Commentary on relationships between religious, spiritual-but-not-religious and non-religious people

I noticed a television ad about "Christian Mingle" where a young heterosexual couple talked about their relationship. The woman said she wanted to be with someone who shared the same beliefs or came from a similar background. Well, there's nothing wrong with dating, marrying or having sex with someone who holds the "same" beliefs as you or who comes from a similar background, although deliberately avoiding people from different backgrounds is not only a form of prejudice, but you may be missing out on having a great relationship with someone else who may just teach you something. My hubby and I have different beliefs, but we love each other enough, to where those differences are really insignificant when it comes down to it. Some atheists will not date, have sex with or marry religious or spiritual-but-not-religious persons. Some atheists won't even be friends with Christians or other religious people and avoid them like the plague because they don't like people preaching at them or they feel that they do not or won't have anything in common. Even LGBT people avoid associating with religious people because of the homophobia and transphobia that are apart of so many religions groups.  I'm a heterosexual, monogamous, married, atheistic woman and I wouldn't be friends with racists, misogynists, ant-Semitists, homophobes, biphobic people, transphobic people or people who are  emotionally intolerant of the fact that I am an atheist who is formerly religious. Why would I or anyone else for that matter, want to be friends with a bigot?








Many atheists will even stop associating with their religious or spiritual-but-not-religious children due to proselytizing.  Atheists are definitely a minority in America. We are the most hated minority group in the U.S. and like the LGBT community, we are often compared to social deviates like murderers, terrorists, genocidal maniacs or thieves etc.  We are told that we are forever incapable of being moral people.  Religious and spiritual people insist that we are "angry" at their deity. No, we are not "angry" at any deity, because we don't believe in the existence of deities due to the lack of credible evidence. We are angry at the way religious people behave. We dislike the characters of the deities of various religions for how they are portrayed in their theologies or religious texts. I don't like the way that Yahweh or Jesus are portrayed in the Torah or the Christian bible, but that doesn't mean that I "hate them". I disagree with many of the things that these characters say and do, but "hate" is not a factor as I don't believe that Yahweh exists and do not believe in the Jesus as portrayed in the Christian Bible.  If Yahweh existed or does exist, I wouldn't worship him because I don't think he is a very moral deity, I wouldn't hate him, but I wouldn't worship him or want associate with him either.




 Most atheists are willing to associate with religious and spiritual-but-not-religious people as long as you treat us decently as you fellow human beings


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