Annoyed with Terms and Symbols

Does anyone else feel like falling into a category such as "atheist", etc. is a bit annoying? Doesn't having to use a term to define yourself in society feel like buying a shredder because credit card companies sending you junk-mail with your information printed within?

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Permalink Reply by Scott Popejoy on July 25, 2010 at 9:27pm
When I left Christianity, I didn't call myself an atheist for a very long time. It doesn't make logical sense to call myself an atheist any more than an a-SantaClausian. It was pointless semantics, an argument about nothing. I prefer to call myself a man, nothing more, just a man. And if I must adopt a label I prefer "Humanitarian."

But I have found that if I don't apply the atheist label, if I don't make my beliefs clear, Christian friends and family just assume I still believe, or that I will soon return to what I truly believe. So I'm letting 'em know: "I am an ATHEIST! God doesn't exist. If he did, he certainly wouldn't be the anthropomorphic caracature you read of in the Bible, or any other religion. I have no more desire to return to the faith, than to be blind in BOTH EYES! So please, stop telling me you will pray for me."

It gets the point across, so I'm slowly growing fond of the term.
Permalink Reply by ETres on July 26, 2010 at 2:36pm
I tend to refer to myself as a "non-believer." The word "atheist" stirs up too many negative connotations and stereotypes.
Permalink Reply by Secular Forces 2013 on October 12, 2011 at 9:10pm

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