Have you ever felt like a pariah for having atheist views? Especially meeting new people.
No, not at all. Nearly everyone I know is Christian, and they all know I am atheist/pagan, and we are all cool with all of it.
No - I don't think about other peoples views much as I am on my own program and they are on theirs if people talk about god to me I listen for them to understand them as far as I am able. So I don't think my atheism is any big shock to them - Someoen once did say oh that is an awful shame when I said I didnt have a god - and I rather thought it was sweetly naiive.
No. I just think people who believe in supernatural stories from the Bronze Age are a bit strange. Should it come up I tell them. Let the cards fall when they may. Interestingly, I always keep and eye out for people I meet who say they are nonreligious. I'm always very genuinely friendly and welcoming to such people to let them know we're brother and sister nonbelievers. Also I don't find in the real world nonbelievers are so fussed about whether they are agnostic or atheist or whatever. It seems to be a recurring tribal thing here in this community. It's the only disappointment I have about this community. Not a big one, but one nevertheless.
In my small town absoulutely but now that I'm a senior in college going for biology I have a hard time finding anyone that still believes in fairy tales with talking snakes.
I have been an outcast pretty much my whole life for my views on so called "gods", and various other alternative attributes.
No because I associate with people with other common interests when I do. I don't start a connection with something I think is such a personal belief.I havent been accosted as much as others with people trying to convert to challenge me but if that were to occur I would not want to associate with people like that
Not a pariah per se. But an outsider certainly. People are always very nice regardless of their beliefs but as soon as they realize I have differeinf religious views an invisible wall is thrown up. They’re still friendly, but I’ve been relegated to a different social class, that of unbeliever. Living and working in a small rural community doesn’t help either.