Closet Atheist
14th October 2011, 04:25 PM
I was in geography class and my teacher has on the board examples of communities. Some of these were cultural, sporting and religious. I pointed out that there are also non-religious communities out there, like atheists (I'd just like to say that I'm in a catholic school). This prompts her to start lecturing us on atheists.
She started by saying that throughout our life we will be going through phases, questioning and doubting our beliefs. We will also come across people that believe in nothing- atheists.
What a negative view. Because we all think everything is meaningless without some deity in the sky. What's the point of our life? :rolleyes:
She says that while we think that (atheism) it's weird, there are people out there that find our (catholic) views silly. She proceeds to tell us about her days as a uni student studying geography. Being that atheists tend to take science subjects, she came across some. She said that some were nice, loving people... (I knew there was something negative coming) some are in your face.
She says that people are surprised when they find out she is catholic and still believes in science. This 'shoving in my face' business was apparently because some atheists at her university asked her for proof of god.
She said she had none. She starts to complain about these atheists as if the positive comment before never happened. She then said to us that if an atheists asks that, we should say...
wait for it...
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'Prove that god doesn't exist'.
First of all asking for proof is a very fair question. Second, atheists get religion shoved down their throat many times more than that.
She says that they cannot answer it and should shut them up.
Then, she said that there are people called 'agnostic' that believe in a form of godbut they don't know what it is. Isn't that called deism?
I ask her if non-catholic people can work at the school out of curiosity. She answers that they prefer catholics but if a non-catholic works there, they have to follow the catholic way of life. That is, dress modestly, be a role model, arrive on time and not do something like turn up drunk to class. Like non-religious people are incapable of being like that.
While all this is going on, she doesn't ever mention respecting atheists for their opinion even though she and the rest of the school pays special respect to other religions.
I'm thinking of e-mailing the teacher about it because I do not want to discuss it during class. Do you think it would be okay to complain about this, being in a catholic school. I really want to bring the prejudice down about atheists. Thanks.
She started by saying that throughout our life we will be going through phases, questioning and doubting our beliefs. We will also come across people that believe in nothing- atheists.
What a negative view. Because we all think everything is meaningless without some deity in the sky. What's the point of our life? :rolleyes:
She says that while we think that (atheism) it's weird, there are people out there that find our (catholic) views silly. She proceeds to tell us about her days as a uni student studying geography. Being that atheists tend to take science subjects, she came across some. She said that some were nice, loving people... (I knew there was something negative coming) some are in your face.
She says that people are surprised when they find out she is catholic and still believes in science. This 'shoving in my face' business was apparently because some atheists at her university asked her for proof of god.
She said she had none. She starts to complain about these atheists as if the positive comment before never happened. She then said to us that if an atheists asks that, we should say...
wait for it...
...
...
...
'Prove that god doesn't exist'.
First of all asking for proof is a very fair question. Second, atheists get religion shoved down their throat many times more than that.
She says that they cannot answer it and should shut them up.
Then, she said that there are people called 'agnostic' that believe in a form of godbut they don't know what it is. Isn't that called deism?
I ask her if non-catholic people can work at the school out of curiosity. She answers that they prefer catholics but if a non-catholic works there, they have to follow the catholic way of life. That is, dress modestly, be a role model, arrive on time and not do something like turn up drunk to class. Like non-religious people are incapable of being like that.
While all this is going on, she doesn't ever mention respecting atheists for their opinion even though she and the rest of the school pays special respect to other religions.
I'm thinking of e-mailing the teacher about it because I do not want to discuss it during class. Do you think it would be okay to complain about this, being in a catholic school. I really want to bring the prejudice down about atheists. Thanks.