OPINIONS — Atheist stereotype puts stress on relationships
By: Alex Olges
Updated 5 hrs ago
When I dropped out of Christianity about four years ago, I refused to call myself an atheist.
I didn’t want to be associated with the “atheist stereotype.”
I saw atheists as mean-spirited people who had no regard for other’s beliefs or emotions. As I wrote in my column from Tuesday, this is not true, of course.
Some atheists may be terrible examples, but certainly not all are.
That doesn’t change the fact that I hate being atheist.
Perhaps it would be a different story if I were to be elsewhere, away from the extremely conservative state of Texas.
Either way, I hate being associated with the preconceptions that often come along with being atheist.
I’ll admit, since coming to Texas Tech, it isn’t as big a deal as it was back home.
http://www.dailytoreador.com/opinion/opinions-atheist-stereotype-puts-stress-on-relationships/article_d1c3934a-9104-11e6-a765-0fff73492e9f.html
Somebody speak to this guy, please.
