From: Scott Badger (wbadger@psyberlink.net)
Date: Sun Oct 18 1998 - 21:45:28 MDT
>Scott Badger wrote:
>
>> Where I work, it would have been socially and politically
>> courageous of me to bring up or admit that I was an
>> Agnostic . . . let alone an Atheist.
>
>why is that? are you a minister or something? none of
>my business really, just curious.
I'm not a minister. I'm a psychologist. I have heard us referred
to, however, as secular priests. I actually like that term.
I don't know what to tell you about "why that is". It's Dallas. . .
it's conservative. I once made a reference to the Men's
movement . . . and the 5 women in the room there gave me
the kind of look you might see a a dog make after moving his
food dish. "Why would MEN need a movement?" one of
them said. "Because men are also victims of social
conditioning and stereotypes." I said. But their heads
remained cocked with that confused expression on their
faces. All they understood was that men seemed to have
more money and more power and the idea that this might
not be a healthy situation never crossed their mind.
For me to go even further and announce that their
god is a famtasy would have been to commit political suicide.
Since I don't care what they think, why should I do something
like that?
>it occurred to me that i may be the only member of
>extropians with a minor in old testament studies... {8^D spike
Could be.
Best wishes,
Scott
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