My Life As an ‘Angry Atheist’
Gosh, I’m just so negative all the time!
Earlier today, I was casually scrolling through my Medium feed and stumbled across a recent article from Lilith Helstrom in which she discusses a common assumption from some Christians that atheists are “hateful”:
Lilith’s article goes into some of the misconceptions Christians have about atheism, and why some atheists may come across as somewhat combative regarding their lack of belief. I won’t delve too much more into the specifics of the article — go read it for yourself if you’d like to know what she said. I’m not Lilith, so I can’t speak for her.
Nonetheless, the article made me giggle. I recently came forward as an atheist, something I discussed in an article of my own back in April: