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According to a Mar/ 31 Newsweek poll, while 6 percent of respondents said they don’t believe in God at all, 3 percent officially declared themselves as atheist. This subtle yet meaningful disparity suggests that there is still a stigma associated with atheism...
...You’re an atheist? Give me a fucking break.” That’s not exactly the kind of language you ever expect a mother to use, especially when talking to her own son. Yet, at the beginning of “Pissed Catholic Mother,” an alarming video posted on YouTube earlier this month, the mother says those exact words to her son—who looks to be about 13—after he tells her that he’s an atheist. As the video progresses, the mother ignores her son?...
...Pissed Catholic Mother” is shocking and disturbing to say the least, and it’s probably safe to assume that most parents would not respond with such hurtful and abusive language if their child were to tell them he or she is an atheist. Perhaps what is more unsettling, however, is that the mother’s reaction reflects, albeit in a distorted and grossly amplified way, the sentiments of many Americans...
This shouldn’t come as much of a surprise though, given what most Americans think about atheists. In the same Newsweek poll, only 68 percent of respondents said they believe someone can be both atheist and moral, and a mere 38 percent of registered voters said that would even consider voting for a political candidate who is atheist. These startling figures make it clear why many nonbelievers treat the “A” word as a scarlet letter...
...long conference called “The New Humanism” hosted by the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard University. Humanism is a “non-supernatural alternative to traditional religion,” said Gregory M. Epstein, the University’s Humanist Chaplain. Humanism primarily consists of atheists, agnostics and non-religious people. “The main purpose of the conference is to show the Harvard community and the local community that humanism is the philosophy that best represents the billion people around the world [who identify with no religion],” Epstein said...