Reply #46: I am atheist, but speak only for myself.

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For every casual reference to God that drops from the mouths of "people of faith" that I'm expected not to laugh at, and for every condescending assumption, and for every line-of-sight-blocking Cross-shaped roadside memorial I'm made peer around, I award myself the right to the same liberties with an atheist bent. I've been known to add "or not," to the end of a beliver's exclamation that "God has a plan," or "all things work out for the best in the end." The way I see it, if have to suffer that kind of tripe, I'll be damned if I also have to withold my version of the same. For doing so, many think I'm one of those mean nasty atheists. I'm not going to break my back to convince anyone otherwise. Really, I don't care if they get upset. They've got the numbers and the money, the patronage and the land. They're gonna be alright.



As an aside, today a senior level woman resigned from the Manhattan based corporation where I work. She sent round one of those insincere good bye emails they always do, personal and professional growth, yadda yadda ya.... But this one had a little something special. It included a line to the effect of "I've realized that talent is God's gift to us, and how we use it is our gift to God." I wanted to puke. Then she went on to say she'd be starting up her own consulting firm as her way of using her talent. At that point, I puked.

For being forced to live in your world religious people, I categorically do not apologize for being percieved as a rude atheist.