Vipera berus wrote:

Paul Hyett wrote:
On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 at 19:17:40, Vipera berus wrote in
uk.sci.weather :

That's the one! And the re-introduction of science he mentioned.
Plus, us unbelievers got a name check! )

I don't like the term 'unbeliever' - it implies that such people don't
believe in *anything*, rather than not just in some supernatural being
whose existence is unproven (and probably unprovable).

I believe in science & technology, not religious dogma.

I agree, "atheist" would have been better. But it's got connotations akin
to eating your own offspring in the US. As Julia Sweeney's mother said to
her... "Ok, don't believe in god, but an ATHEIST!!!"


Used to be similar here. When I went into hospital about forty years ago, I
was asked for my religion. When I said "atheist" the nurse said "Ooh, I
can't put that down! I'll write C of E" I told her not to but I reckon she
stuck to C of E.

Come to think of it, Scouts still bar atheists. I don't think they're
supposed to but it still happens. I heard the other day that in Dorset,
it's on the cards that the last non-religious school will be closed.

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