Self professed atheists are likely to be narrow minded, pretentious, boring.

Ditto self-professed Christians.




I'm [very nearly] an atheist (I explained this earlier).

I believe Jesus existed. I believe he was the spiritual son of God (not the literal one, and I don't believe that Mary was a virgin but I don't think that should count against her), which does not conflict with my almost-atheism because Jesus believed in God, even if I don't. I believe he was a respected leader and teacher. I could even believe that he died for my sins because that may have been what he meant to do, and my lack of belief doesn't cancel out his good intentions.

I don't want to be antagonistic to Christians but it simply doesn't work for me and I don't want them to hound me about it. All it means is that whatever I say or do is mine, and the consequences are mine, and whether or not I am forgiven is up to my fellow humans.