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Subject: Hi! Do you ever "fake it?"
Date Posted: 2/8/2011 9:44 AM ET
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Hi everyone, I am new to this site entirely!  I was pleased to find this forum though, as there aren't many places where I feel comfortable being myself (who is an atheist.)  I am 2 more...
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Date Posted: 2/8/2011 2:29 PM ET
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Hi Sara, Welcome to PBS! I hear you, I do the same thing. I'm agnostic but I was raise more...
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Date Posted: 2/8/2011 9:23 PM ET
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OH, Melva, I love that about the Krogerites . . . . .hahahahahahaha!  You explained quite nicely how to behave when surrounded by 'Christian' people. & more...
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Date Posted: 2/8/2011 10:10 PM ET
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I also live in the South East and in the time I have lived here I converted to and then deconverted from Chritianity. L more...
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Date Posted: 2/9/2011 12:25 PM ET
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I just try to avoid the subject of religion more...
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Date Posted: 2/10/2011 4:50 PM ET
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Bonnie - I searched on Christina privledge and more...
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Date Posted: 2/12/2011 7:53 PM ET
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I live in New England, and currently w more...
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Date Posted: 2/13/2011 10:58 AM ET
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"I hear you, I do the same thing. I'm agnostic but I was raised Christian.  Whenever I'm around a lot of Christians or people who just assume I'm Christian I usually just let them finish wh more...
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Date Posted: 2/15/2011 9:33 AM ET
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I just say "I more...
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Date Posted: 2/17/2011 2:46 PM ET
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I try to avoid religious conversations as much as possible I more...
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Date Posted: 3/5/2011 2:15 PM ET
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I abandoned Christianity when I realized that I was being lied to.  The Exodus fascinated me when I was young.  I asked a lot of pries more...
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Date Posted: 4/12/2011 8:50 PM ET
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I was raised Jewish and was a practicing Jew into adulthood--I probably stopped believing in god before I started my job 12 years ago, but I was "fakin more...
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Date Posted: 4/14/2011 10:12 AM ET
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I go to a public high school, but because I live in the buckle of the Bible Belt I usually keep quiet about religion at school more...
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Date Posted: 5/13/2011 10:17 AM ET
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I'd love to be free to speak my own mind, and I've started now taking some baby steps with that by saying "I look at that differently".  I hope to convey no disrespect more...
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Date Posted: 6/12/2011 1:39 PM ET
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I tell people I'm "non-religious" and it's funny how many people tell me more...
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Date Posted: 6/13/2011 1:52 PM ET
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It's also funny how defensive more...
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Date Posted: 6/14/2011 8:35 PM ET
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I wonder often if it is a question of "protective coloration" that so many Americans just tak more...
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Date Posted: 6/16/2011 3:38 PM ET
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Our society does make it dif more...
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Subject: Religious Discussions at Work
Date Posted: 6/18/2011 12:18 PM ET
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For those of you who are struggling with over-enthusiastic co-workers who want to argue/discus more...
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Date Posted: 12/4/2011 9:34 PM ET
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Even as an agnostic, I too "fake it." Empathy all around. This whole th more...
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Date Posted: 12/5/2011 8:16 PM ET
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Here's a quotation from Charles Taylor, in Dissent magazine, on more...
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Date Posted: 12/5/2011 10:39 PM ET
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I agree wit more...
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Date Posted: 12/14/2011 11:03 AM ET
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I love that John Stewart quote.&# more...
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Date Posted: 12/15/2011 8:48 AM ET
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brightstar, Great quote from J more...
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As a resident of the New York City metro area it's easy for me to a more...
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