athrowaway69

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   by athrowaway69 7y ago

   Nice. Blaming the victim and implying I was the hostile one. I'm respectful of others' religions. It's a private matter. I made friends, ostensibly, until they found out I was an atheist. So fuck right off with your pseudo-ri
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   by athrowaway69 7y ago

   This has happened to me. I'm an atheist, and experienced verbal abuse when others found out.
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   by athrowaway69 7y ago

   There is no shortage of meetings where you're expected to submit to the Christian God, where the people will be hostile to someone they find out is an atheist. They'll still use the "your higher power can be the door knob!&qu
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   by athrowaway69 7y ago

   In my experience, some meetings don't care much about that. Others have told me if I'm not into the whole Christian God thing that I'm not welcome.
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   by athrowaway69 7y ago

   I had other experiences. The friendships I had in AA were superficial. Once, when I was struggling and needed help and people to talk to, I was completely ignored by the people around me. They didn't want to help the struggling - just
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   by athrowaway69 7y ago

   > the 12 step program is super light on the spirituality stuff and very atheist friendly This is highly dependent on where you are. I experienced verbal abuse and was made to feel unwelcome at meetings when people found out I'm an a