On the other hand, when I learn that someone is an atheist or an agnostic (like me), I feel instantly more comfortable with them.
But in the place of deep-down conditioned bias, I flinch when someone admits, "I'm Christian" or "I'm religious" or starts talking about his/her church.
Me too. I didn't used to feel this way, but now that it seems ok to be a religious fanatical nutcase in America, that minority has tended to leave a bad taste in my mouth regarding all religion. I know the majority of christians don't want to pull us back into the dark ages, burning books, banning evolution in schools, and prosecuting homosexuals, but the fanatics get a lot of press.
I'm going to have to learn to be a lot more tolerant though. My hubby just got orders to Louisiana and although I've stopped crying and having heart palpitations, I'm still not very happy about moving there. It's been twenty years since I've lived in the deep south, and I'm hoping things have changed. I remember this one kid on our very first date tried to impress me by telling me his dad was a wizard in the klu klux klan - I couldn't get out of the car fast enough.
*picturing me looking out the window and seeing a cross burning on my front lawn because I'm an atheistic, pro-choice, darwin-lovin, slashy-Tokien-fanfic-writer, who thinks anyone should have the right to marry regardless of race or same-sex*
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Date: 2006-02-26 12:18 pm (UTC)But in the place of deep-down conditioned bias, I flinch when someone admits, "I'm Christian" or "I'm religious" or starts talking about his/her church.
Me too. I didn't used to feel this way, but now that it seems ok to be a religious fanatical nutcase in America, that minority has tended to leave a bad taste in my mouth regarding all religion. I know the majority of christians don't want to pull us back into the dark ages, burning books, banning evolution in schools, and prosecuting homosexuals, but the fanatics get a lot of press.
I'm going to have to learn to be a lot more tolerant though. My hubby just got orders to Louisiana and although I've stopped crying and having heart palpitations, I'm still not very happy about moving there. It's been twenty years since I've lived in the deep south, and I'm hoping things have changed. I remember this one kid on our very first date tried to impress me by telling me his dad was a wizard in the klu klux klan - I couldn't get out of the car fast enough.
*picturing me looking out the window and seeing a cross burning on my front lawn because I'm an atheistic, pro-choice, darwin-lovin, slashy-Tokien-fanfic-writer, who thinks anyone should have the right to marry regardless of race or same-sex*