The Friendly Atheists Next Door

[DawgHouse]

A very interesting read that may relate to some in this group.

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2015/03/living/friendly-atheists-next-door/

[Arugula Latte]

1. I realize how lucky I was to grow up free from religion.

My parents were very unusual -- Midwestern-raised Silent Generation people who had kids in the early/mid 60s who had realized when they were in college that religion was 100 percent bullshit. I'm so happy I didn't have to deal with the family alienation aspect of atheism.

[Binkie The Clown]

2. Excellent read. Thanks for sharing it. n/t

[valerief]

3. One thing lacking in the article is who benefits from religion.

I don't mean the sheeple. I mean how religion is a tool of the PTB.

[Curmudgeoness]

4. This explained it all.....

But one day a question cracked the foundation of Harry's faith, and the fissure slowly widened until the walls shivered and the roof shook and the whole damn house fell down. Like most demolitions, it caused a disturbance.

At least, that explains what I went through as well. I was luckier than they were though. When I admitted to my family that I did not believe in God, they all said that they didn't either---it was just that no one was willing to say so. Well, I always was the one who will say whatever is on my mind.

You could have warned me that I this was a very long read!

[DawgHouse]

5. Yes, it was a long read!

[haikugal]

6. I was reading with interest until....

Bam, there it was again...our intrepid lapsed catholic isn't a "normal" atheist...one of those "angry" atheists, blah, blah blah. I stopped reading.

[Fumesucker]

7. Yeah, I got that far too...

And like you I stopped reading..

Happens to me a lot with mainstream articles about atheists.