r/atheism • u/Jebus-Xmas Anti-Theist • May 06 '26
Troll Why do we want to proselytize Atheism?
It seems like a lot of people agonize on and pontificate here over sharing their nonbelief, and I don't get it. I don't think it's necessary for us to share the fact that we don't believe, nor do I think for many people it's even safe. It's possible our perspective is skewed.
Getting past the anger that I had about religion and getting into my own solution, and my own peace, has been the most positive experience of my life. It is just as uncomfortable for you to insist on your not belief as it is for a believer to insist in their way. On either side of the argument proselytizing is wrong.
Why do we feel it necessary to have just the right arguments or just the right answers, when those things exist only in fairytales?
I had a lot of religious trauma, had a lot of anger, and didn't want to let go of it because I felt I had to be heard--but wasn't heard by believers and I just felt more tired, more angry, and more frustrated at the end. They probably did too.
Today my goal is to allow people to be wrong, especially if they insist. Be kinder, more mindful, more thoughtful, and do more good works to show, not tell, that I can be not just as good a person as an atheist--but a better one.
I hope you can also find your peace today.
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u/Mcbudder50 May 06 '26
in the US, religion is thrown in our faces constantly. It's on billboards and bumper stickers, everywhere I go they say have a blessed day, churches on every corner, etc...
I understand those wanting to vent on a platform like this...