melb100 lives in edinburgh!

be an unapologetic atheist (read all 11 entries…)
Atheism in Action , part 4 2 years ago

Man in bookshop: do you know if they stock Reader’s Digest here?

Me: [flicking through Japanese print advertising, 1930-1955] erm…maybe. Have you tried the foreign magazine section?

Man in bookshop: Oh, good idea, I’ll do that. Do you live here?

Me: erm, [Is he a stalker? Is he a stalker?] ..... nearby. Not actually in the bookshop, obviously.

Man in bookshop: HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Me [Oh my god he is a stalker! That wasn’t funny, why is he laughing like that?]

Man in bookshop: Say, can I have your number?
Me: [looks at him witheringly] I’m an atheist.

Man in bookshop: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA!

Awkward pause.

Man in bookshop walks away.

Jul 27, 2007, 07:06PM PDT | 5 cheers


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Have you read ...

God is NOT Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens? It was my train read this week and i discovered a rather pleasant side effect – strangers do not attempt to strike up inane conversations with me when i am reading this book.

Something about those words in stark white on that bright red background forms an atheist force field around me. I am thinking of carrying it permanantly around in my handbag for emergency situations.

Jul 31, 2007, 03:07AM PDT | Thread | Respond to this 3 cheers

melb100 lives in edinburgh!

not yet

I haven’t read it, though it’s on the list. But then, so much is, these days. I’m going to have to do some list cropping, methinks. But I am glad you have discovered the social side-effects of atheism! :) Sometimes it does seem to be the only thing that will shut people up!

Aug 07, 2007, 06:38PM PDT | Respond to this

Hostile exists in defiance of all logic.

Hey, congratulations on achieving your goal. To be an atheist in England is a doddle, but I imagine the people are somewhat less accepting in the good ol’ USA, what with the Christian majority.

Nov 13, 2007, 04:39AM PST | Respond to this


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