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But how do you get peer pressure from demographics?
I'm sorry to be short with you Youko but I don't have time to explain this any further this morning, there's somewhere I need to be in a little while. The point I want to make is that you can be shunned by your atheist associates when you convert. They aren't an organization or demographic though.
The second part of my post is in reference to the atheist demographic vs. the Christian demographic, the Buddhist demographic, and what have you. There are bad apples in all of them. Being an atheist does not mean you are necessarily of higher character than a Christian or what have you. There are good apples and bad in every batch.
As long as you stay as individuals you pose a much less threat than say that Catholic church at the Inquisition. But this is not necessarily because of superior character but because of less opportunity for oppression. People are people.
This message has been edited by gene90, 11-02-2005 11:05 AM