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Act_of_Reparation

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5. Theists don't like atheists.

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #3)

Wed Nov 14, 2018, 05:29 PM

Nov 2018

They don't like the concept of atheists. The largely negative public perceptions of the term deter people from identifying as such. If you're not going to believe, you're going to damn well pretend you do. Or else.

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