I’m curious how much of the traffic here is people with religious beliefs.

There’s no rule against it. I just want to understand better. I’m not interested in debating or criticizing anyone’s choice to visit the comm or practice religion.

My questions:

  • Do you practice or otherwise hold some sort of faith? What kind? Is there a comm for it?

  • What are your thoughts on this (c/Atheism) comm? Do you visit because threads appear on your front page, or do you subscribe/visit intentionally? Why do you click on the topics / what kinds of topics do you click on?

  • Do you comment when you read threads here, or are you more of a lurker?

  • Is there anything you would like to express to the members of this community?

Thank you in advance for any responses.

  • conditional_soup@lemm.eeEnglish
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    7 months ago

    I’m a (western) Buddhist. I air on the secular side, I’m agnostic towards the existence of deities. That is, I acknowledge that they are part of the world view, but as they aren’t central to the core teachings, I don’t mind them one way or the other. I’m pretty sure there’s a community for it, and I’m subscribed; it mostly deals with sharing verses from different Sutras.

    I’m perfectly fine with c/Atheism. I visit because I see it, mostly. A lot of the relevance for me is in the context of my living in the US / being a former Christian and facing an increasingly aggressive and deranged Christian Nationalist movement. I believe that religious beliefs are something you choose to follow if you think it helps you frame your worldly experience or be a better person, but they’re certainly not something you force on others.

    I comment a reasonable amount, I think.

    The only thing I want the atheists to know is that I’m happy to stand with you for your rights and freedoms.