http://www.iamanatheist.com/blog/2007/01/30/149/ Discussions of religion and ethics from an atheist perspective Thu, 23 May 2013 10:44:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.iamanatheist.com/blog/2007/01/30/149/comment-page-1/#comment-468 theblackbook Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:40:09 +0000 http://www.iamanatheist.com/blog/2007/01/30/149/#comment-468 Some of the other people at that school were very likely atheists- the population of atheists has been silently growing as more and more evidence becomes available. But that “silently” is the problem- we don’t seem to be able to organize ourselves. Trying to organize atheists is, as so many others have said that it sounds cliched, like herding cats.

]]> http://www.iamanatheist.com/blog/2007/01/30/149/comment-page-1/#comment-160 charity Tue, 16 Sep 2008 06:09:27 +0000 http://www.iamanatheist.com/blog/2007/01/30/149/#comment-160 Very much agreed!We can all get a lil caught in the extremes, and start to defend a position so intensely (and at times attacking) that we invalidate ourselves as a source of rational information. I have found that this exists a lot of life. And that being so invested in convincing someone of our “rightness” in any one subject can sometimes come across as insecure and/or an attempt to convince ourselves by convincing them. Hang in there, there are a lot of resources to find support, be patient, and try not to let your past experiences with a very very small amount of people skew your views of the entire population. You might just need to check your initial reaction to people who wish to debate before you debate them.

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