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Brandon Cure commented on Iain Phillips's blog post 'Atheist Friends?'"@Jesse. I hear that. Between school, work, my wife and my daughter, it's REALLY difficult to get out to a local meet up. Thankfully we have the internet
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Ethan Levy commented on Iain Phillips's blog post 'Atheist Friends?'"i know maybe 2 in person, i would love to join a group & go out have local meet ups but it's difficult."
scottjarvis123 commented on Iain Phillips's blog post 'Atheist Friends?'"All of my friends are atheists but they are accomodationists and regularly chastise me for being an outspoken atheist. I'm the only outspoken atheist I know."
Brandon Cure commented on Iain Phillips's blog post 'Atheist Friends?'"I would say that age has something to do with it. I have a few friends that are atheist. These same ones where christan when we were growing up together. It wasn't until we got out on our own that we could feel like we were…"
Kenneth Montville D.D. commented on Iain Phillips's blog post 'Atheist Friends?'"I would say that a vast majority of my close friends are atheists or agnostics. It comes with age I think. I don't think it is rare, I believe that the current college age segment of society is currently something like ~30% irreligious with…"
Freek commented on Iain Phillips's blog post 'Atheist Friends?'"I don't have any atheist friends either. My best friend has a lot of doubts and doesn't really consider himself a christian anymore, but I don't think he sees himself as an atheist either."
Big Fella commented on Iain Phillips's blog post 'Atheist Friends?'"Hmmm.... I honestly don't think that any of my friends would classify as a theist although some are wishy washy agnostics or deists."
Chase King commented on Iain Phillips's blog post 'Atheist Friends?'"No, you're definitely not alone in this situation. I am currently in my second year of college and struggle greatly to find atheist friends. We are rare, we are a growing group though. Keep your head high and you'll find friends."
Gaetano commented on Iain Phillips's blog post 'Atheist Friends?'"I have absolutely NO Atheist friends :( My girlfriend doesn't believe in God and is technically an Atheist, but she didn't even grow up around God or religion so she doesn't have the same passion as me."
Craig Nomazlab commented on Iain Phillips's blog post 'Atheist Friends?'"Surprisingly, I have a lot of atheist friends, all teenagers. The amusing part is that most of the atheists I know went to a local Catholic school, but the religion teacher was so horrible and unsubtle about her hate for atheists and homosexuals…"
scLovely commented on Iain Phillips's blog post 'Atheist Friends?'"I think it depends on where you live. There are pretty much no other atheists in my area. At least not close enough for me to have a friendship with. The closest ones that I talk to online are about 45mins. away. Hopefully you live in a…"
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Atheist Friends?
Posted on April 12, 2011 at 11:26pm 12 Comments 0 Likes
Recently, it's come to my attention that I have no real-life atheist friends. I know one or two people who are friends of mine who also happen to not believe in god, but I don't really know anyone who I can talk about ideas about philosophy involving religion. Am I the only one in this community like that? Is it just because I'm a teenager and others just haven't really started to question things?
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