Me too! Perhaps it's in America thing.

@Kojaksmom it is an American thing. Other than Islam I have not seen such zealous pro or anti responses to religion other than the good ‘ole US of A.

@Geoffrey51 as a non-believer it does get under your skin and slowly drives you insane. An example would be there a large number of anti-abortion laws that are passing the states and headed to the Supreme Court.

The clutches of religion are gone; however, I speak about religion often: religion "poisons everything" and should be ridiculed.

Lots of other erudite things to discuss. Lots of science, lots of politics that are not USA-centric, lots of music, lots of art, lots of literature, lots of philosophy. It’s not ALL about religion and gods.

@Geoffrey51 Yes, and there are many people discussing things here besides that. As with any social media platform it is a public space with many discussions going on at once. Not interested? Scroll past. Make your own post. Talk about something else. This is a site that is defined by not believing in religion. Its gonna be a regular topic.

@MsAl I agree with you and I engage with and create some of those posts. I think I should have been replying to someone else and not your jolly self. Apologies.

@Geoffrey51 Lol, Jolly

Agreed

Exactly! I just can’t comprehend it anymore

unfortunately, in u.s they do have political power.

@Kojaksmom Yes. It’s definitely something to be concerned about.

@hankster Appears I might have touched a nerve. You do you, I do me.

@hankster Yet you want non-believers to do it elsewhere? Nah, bro.

Hear! Hear! Well said and I agree

Or at least until that is understood by the majority of the population and for sure by those controlling the laws and regulations of society.

All sounds as militant and proselytising as the religious crew. “I’m right, you’re wrong”

@Geoffrey51 God damn right I'm militant. The religious have been telling everyone else how to believe, think and act for thousands of years. I think it's long overdue for someone, anyone, EVERYONE to stand up and say, "You know what? NO! Your stories are absolute bullshit and you can go fuck yourself."

@DesertInfidel Glad you and the ‘religious’ are on the same page then!

@Geoffrey51 GTFOH with that nonsense. Take the camel you rode in on with you.

@DesertInfidel Nice to see the site is drawing a new breed of erudite individuals capable of making strong and robust arguments! I can't imagine what language group GTFOH comes from. Not enough vowels. Sub-Saharan possibility?

@Geoffrey51 It's an acronym. I suspect you already know what it means or, if not, that you're clever enough to Google it. I greatly prefer erudite to intentionally obtuse but different strokes for different folks, as they say.

Faith.......believing without proof.
Gullible...believing without proof.
LOL
I hate the word faith. I trusted my religion with all my heart, soul, mind and strength. I hate it as much or more than i ever loved it. And i loved it alot....

@Realist9 Amen. Same here.

I once asked a very religious coworker why she felt the need to go to a building, church, instead of sitting quietly at home, reading her bible, and speaking directly to her god. She said it was the fellowship...being around like minded people. Well, this page is my fellowship, since I am surrounded by bible-thumpers in my area. I don't dwell on my atheism. I really don't think about it unless I'm questioned about my beliefs. But I like having discussions about it on this page. @hankster

The overwhelming number of posts on this site about how the nonreligious struggle with their lack of faith does. There are about 10 posts on that subject EVERY DANG DAY.

@OpposingOpposum Hey we don't 'struggle with our lack of faith" WE embrace it and celebrate it, it IS the Faithfools who struggle with their beliefs and our complete freedoms of mind, thought and love of Reality and everything it has to offer and gives us.

@OpposingOpposum really? Don't recall ever seeing one.

@hankster why would I pay attention to things I don't give a flying f about?

@hankster Join different groups or make your own posts...this site is also about sharing same values outside of our non-religion...I enjoy the World Music and the Gardening posts...you are a valued member so speak out and about...

@hankster You are allowed...sometimes the little things get us down the most...let it out, friend, let it out! hugs...

@hankster I get what you're saying. I think maybe we all go through it after first finding this community. I know I did. At first, the topic was high on my list. I suspect most of us "get over it," but there do seem to be some who can't let it go. And of course, there are new members going through the same thing a lot of us went through.

I also think it depends upon how much and how often someone is having religion shoved in their face. If it's happening fairly constantly, it's understandable why someone would keep posting on the topic.

@bingst You are so spot on in your observations!

Everyone has their own unique experiences. Weird that.

I am an agolfist for I do not play golf.

I know that you know the only reason "atheist" exists as word is because of theism's pervasive corruption of most cultures. Don't be obtuse.

Your focus seems to be an Americo-centric view. I am sure if you looked into Bertram Russell or even Richard Dawkins you would see they find very different reasons for espousing atheism. They are certainly not knee-jerk individuals.

It's actually a small part of my self-image. My non-belief is usually way more important to other people who are believers than it is to me. I am fairly apathetic to others believing and their beliefs if they are willing to respect and tolerate me. Now that I am not working anymore, it almost never comes up, except in the dating game, where most believers are unwilling to accept me for dating due to that issue, among others. But Iowa is sort of in the Bible belt, so I am somewhat used to that.