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Resolved: Atheists Are More Cat People Than Dog People

Having co-habited with many cats over the years, I've found them to be free-thinking and inquisitive, like atheists. Dogs seem to be more accepting, more willing to go along. I think this accounts for the fact that atheists tend to favor cats over dogs. (I'm not saying atheists hate dogs--just that we're better attuned to cats.) Comments?

Tags: atheists, cats, dogs, pets

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Permalink Reply by Stephen Goldin on June 16, 2009 at 5:21pm

Why not? Isn't that what god supposedly has done with us?

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Permalink Reply by Brad Reddekopp on June 16, 2009 at 6:06pm

[shrug] I don't find it odd, nor disturbing. Is it any more odd than the fact that many animals will catch and kill other animals and eat their flesh?

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Permalink Reply by Sonny Mobley on October 3, 2009 at 2:30pm

I love being human. :D We didn't enslave dogs! The evolution of dogs was likely jump started by more of a symbiotic relationship, with particularly enterprising wolves becoming camp followers of humans.

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Permalink Reply by Tarquin St John Sh'gn'sty on June 17, 2009 at 1:01am

"My birds are a fav."

Funny you should say that;birds are also the favourite of a lot of cats.

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Permalink Reply by Little Name Atheist on February 14, 2010 at 4:03pm

NIki, it's certainly fine to express a preference here, but Atheist Nexus is for all non-theists, not just cat lovers.

Also, you may not (or may) be aware that all caps is viewed by many who use online forums as similar to shouting. Some view it as being rude.

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Permalink Reply by Brad Reddekopp on June 17, 2009 at 12:34am

Rats are nice pets, too.

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Permalink Reply by SNM on June 18, 2009 at 5:48am

Over my life, I have shifted from a dog preference to a cat preference.

However, I don't see any connection to how being an atheist influences my preference of pet. My guess is that the mixed responses in this thread would reflect the range of opinion from the general population fairly well.

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Permalink Reply by Trance Gemini on October 2, 2009 at 8:06pm

An atheist cat lover posted this on another non A/N Forum that I'm a member of.

I thought it would be nice to share (and got her permission)! I just love it :-)

Cats choose atheists because they know that an atheist, being a non-practitioner of religion, will not waste her/his worship on any being *other than* the cat.

Atheists chose cats because a cat *is the closest thing to a Superior Being we have ever found.

Brenda Nelson, A.A.#34
BAAWA Knight
EAC Professor of Feline Thermometrics and Cat-Herding
skyeyes nine at cox dot net

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Permalink Reply by Scarletizm on October 2, 2009 at 8:46pm

Allergic to both unless its a dog without fur so dogs have the advantage. If I weren't allergic I do think I would prefer a cat because they're more nonchalant about things. I just stick with fish though we have two tanks one 60 gallon fresh water and 100 gallon salt water.