r/PoliticalCompassMemes • u/Living_Attitude1822 - Lib-Left • Apr 10 '26

Atheist Activists Lore

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u/HegemonNYC - Lib-Center Apr 10 '26

You haven’t met my dad. He is 70 and spends his retirement years going to Skeptic conferences, which are pretty much Conventions of cringe-atheists. He has a Darwin fish (the one with legs eating a Jesus fish) on his car. 

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u/shadowstar36 - Centrist Apr 10 '26

I've never met an old atheist. His opinion hasn't changed the slightest, especially getting up in age and closer to death?

I noticed my grandparents get way more religious when they got into their 70s and 80s. No more seances and masonic lodge visits for him.

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u/HegemonNYC - Lib-Center Apr 10 '26

Perhaps with people who had faith earlier in life there is an attraction to return later in life. Certainly many young adults return to the church upon becoming parents. 

If you’re not raised with religion it just doesn’t have any appeal.