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> I think religion is similar in that; in the past, it would be a career killer or one would be confronted by other challenges if anyone were to discover or if

> I think religion is similar in that; in the past, it would be a career killer or one would be confronted by other challenges if anyone were to discover or if you were to admit to being and atheist, agnostic, unaffiliated or whatever label. This is very true. I've been an atheist for 40 years and it's really only been the past 10 years or so where being openly atheist doesn't trigger negative responses. In Canada. I'm not sure I'd be openly atheist in the US South.

zw123456 5y ago
I became an atheist when I was 14 years old and I was forced to attend confirmation. I asked questions repeatedly about simple obvious things such as dinosaurs and how did they get on that ark, what about kangaroos did that ark get all the away to Australia, lots of obvious questions. I was kicked out of confirmation for asking too many questions. My Father thought it was hilarious at the time, then my parents divorced and he, who joked about how stupid religion is, then married his second wife who was evangelical, suddenly, he was a believer. Interesting, here is a person who, jokeed about how religion was for people with weak minds, suddenly becomes a true believer. My conclusion, from this and a lot of other examples I could bored everyone with, people "believe" when it benefits them, financially, socially, emotionally, sexually, etc.
- Ensorceled 5y ago
  > My conclusion, from this and a lot of other examples I could bored everyone with, people "believe" when it benefits them, financially, socially, emotionally, sexually, etc. This is why religion is slowly dying. There are a lot of religious people who are only there for the benefits. Getting married used to be the only socially acceptable way to have sex or at least the way "non slutty" people did. My parents have gone from "sex outside of marriage is a sin" to "only get married if you want to, living together first is probably a good idea"

zw123456 5y ago

I became an atheist when I was 14 years old and I was forced to attend confirmation. I asked questions repeatedly about simple obvious things such as dinosaurs and how did they get on that ark, what about kangaroos did that ark get all the away to Australia, lots of obvious questions. I was kicked out of confirmation for asking too many questions. My Father thought it was hilarious at the time, then my parents divorced and he, who joked about how stupid religion is, then married his second wife who was evangelical, suddenly, he was a believer. Interesting, here is a person who, jokeed about how religion was for people with weak minds, suddenly becomes a true believer. My conclusion, from this and a lot of other examples I could bored everyone with, people "believe" when it benefits them, financially, socially, emotionally, sexually, etc.

Ensorceled 5y ago
> My conclusion, from this and a lot of other examples I could bored everyone with, people "believe" when it benefits them, financially, socially, emotionally, sexually, etc. This is why religion is slowly dying. There are a lot of religious people who are only there for the benefits. Getting married used to be the only socially acceptable way to have sex or at least the way "non slutty" people did. My parents have gone from "sex outside of marriage is a sin" to "only get married if you want to, living together first is probably a good idea"