend in to the local culture. If I were an atheist wanting to move to any highly religious area I would keep myself to myself on the holy days and would do my very best to not step on any toes or harm my neighbors' feelings.



The people who take serious exception to a neighbors' choice to be involved or not with religion are not generally good people, and probably would make shitty neighbors. Those people that recognize the respect you pay to them as the new person in the community by not overtly countering their beliefs are the ones we should all seek out.



In my personal opinion, it's a large planet filled with many types of people, with many different beliefs, and it's really no ones business what their neighbors do as long as they are reasonably in compliance with the law of the land.

Very well said, Sir!

[M_3_X]

Religion poll

In Tennessee and Mississippi, no less, my hat is off, I know it can't be easy 'round there. How unwelcome Atheists are in the south was the primary thing that kept my parents from moving to NC when they retired.

And gay Hispanic to top it off, lol.
I just live my life and don't let anything bother me.

Respect others is the key and you'll get the same.

[roguetoaster]

How unwelcome Atheists are in the south was the primary thing that kept my parents from moving to NC when they retired.

The South is a mighty large place, with a great deal of it caring little for religion, and like any place, when one moves one should try to adapt/blend in to the local culture. If I were an atheist wanting to move to any highly religious area I would keep myself to myself on the holy days and would do my very best to not step on any toes or harm my neighbors' feelings.

The people who take serious exception to a neighbors' choice to be involved or not with religion are not generally good people, and probably would make shitty neighbors. Those people that recognize the respect you pay to them as the new person in the community by not overtly countering their beliefs are the ones we should all seek out.

In my personal opinion, it's a large planet filled with many types of people, with many different beliefs, and it's really no ones business what their neighbors do as long as they are reasonably in compliance with the law of the land.

[Vincent Brick]

Proud Atheist.

In Tennessee and Mississippi, no less, my hat is off, I know it can't be easy 'round there. How unwelcome Atheists are in the south was the primary thing that kept my parents from moving to NC when they retired.

[dereliiict]

If this were in the SE sub section you'd get a more balanced result, but even then those Floridians would skew the numbers. But at least I can fully understand why a Floridian would be non religious, esepcially after the tenth person in a row tries to stop for a green light, while exposing themselves in public, while being high on something, and while driving all leaned in to the center of the car, yakking on a phone, smoking the inevitable cheap cigarette.

Lol.

I'm a proud Floridian living in Portland, OR.

You can't imagine how skewed my thinking is.


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[M_3_X]

Proud Atheist.

[ForcedFirebird]

Vague question.

Agreed. Too vague for me to answer.

[Hooffenstein HD]

Anti-theist.

[Vincent Brick]

3rd generation Atheist checking in.

[E30 Wagen]

Hm, was hoping more people would vote, and was kind of expecting a balanced result. Question purposefully left vague because being "religious" can mean different things to different people.

[roguetoaster]

If this were in the SE sub section you'd get a more balanced result, but even then those Floridians would skew the numbers. But at least I can fully understand why a Floridian would be non religious, esepcially after the tenth person in a row tries to stop for a green light, while exposing themselves in public, while being high on something, and while driving all leaned in to the center of the car, yakking on a phone, smoking the inevitable cheap cigarette.