Comments on: Going undercover at an atheist society meeting

By: cool dad

cool dad — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 18:15:00 +0000

annie – it was the perfect setup. i’m smiling right now thinking of that night.

By: Annie Peterson

Annie Peterson — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 05:31:00 +0000

“HE DID!!” That’s awesome

By: cool mum

cool mum — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:30:00 +0000

Raq–no way! what a cool opportunity! go raquel!

Amy and Mary–i did a search online, maybe also using the closely-related term “humanist” and found their website. it said that all were welcome to attend. and interestingly, the discussions at the meetings are frequently related to the church and Christianity.

Tam–yes, i do miss it! it sounds weird, but i crave having friends that will come up to me and say, “Why the heck do you believe that crap about xyz?” and still be friends in spite of it. because really, who else will do it? american christianity makes me feel like a couch potato. i think there is a lot we could learn from hanging out with atheists and others who believe differently from us. i’ve actually looked for atheist mom groups online, but to no avail. and i imagine that a group started by a christian wouldn’t be so successful!

By: Tam

Tam — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:53:00 +0000

some of my closest friends are atheists. i love that they are not afraid to ask questions. i love that we have come to a place where we can discuss and neither person gets offended.

i think its funny that these atheists you wrote about had a group. isnt that like church?

well...hats off to you guys! i think that is awesome!

do you miss it?

By: Mary @ Giving Up On Perfect

Mary @ Giving Up On Perfect — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:58:00 +0000

Wow! I give you guys +10 cool points for that!! (And cool points to Raq, too, I say!)

How interesting that atheists have meetings…I’ve never heard of such a thing and would never have known to look for a group like this. How did you hear about it?

By: Amy Wright

Amy Wright — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:30:00 +0000

This is so inspiring! I find it funny that atheists have meetings. I would have a ton of questions for them, too!

Raq – good work! You’ll find that the more of these conversations you start having, the more people will come to you with their questions. They’ll learn to trust you to have an open and honest discussion with them, without the judgment they’re probably expecting. And then you can invite them to First Priority! :O)

By: RaquelTWG

RaquelTWG — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:22:00 +0000

That’s awesome. You know what’s funny…Today some atheists who sit next to me in chemistry were talking about the Da Vinci Code and how they didn’t believe the Bible. At first I let them have their conversation, but after they were saying all this crap that is so not true I told them that I believe the Bible. One girl was like, “Dang, we picked the wrong place to have this conversation.” But it went pretty great. They actually admired my extreme faith in something they don’t even believe in. They were interested when I explained some evidence that further proves why the Bible is true, I answered some questions about Mary Magedelene, and they really seemed to consider what I was saying instead of just thinking I’m crazy. I also explained to them that I’m not about pointing fingers, just about trying to love people the best I can, something else they liked. It was a great reminder that if you are strong in my faith, people will listen and respect you if you listen and respect them as well. And talking about the Bible is always fun. It felt good.

However, I have a feeling I might have been a little TOO passive…I think I was too “This is what I think is true” instead of more “This is what I know is true”. Hopefully a similar conversation will happen again. I think these girls just need to know more about what the Bible really says.