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> it's not something that will hold you back in your career in America. For tech workers in US cities? I don't think it will hold you back. But there are sti
by MichaelCollins 4y ago
> it's not something that will hold you back in your career in America.
For tech workers in US cities? I don't think it will hold you back. But there are still wide swaths of American society were self-describing as an atheist will make people distrust you. It may even be regarded as antagonistic, like you're teeing up to pick a fight with them. I've found that self-describing as 'not religious' gets a warmer reception, even though it's the same thing.
- coldtea 4y ago>I've found that self-describing as 'not religious' gets a warmer reception, even though it's the same thing. I think that's because identifying as an atheist implies (i.e. statistically goes with) intolerable preaching and better-than-thou antagonistic attitude, where identifying as non-religious mostly implies "I don't care for this religion shit". Similar to identifying as a vegan vs simply not eating meat and animal products.