Comment by Thaddeus Dombrowski on March 18, 2012 at 3:01am

Food for thought -- Why are non-atheists the 'enemy'?  Personally, I don't see them as such, especially since most of the people I care about in life are non-atheists who would love to convert me back into a believer.

Comment by Victoria Plaskett on March 18, 2012 at 8:02am

I use enemy, because reiligon is an enemy of knowledge.  However I do not think that every believer is an enemy.  Just the principal of creating an enviroment that is so crushing to both the mind and often mental health of people.

Comment by Ed on March 18, 2012 at 10:13pm

They're more of a PITA than an enemy.....

I used to work at a prison where the Wiccans would regularly visit until the convicts started preying on them. Not sure how atheist speakers would go over with the criminal element. Many are theists despite their immoral and illegal propensities.

Comment by Milos Cakovan on March 19, 2012 at 11:06am

I think the reason we don't hand out books and all that is because we aren't a religion.

Atheism is just not believing in gods. Being atheist doesn't make you have any special values or beliefs. You are just like everyone else, human. No superpowers to advertise to others. 

I would never preach atheism to anyone or push it on anyone. I will speak it when asked, and defend it when attacked, but in order for someone to actually realize they are atheist, they need to come to that conclusion on their own in the end. 

I would lose a lot of respect for myself if I used the churches underhanded tactics of mass recruitment just to fatten up the ranks.

Comment by Victoria Plaskett on March 19, 2012 at 12:38pm

@ milos.  Iunderstand that pushing belifs is bad, but providd some of Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, etc.. books to prisonrs fora low cost rate is a good idea.  It allows those who may never get to exprience the education process of even high school, to get higher learning.  None of the seminars I've watch or  went to preach.  They explain the process of evolution to those who question it. people in prison claim to know God for a variety of rason ( i would know I have worked at one).  Many of them do it, because it is what socit expects of them in order to be "rehabilitated.  I am sure that when atheism is the norm you will see more people inprison annoucing their non-beilief.

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