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Dragon Con took place in Atlanta a few weeks ago...massive event.
Along with several other atheist booths, there was one set up for black atheists. I didn't take note of the actual org's name.
I'm Black, agnostic and I'm from Atlanta. I would say that despite being a southern city there are a decent number of atheist and agnostic Black folks there. I know quite a few. Granted I'm not that old and I'm pretty sure it's not the same for the older generations. And I'm not shy with what I believe and usually I don't get an adverse reaction. But with that said Atlanta still is in the south so you will run across those bible thumping Black folks that will look at you like you're crazy if you tell them what you believe.
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Props to the OP. I've never read a thread all the way thru this long on any Internet forum ever. Quite interesting.
It's been said on here already but I too have an issue with how my people have taken to Christianity despite what it has done to us. I had a weird upbringing in regards to religion. My Mom is atheist and my Dad Is catholic so I went to church occasionally with him as a kid up until about 6th or 7th grade. Neither of my parents really pushed their beliefs on me and despite my pops faith he always encouraged me to find out "my truth" on my own. My Mom was a big African and Black American history buff and when I got in trouble (which was often) she would make me read one of her books as punishment cover to cover and give her a report. In doing it I saw how Christianity was used to control us and how we essentially admit to the notion that we were savages that "needed to be shown the light by the white man" by even entertaining that stuff. I told my Dad how I felt and he never made me go again. In fact he doesnt go to church anymore either. I actually makes me emotionally upset that so many of us waste so much time, effort, and precious hard earned money into this institution. I have said for years that the Black Church is a much bigger problem in our community than most realize.
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That's because a lot of them are in the closet. If I came out to my family that I was an atheist, I would be disowned. They would be running around calling me the devil. I've told a few that I am agnostic. They seem to tolerate that much better. Other than that, I keep my beliefs to myself to keep the peace.
I'd say the same for myself. In my case having two preachers in my family does NOT help.
Most of my friends and family are agnostic, I would call myself an atheist I suppose. I've told my parents that, they don't care at all. It would be like me saying I hate gardening. Some people like hobbies, some don't. Live and let live.
I'd say the same for myself. In my case having two preachers in my family does NOT help.
Two? Is that all? I come from large Irish Catholic family, way back when that actually meant something. Among my innumerable cousins and aunts and uncles, there were two priests, two brothers and five nuns. There may have been more but there were cousins etc. I never even met.
I went through 16 years of Catholic education, not because I was such an ardent Catholic but because that was (in those days at least) one way to get a top notch education. The truth is that I stopped being serious about being a Catholic sometime around 11 or 12. I was never all that serious anyway. Somehow I got God and Santa Claus mixed up at an early age - a nice story that was an excuse for everyone to be good to each other. Not real but you were supposed to pretend and not spoil it for others. And I did pretend and kept the secret until I was out on my own. Everyone just assumed and I just let them. Got nothing against religion as long as it is not actively hurting anyone. (Which it sometimes is, even today.) But it is just not my thing. Live and let live, right.
I get the feeling that I should have posted that in some other thread. Oh well, too late now.
"The notion that black nonbelievers are rare isn’t completely unfounded. Black people in the US are more likely than any other racial group to report religious affiliation according to this Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life Survey."
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