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CNN: Atheists are still reluctant to ‘come out’ (www.cnn.com)
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[-] dojan@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

It's a tiny town called Finspång. I hate it here.

Sweden overall isn't that bad though, if you can put up with the long nights and long days.

[-] beardown@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

In many ways, Sweden is currently the greatest country on earth.

You should consider yourself to be fortunate

[-] dojan@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

It is a pretty nice country. The climate is woeful, but even so we have a lot of good things going for us.

[-] stinerman@midwest.social 1 points 8 months ago

I could only imagine the worst thing about your country being "it's cold and dark a lot" instead of "we think some groups of people shouldn't have rights."

[-] dojan@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

You’ve not experienced cold and dark. It’s one thing to hear about it and another to live it.

There are other problems too. Like the nazi party being the second largest party in parliament.

I think the absolute worst thing is seeing what happens in the U.S. and then see our right wingers go “we should do this.”Stop and frisk was a big talking point last election. And you should see how our war on drugs is going.

[-] Cosmicomical@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I see, thank you for the heads-up. Anyway, I'm booking a plane ticket :D

But jokes apart, it's incredible that especially a small town has so many atheists. That's very cool.

[-] dojan@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Religion here tends to be something people keep more private. It’s not something you announce loudly, or even subtly in many cases. I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone wear a cross or anything like that.

Not saying there aren’t proselytisers - my old workplace was literally next door neighbours to a JW church (and they were assholes), so there are exceptions. But they feel comparatively few and far between.

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