[Suburbanite]

Originally posted by Starboy,+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Starboy,)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>So is that what happened to you Suburbanite. You are actually a theist but say you are an atheist to rebel against your parents? I've raised two daughters, they are through their rebellious period but I am aware of rebellion. So what. If my daughters were never atheists or never theists then time will tell. They will go back to claiming a position consistent with what they actually think. That is if they can at least be honest with themselves. I have also experienced this. That is when the kids start thinking the dad was not such a moron after all. But of course there are people that are so disrupted by their rebellious period that they live conflicted lives till they die and for one reason or another are unable to sort it out. Then again there are those that actually have morons for parents. Which one of those are you Suburbanite? Starboy[/b]

What? My parents are Jews. They aren’t particularly morons though they are hardly my most favorite people. I live no conflicted life; I never had a religious rebellion, so I don’t think any of those people are me. But again, please, for the sake of education, do some research; you could stand to know more on this subject.

Originally posted by Starboy,@ Personally or on the media? Of people that I have met in person that would say they were Jewish I can recall three. I may have met many more but didn't know it. But then where I have lived most of my life, Jews were not all that numerous. It was only until I got into physics that I encountered any that would say. How many can you recall? Now there are all sorts of TV personalities that say that they are Jewish. I can think of at least dozen or so just off the top of my head. Here is a question for you. How many atheist TV personalities do you know of? People that are popular in the media but say they are atheist? Either atheists are as numerous as you think they are but are very oppressed by society or they are not anywhere as numerous as Jews or perhaps it is some combination of the two. In any case, the fact that you are trying to make such an argument again makes we wonder if you have any actual experience being an atheist.

I have known several hundred Jews, but I live in LA so I think that has a lot to do with it. Atheists, I think, are far more numerous than Jews, but it isn’t out of oppression that they don’t make themselves noticed, it is because if they don’t believe in something, then there is no substance to parade around. Militant atheists are few in number, I’d agree with that. But quite and content atheists are far more numerous.

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Scribbler, I agree. I have had many of those so called "Christians" shriek at me upon learning that I was an atheist. I don't bring it up. I have a friend (who is an apatheist) that is so tickled to see the shock on theists faces when they learned that I am atheist. I usually get responses like "I would have never thought you were an atheist." And then many launch into an attack on my lack of belief. They usually rattle off a long list of Christian talking points that passes for an argument and is just a long list of falsehoods and misrepresentations. I am getting very weary of it. I will say this, most Christians have very, very, very little exposures to atheists but have no problem with thinking that they know all about it. Atheists on the other hand cannot avoid knowing about Christians. It is just impossible. Even if they do not care to know about them they will get a belly full in no time. I do know that many atheists that I have met do not want to reveal their atheism to theists. But the increasing popularity of discussion boards and the almost anonymity that it brings is bringing many more of them out. It is also providing a way that they can come together and share notes. For anyone that wishes to know more about atheists I suggest that they head on over to Internet Infidels. Even though I am banned from that site for breaking the rules by being too frank I still recommend it to anyone that wants to meet and learn more about atheists.
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You need to get out of Florida!! You live around such rednecks; the south is not a productive place for intellectuals. Move to NYC, or Philly, I guarantee when you tell a Christian you’re an Atheist they won’t give a shit. I never get crap for being an atheist, the occasional conversion attempt, but no more common than if I were a Christian of a different form of Protestantism.