this post was submitted on 26 Mar 2024
49 points (87.7% liked)

Atheism

4035 readers
105 users here now

Community Guide

Archive Today will help you look at paywalled content the way search engines see it.

Statement of Purpose

Acceptable

Unacceptable

Depending on severity, you might be warned before adverse action is taken.

Inadvisable

Application of warnings or bans will be subject to moderator discretion. Feel free to appeal. If changes to the guidelines are necessary, they will be adjusted.

If you vocally harass or discriminate against any individual member, you will be removed.

Likewise, if you are a member, sympathizer or a resemblant of a group that is known to largely hate, mock, discriminate against, and/or want to take lives of any other group of people, and you were provably vocal about your hate, then you you will be banned on sight.

Provable means able to provide proof to the moderation, and, if necessary, to the community.

 ~ /c/nostupidquestions

If you want your space listed in this sidebar and it is especially relevant to the atheist or skeptic communities, PM DancingPickle and we'll have a look!

Connect with Atheists

Help and Support Links

Streaming Media

This is mostly YouTube at the moment. Podcasts and similar media - especially on federated platforms - may also feature here.

Orgs, Blogs, Zines

Mainstream

Bibliography

Start here...

...proceed here.

Proselytize Religion

From Reddit

As a community with an interest in providing the best resources to its members, the following wiki links are provided as historical reference until we can establish our own.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
49
A young family member is going on a mission (lemmings.world)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world to c/atheism@lemmy.world
31 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

So for the rest of this day, I'll be getting texts from 17 other people responding to this prayer request.

Edit: Other than the initial flurry of hearts and replies pictured below, it's actually been pretty quiet, thank goodness.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The only person I know who considers themselves a missionary is actually someone who is a decent person- he's a doctor, my wife's cousin and my GP. Every year, he does a mission trip to Central America, but he mostly just does doctor stuff. It still sucks that he's partially there to preach, but on the other hand, it's Central America and they're all Christians anyway.

[–] cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't know what denomination your uncle is, but to my Baptist relatives, Catholics are not Christian, or not the right kind of Christian. In fact, most of them were raised Catholic and converted to Baptist in adulthood, and that's the point at which they say they became a Christian.

When I still considered myself Catholic, I used to do bible study with some of them and would get upset when they talked about "before I became a Christian."

Now with the clarity of atheism I realize it's such a dumb thing to be upset over. It's like if I were a Marvel fan and they used to be too but they all switched to being DC fans.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Cousin. Or rather my wife's cousin. And I know he grew up in an Assembly of God (evangelical) church and I'm pretty sure he's still some kind of evangelical. But at least he's legitimately helping people and not doing the "let's convert the native heathens" thing.

Edit: He's also a big advocate for universal healthcare and spent years working at a free clinic for drug addicts. He's a really good person other than the Evangelical Christian thing. And to his credit, he has never once tried to convert me. I don't know that he knows I'm an atheist, but he definitely knows I'm a Jew.