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[William Flynn Wallace]

I imagine you would attract attention if you announced that you were an
atheist, but if you lived and worked in the South and just never mentioned
religion, or politely smiled and moved to the next topic when someone else
did, would you be OK?

> --
Stathis Papaioannou

O*n college campuses atheism is fairly common and accepted, which is where
I worked.  We have a Unitarian church which is mostly composed of atheists
and I have never heard of them being attacked.  *Common people would be
afraid of you and maybe disgusted by you. *So I would not worry and I have
lived in four states in the Deep  South.  Not one worry.  *

*bill w*

On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 3:24 PM Stathis Papaioannou via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

>
>
> On Sat, 25 Apr 2020 at 05:54, Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 11:52 AM Stathis Papaioannou via extropy-chat <
>> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Is there anywhere in the US where an atheist who simply ignored anything
>>> to do with religion (which describes most atheists) would be noticed and
>>> frowned upon?
>>>
>>
>> Yes, mostly in the South.  I stay away from those places.  (Theoretically
>> I might visit for work, but if so I would keep my interactions strictly to
>> the work-related area - which would likely be protected by police biased
>> toward those there to do the work.)
>>
>> Even in California, I have received death threats after I explained to an
>> evangelist, who was trying to get me personally to convert, that I was an
>> atheist, though this was some decades ago and atypical for the region.
>>
>
> I imagine you would attract attention if you announced that you were an
> atheist, but if you lived and worked in the South and just never mentioned
> religion, or politely smiled and moved to the next topic when someone else
> did, would you be OK?
>
>> --
> Stathis Papaioannou
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