19 December 2011, 4:17 pm
i recently moved into peoria il, i am an atheist teenage girl, who is level headed and smart. i feel it is a very christian dominated aria. i don't have a problem with that, i dont care that quite a few talk about how cool church is in the middle of class, no, im not like that. what i do care about is that they seam to have an extremely negative view on atheists. they dont seam to hate the muslims that we have here, or the catholics. i lived in a city, an i am used to being ableto be a proud athiest, but here im scared. i have heard them talk awfull about athiests, and, even thow i try to avoid those people, its hard when peole slander what you beleve in, and think your stupid. its hard to stay strong. i have made a few athiest friends, we are good at detecting one another. i want to be thier friens, but i hate keeping such a big secret away, especially when they ask me for my religion, and i have to reply with" christian" i have never lived in a place this small, conservative, and close minded. i have been strong sometimes, like when one of them said " wow athiests are stupid" so i said " oo thanks guys, fuck you too" to wich they said " no way, you cant be one, your in algebra 2 as a fish, nice try tho, your funny lol" i want people to know, but i dont want them to dislike me, i want acceptance.i accept them, why cant they accept me? how do i tell them? what do i do if they start to dislike me? what if they steriotype me. Everard: ya sry, to busy crying my eyes out while typing this to be worried about spelling, nothing like a good bullying because of your beliefs ( or lack of ) to tear you down , am i right ugh, again, i was crying my eyes out, grammar was insignificant. my fingers were in a flurry, as my brain was rambling in fury, so, no, spelling was not one of my top priorities, i just wanted some support.... Read More »
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