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As someone in a big (supposedly liberal) city who has a kid who is facing anti-atheist teasing in his class right now, it has been really great to see these posts this week. Being a non-believer can be isolating, and these posts gave me a smidge of hope. If they didn't do that for you, fine. There are plenty of posts that don't speak to me, but I don't feel the need to denigrate the posters because I don't "get" it. Question to other atheists: If you don't like it, can't you overlook it? and Questions to religious people who are trying to troll here: what is it about being honest about our beliefs that scares you so much? How does it endanger your faith or your world to find out that we look like everyone else? Catholics and Mormons and many other groups pay for TV ads that do basically the same thing as the "faces" posts. How can you be sure it isn't just your own insecurities or questions that you are reflecting onto our posts?
Comment by ecce_apostate at 04/03/2012 at 06:19 UTC
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I can answer some of those questions on behalf of christians for you.. how does it endanger their faith? It involves independent thought outside of their pews. why does it scare them? Because we aren't just satanic freaks that they can caste away easily. This is about them going forth and being fruitful, not confronting the fact that people with vastly different beliefs may be eerily similar after all.