My First Atheist Meeting
I went to my first Atheist meeting on Tuesday. It was a small crowd, nice people, great conversation. It is a very important step in my life. Early last year I was what some people call a closeted atheist. I didn’t talk to anyone about my worldview. People think that coming out of a closet, whether it be gay or atheist is about your fear in telling others. I believe it is something much more powerful than that. Coming out of a closet allows you to blend your new found courage into your day to day lifestyle. You change a bit. I’ve changed quiet a bit.
Back then I didn’t identify myself as an atheist because it seemed very empty of a worldview. To this day I see myself as a secular humanist before an atheist. Obviously I’m still an atheist, just prefer to label myself as humanist. Means more to me.
So back to my point. The Atheist meeting was cool! I have a lot to learn from my intellectual atheist friends. This is a milestone in my life because through this group I’m learning of more ways to be come active in my beliefs and how to help others in their struggle to find themselves in a more realistic way.
1 Comments:
Well, my opinion would be that, when you help others "find themselves in a more realistic way" make sure you don't step over the line of being an extremist that like evangelics that knock on your door telling you pick god or doom.
not saying you do, just presenting the fact that the line is extremely thin between helping and pushing.
Would be like you becoming what you so criticize, with a different excuse, and that's where we must differ.
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