Even More Bad News for America's Atheists

[vindicatorx]

However, people can believe in whatever they please. That shouldn't stop someone from dating another individual.

It shouldn't but it often does. My one friend had to convert to Greek Orthodox in order to get the ok to marry his wife.

[ChaosEater]

Damn, guess I'm going to have to find an AtheistsOnly dating website to find a wife >.>

[Conspicuous Cultist]

I have a feeling I'm coming off as more religious as I really am. Like, I havent attended church in over a year. Everything is just kind of personal and in my head, and its something I believe you shouldnt push on anyone unless they reach out for it first.

Nah, I was just totally curious.

[Kraenen]

It's not supposed to. Statistics is the only inductive field of mathematics.

So what's your point? People were asserting knowledge about america based on this sample.

[Mormolyce]

Is it on-topic for me to say that non-Americans find it weird and a little creepy when Americans say "our prayers are with you"?

That really isn't a thing in other Western countries.

well, atheists do come off as prickish most of the time. blame the high and mighty douchebags that flaunt their atheism.

Luckily religious people are never high and mighty.

[Delekii]

I wonder if there is a poll that shows 100% of atheists wouldn't marry anyone religious.

My thoughts exactly.

When I read the thread I was like.. why is this bad for atheists? Chances are that anyone religious enough for it to be an issue for isn't someone an atheist would be interested in anyway.

[Masark]

Damn, guess I'm going to have to find an AtheistsOnly dating website to find a wife >.>

Not a difficult task. There's just about literally dating sites for conceivable social grouping. For example, the first two results on google for "atheist dating site".

www.atheistpassions.com
www.freethinkermatch.com

[Grandore]

Ya know here is an interesting question... My religion is literally me not giving a crap about Religion... Where do I fall in the whole spectrum?

[Masark]

Never heard of Mayberry before now.

I picked it up from Buffy.

Sunnydale. Town's got quaint. And the people? He called me 'sir'. Don't you just miss that? I mean, admittedly, it's not a haven for the brothers, you know, strictly the Caucasian Persuasion here in the Dale. But, you know, you just gotta stand up and salute their death rate. I ran a statistical analysis, and hello darkness. It makes...D.C. look... like Mayberry, and ain't nobody saying boo about it. We could fit right in here. Have us some fun.

[prwraith]

Ya know here is an interesting question... My religion is literally me not giving a crap about Religion... Where do I fall in the whole spectrum?

The spectrum would say you give enough of a crap to form your own religion and are thusly in self denial.

[Masark]

Ya know here is an interesting question... My religion is literally me not giving a crap about Religion... Where do I fall in the whole spectrum?

Apatheism, probably.

[Conspicuous Cultist]

Apatheism, probably.

There's a label for everything, I swear to god.

[Noomz]

http://www.people-press.org/2014/06/...personal-life/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/0...n_5492864.html





I knew America didn't like atheists but I'm honestly surprised that half of the country wouldn't date one of us. I'm glad that the vast majority of Americans wouldn't care that I'm a gun owner though, which isn't surprising at all. I know that in my urban millennial bubble most people don't care if you're an atheist or a gun owner so I wonder how long the nation wide distrust of us will last. I'm glad that college education doesn't matter much, even though I have a degree myself.

And I as an atheist/agnostic, wouldn't want to marry a religious person or approve of a religious person being married into my family.
I think you're looking at this too harshly.

[Queen of Hamsters]

So what? I where wouldn't date a religious person, or a Nazi, or a criminal... We have the right to choose. I can't spend time around religious people since I always get reminded of them having a different view on the world than me. I am one for fact, science, proven history and evolution.I take joy in those topics. Knowing that my partner denied all those things to keep believing in resurrection, magic, a history not even spanning 2500 years back in time and some being holding all the strings would eventually get to me. And I sure wouldn't want kids with that person since that would possibly result in them going down the same road...


I don't feel insulted by that poll, and I am fairly certain that no religious person would care that I don't wanna date them

That being said, I wouldn't react with anything but surprise if someone in my close family began dating a religious person, as long as the person would keep the religious part at home/in church.

[TrumpIsPresident]

So what's your point? People were asserting knowledge about america based on this sample.

Some people cant wait to explain to you how intelligent they are by linking a poll or a huff-n-puff infographic.

[Spectral]

So what's your point? People were asserting knowledge about america based on this sample.

Yeah, because the certainty level is reasonably high. If you need to get a lesson in literal Statistics 101, go get it and stop acting like you're raising a point from an informed place.

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Because at a certain point you say it's so unlikely that the results are wrong that you treat it as knowledge pending further proof.

P values and confidence intervals don't real, shitlord. If you can't prove it like you can prove that 13 is a prime number, I can say it might not be true.

[Mormolyce]

Apatheism, probably.

It's far bigger than anyone realises, because people who don't care about or put much thought into their religion often just give the religion they were born into when asked.

There's a label for everything, I swear to god.

Swearing to god? Vulgaratheism.

[Mirishka]

I couldn't care less about someone's religious beliefs in terms of 'future family members'.

Some of the best/kindest/most decent people I know are atheistic and some of the scummiest, slimiest, most vile pieces of shit I've ever heard/read about were priests, preachers, members of the Roman Catholic Church, etc.

And on the other side of the church coin, I know many wonderful religious people. My best friend is deeply religious, for example. And I'm sure that there's enough atheist assholes out there to fill a small country, but I can't say I've met many.

Point being, I don't generalize and I don't use someone's beliefs as a measuring stick for whether or not that person is worthy of my time. All that matters to me is whether or not they're a good person, period. You can do that with or without a bible.

[xenogear3]

There are several totally different religions, and they hate each other.

What do you expect us to do?
Choose the most popular religion?
Safety in numbers?

[Kraenen]

Because at a certain point you say it's so unlikely that the results are wrong that you treat it as knowledge pending further proof. All knowledge is inductive in a sense. There's an implicit assumption that your observations are trustworthy, despite the actually provable fallibility of the senses.

What's that point though? Also, how do you know your observations are so trustworthy that you can assume your past experience will be uniform with future experience?