re are all the atheist or agnostic "ex-gays"?

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have you ever heard anyone who claimed to have stopped being outside the belief system that condemns homosexuality? 
there is certainly motivation in our society to not want to be gay, as gay people are still harassed, discriminated against, and denied their civil right to marry, wouldn't you think that people other than the very religious would want to change to make their lives easier?

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Studies have shown that atheists are the most "hated" group in America. This leads me to believe that if an atheist were to care enough about discrimination and judgement to change something important about them, they would focus on their religious views rather than their sexuality (it is a lot easier to pretend to be a Christian than to pretend to be heterosexual). Atheists also tend to be more educated and rational than their religious counterparts, which means that they are more likely to realize that sexuality is innate and not subject to change.

susswein · Answer

Your knowledge of the usage of the phrases is proper. However, there's a general false impression that a theist believes there's a god, an atheist believes there are not any gods, and an agnostic is any one who's uncertain, sitting at the fence, or unsure. The indisputable fact that the time period "atheist" as a powerful terrible connotation, chiefly within the United States, has contributed to the propagation of this misuse of agnosticism, such that men and women who must rightly be labelled as agnostic atheists can restrict utilizing the phrase 'atheist'. This phenomenon is strongly glaring in polls involving faith. When Americans are requested if they're 'atheists', approximately three% will verify this. But if requested 'do you think that there's a god,' approximately eighty five% will verify this - which suggests a complete of 15% of the populace who're honestly atheists by means of the actual definition. Hopefully, sooner or later the terrible sentiments in the direction of atheists will decline adequate that men and women who don't think in a god won't shy clear of the phrase.

Sethanel · Answer

Where doesn't make sense either but I get the gist of it i think.

I know a vast number of straight people who are atheist (almost the entire university campus) i believe our stances on science and religion define our belief in religious ideologies. that is not to say gay people do not become atheist or agnostic because it makes living easier though

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re are all the atheist or agnostic "ex-gays"?

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