Comments on: On Atheist Hostility http://bligbi.com/2007/05/11/on-atheist-hostility/ The ramblings of a non-apologetic militant atheist mom doing time in the lonestar state on atheism, religion, feminism, politics and current events. Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:46:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Don Pope http://bligbi.com/2007/05/11/on-atheist-hostility/#comment-1063 Don Pope Fri, 11 May 2007 21:32:34 +0000 http://bligbi.com/2007/05/11/on-atheist-hostility/#comment-1063 You make a very good point. I grew up in a medium sized city in Puerto Rico, a predominantly Catholic island. I went to a Catholic school run by priests, and everybody in my class knew I was an Atheist (it even says so under my yearbook picture), but I never felt discriminated against. However, my wife is from a small town where they are more fanatical. I know that some people in her family would get very upset if they knew I was an atheist. Some might stop talking to me, or worse, start talking to me too much. You make a very good point.

I grew up in a medium sized city in Puerto Rico, a predominantly Catholic island. I went to a Catholic school run by priests, and everybody in my class knew I was an Atheist (it even says so under my yearbook picture), but I never felt discriminated against.

However, my wife is from a small town where they are more fanatical. I know that some people in her family would get very upset if they knew I was an atheist. Some might stop talking to me, or worse, start talking to me too much.

]]> By: vjack http://bligbi.com/2007/05/11/on-atheist-hostility/#comment-1061 vjack Fri, 11 May 2007 20:54:22 +0000 http://bligbi.com/2007/05/11/on-atheist-hostility/#comment-1061 I'm in the bible belt now, and I must admit that I've become more hostile toward superstition since moving here. I did not grow up here, and religious behavior is so different here than anywhere else I've lived. I suppose it is natural to become more hostile when one feels that one is under constant attack. I’m in the bible belt now, and I must admit that I’ve become more hostile toward superstition since moving here. I did not grow up here, and religious behavior is so different here than anywhere else I’ve lived. I suppose it is natural to become more hostile when one feels that one is under constant attack.

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