I'm atheist, don't believe in anything supernatural, and I hate that I am often made to feel that I'm somehow wrong/guilty about it, or that I am some sort of misfit. I have faith in people, faith in goodness, I have a strong sense of right and wrong, and don't see what the problem is. I don't see it as being complicated or mysterious or difficult.
On a side note, although I understand why it happens, sometimes I get pretty tired of the phrase "people of all faiths" because that usually means I'm being excluded, even if unintentionally. I think being atheist is the only way I've ever had first-hand experience as some sort of minority, and it's given me an inkling of how frustrating it must be for other kinds of minority groups.
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Date: 2007-11-29 04:49 pm (UTC)On a side note, although I understand why it happens, sometimes I get pretty tired of the phrase "people of all faiths" because that usually means I'm being excluded, even if unintentionally. I think being atheist is the only way I've ever had first-hand experience as some sort of minority, and it's given me an inkling of how frustrating it must be for other kinds of minority groups.