• sam5673 [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    atheists from a protestant cultural background who used to believe but stopped. It's like how in Ireland catholic atheist and protestant atheist are meaningful distinctions

    • TheUrbanaSquirrel [she/her]
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      4 years ago

      It’s like how in Ireland catholic atheist and protestant atheist are meaningful distinctions

      Can you elaborate? Are you saying there are meaningful distinctions or are you saying you're dubious of meaningful distinctions? I'm a former Catholic. Am I doing atheism better than protestant atheists? Score!

      • sam5673 [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        It also refers to your cultural background as religion is not only a spiritual but a cultural influence. For example the Irish example I made was referencing the troubles

        Edit because I just thought of it, a lot of the atheists you see in the west are definitively Christian atheists as that is the religion that they are culturally familiar with and the one that informs what they perceive proper religious practice to be.