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Permalink Reply by Cara Coleen on May 10, 2009 at 1:36am

Until recently, I think I only ever really knew of one.

I think it's funny, Doone, that you say "active" atheist...I don't know that there is any action required. I mean, sure, a person can actively promote it or admit to it, but... atheism is sort of just existing without jumping to conclusions about stuff we're unsure of. Would you agree? Anyway. Just that it was interesting...

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Permalink Reply by Stephen Fisher on May 10, 2009 at 3:29am

Well, i guess putting a bumper sticker on your car could technically make you an "active" athiest :)

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Permalink Reply by Stephen Fisher on May 10, 2009 at 9:54am

My wife, Laura, says she believes in a higher power. However, she doesn't believe in anything organized religion has to say and believes the Bible is nothing but a book of lies written by men.

Her "beliefs" stem from loosing her sister to cystic fibrosis when she was little. She says she has to believe in her own mind that somehow she will see her sister again, whether by another life, heaven or whatever. I completely understand that loss of someone you love can make you think differently.

I suppose that's more Agnostic by definition?

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Permalink Reply by Dave G on May 10, 2009 at 9:22pm

Scores. In fact, I just got back from a meetup where there were about 20-25 of us present. :) And I've been to a couple of conventions where there were hundreds of atheists about.

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Permalink Reply by Pam on May 11, 2009 at 10:27am

Same here, Dave. But if it weren't for those kinds of groups, I think I've only ever met one person who's an atheist (who told me they were an atheist). I might have known more, but it's not a question I go around asking people. ;-)

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Permalink Reply by Dave G on May 12, 2009 at 1:10pm

Yep. I was rather surprised to find so many atheists in Atlanta, figured I was relatively alone here.

I just recently found out that a friend of mine, who was nominally Christian when I met him, has become an atheist, in part due to our regular conversations about science. (Science for the win!)

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Permalink Reply by Gaytor on May 15, 2009 at 4:41pm

100's of Atheists in 1 spot... the crime and debauchery must have been rampant!

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Permalink Reply by Dave G on May 15, 2009 at 5:05pm

The counts of blasphemy were certainly off the scale.

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Permalink Reply by James on May 11, 2009 at 4:57pm

I'd say that I've met 3-4 people that I know are Atheists, plus I've pretty much planted enough knowledge into a friend/coworker who was pretty much undecided before we had a few friendly conversations on the topic. :)

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Permalink Reply by Adam Houten on May 11, 2009 at 5:21pm

This thread is odd for me, because I know many atheists, from school alone. In my physics class for example, we had a discussion about religion that had 3 other atheists actively involved (most of us quoting from The God Delusion - it was a fairly recent release at that time). And I'd say that I know at least 4 more students in my year that are definitely atheists, and several teachers. Those are just the ones that I know well enough to have talked about religion with - I wouldn't be surprised if there are loads more people that I know that I didn't know were atheists.

The amount of atheists my age is both encouraging and surprising. I live in UK, where the majority of people are Christians, but small number of them go to church. The 2001 census states:
"About sixteen per cent of the UK population stated that they had no religion. This category included agnostics, atheists, heathens and those who wrote Jedi Knight."

I think that there are more than 16% non-religious people my age in the UK, at least of those that I know.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedi_census_phenomenon (Off topic link)

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Permalink Reply by Dave G on May 15, 2009 at 4:05pm

Recent studies (in the US) showed that younger people had a much higher rate of non-belief (30-40 percent, I think). It's probably similar in the UK.

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Permalink Reply by Joel on May 12, 2009 at 7:00pm

I don't go asking people if they are atheist so maybe i havet some that I don't even know. But to meet someone and them telling me they are atheists, none. :(

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