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While this is an interesting story, and it's sad to see this sort of stuff happening, I'm kind of more focused on what makes a shoe atheist. Are holy shoes ble

by dlbucci 10y ago

While this is an interesting story, and it's sad to see this sort of stuff happening, I'm kind of more focused on what makes a shoe atheist. Are holy shoes blessed in some manner, or are all shoes naturally religious and some process is applied to the atheist shoes to make them secular? Based on what I can tell from the site, atheist shoes really just need to say "I'm an atheist" on the sole, but I want to believe there's more than that, because what sad individuals are buying shoes just for that. (And if people only buy the shoes because of the style, why do the shoes need to have such sacrilegious soles?)

leereeves 10y ago
People buy clothes with religious, political, and identity writing all the time. Why would you call atheists "sad individuals" for doing the same?
- dlbucci 10y ago
  That's a fair point: I got a little too snarky at the end of my comment. I guess I just view 'atheism' more as a lack of religion, rather than a religious option along the lines of Christianity, Islam, etc. Along that logic, I don't feel like I'd ever wear/display symbols of my atheism, but I guess that shouldn't deter others from doing so.
  - mikeash 10y ago
    I don't get it either, but it's better than paying Nike for the privilege of wearing their advertising.
- sushid 10y ago
  As an agnostic, I wouldn't call them "sad," but it's like Neil deGrasse Tyson said. [0] It's fine to see people interested in golf congregating and talking about it, but it'd be stranger to see a bunch of anti-golfers congregating and talking about how they don't like to play golf. [0] https://twitter.com/jonathan_blow/status/273582094448476161 https://twitter.com/jonathan_blow/status/273582094448476161
  - johnfactorial 10y ago
    If golf were responsible for as much tragedy as religion, congregations of anti-golfers would make a lot of sense.
  - deong 10y ago
    No one cares if you're a non-golfer. Atheists in quite a lot of the country (and the world, for that matter), are a notable minority group. "Persecution" implies a bit more gravity that I'd aim for in describing it, but certainly there's enough of a cultural "thing" about it that it should no longer surprise anyone that atheists might want to congregate together and talk about it.
  - mundo 10y ago
    Somewhat related: this memorable 20-second _Kids In The Hall_ skit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-pzFNTo8L8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-pzFNTo8L8
  - icebraining 10y ago
    http://www.antigolf.org/ http://www.antigolf.org/
  - scotty79 10y ago
    If someone influential had a plan to buy out some beloved public property and make a golf course there I'd bet there would be a lot of meetings of anti-golfers discussing of not so much how they hate golf but how much it's pointless and adversly affects their community.
qntty 10y ago
it's not meant to be taken so seriously
Taniwha 10y ago
How is calling something "athiest" "sacrilegious"? Sacrilege is misuse of something that's sacred -how can athiest banded soles be sacred? I think that sacrilege is something that takes two to tango, if I don't care that you think my soles are sacred, that's your problem, if you want to treat them specially buy you're own, mine are none of your business, all I can say is "meh"

by dlbucci 10y ago

leereeves 10y ago

People buy clothes with religious, political, and identity writing all the time. Why would you call atheists "sad individuals" for doing the same?

dlbucci 10y ago
That's a fair point: I got a little too snarky at the end of my comment. I guess I just view 'atheism' more as a lack of religion, rather than a religious option along the lines of Christianity, Islam, etc. Along that logic, I don't feel like I'd ever wear/display symbols of my atheism, but I guess that shouldn't deter others from doing so.
- mikeash 10y ago
  I don't get it either, but it's better than paying Nike for the privilege of wearing their advertising.
sushid 10y ago
As an agnostic, I wouldn't call them "sad," but it's like Neil deGrasse Tyson said. [0] It's fine to see people interested in golf congregating and talking about it, but it'd be stranger to see a bunch of anti-golfers congregating and talking about how they don't like to play golf. [0] https://twitter.com/jonathan_blow/status/273582094448476161 https://twitter.com/jonathan_blow/status/273582094448476161
- johnfactorial 10y ago
  If golf were responsible for as much tragedy as religion, congregations of anti-golfers would make a lot of sense.
- deong 10y ago
  No one cares if you're a non-golfer. Atheists in quite a lot of the country (and the world, for that matter), are a notable minority group. "Persecution" implies a bit more gravity that I'd aim for in describing it, but certainly there's enough of a cultural "thing" about it that it should no longer surprise anyone that atheists might want to congregate together and talk about it.
- mundo 10y ago
  Somewhat related: this memorable 20-second _Kids In The Hall_ skit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-pzFNTo8L8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-pzFNTo8L8
- icebraining 10y ago
  http://www.antigolf.org/ http://www.antigolf.org/
- scotty79 10y ago
  If someone influential had a plan to buy out some beloved public property and make a golf course there I'd bet there would be a lot of meetings of anti-golfers discussing of not so much how they hate golf but how much it's pointless and adversly affects their community.

qntty 10y ago

it's not meant to be taken so seriously

Taniwha 10y ago

How is calling something "athiest" "sacrilegious"? Sacrilege is misuse of something that's sacred -how can athiest banded soles be sacred? I think that sacrilege is something that takes two to tango, if I don't care that you think my soles are sacred, that's your problem, if you want to treat them specially buy you're own, mine are none of your business, all I can say is "meh"