| The Enchanted Tiara |
02-21-2010 08:07 AM |
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Originally Posted by Drakken
(Post 1765607470)
I am an Atheist. This is something I don't talk about alot because atheist are hated all over this country. According to a recent study, atheist were ranked as the least trusted minority in america. Ranking lower than gays, arabs, and immigrants. But the truth is that we atheist are the 2nd largest minority in the country, making up 16% of the population. That is bigger than blacks at 12%, jews at 5%, and NRA members at 1.5%. Latino's are ranked highest at 20%. Why am I an atheist? Because I don't know. I don't know if there is an afterlife, I don't know if there is some sort of omnipresent super being that controls the universe. I just don't know. I choose to find the answers for myself, not by obeying someone who go's around claiming to preach the truth.
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Ahahaha. I'm sorry, but this first post was hysterical. "According to a recent study", how vague. If it was a real study, you would have given us some information about it, so we could look it up for ourselves, like that it was a study done by [insert name or names of people] done [where] and what journal it was published in.
Anyway, I don't believe that this is true at all. All viewpoints are pretty much hated equally with few exceptions. I've had a lot of varying viewpoints in my life. I've been Republican before. I've been Democrat before. I've been pro-life, I've also been pro-choice. I've been Wiccan. I've been Christian. I've been for gay marriage. I've been against gay marriage. The list goes on and on.
I change my mind a lot and let me tell you, what doesn't ever change is how many people hate me no matter my point of view. I've learned to accept it as a part of life. And also what never changes is how many people call you close-minded and stubborn for disagreeing with them when you had the same viewpoint as them not that long ago . . . . |
