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Thanksgiving can be a difficult time of year for many in the greater atheist community who have to sit and interact with our usually more religious family members. In such settings, the topic of religion is almost certainly going to come up.<\/p>\n
Every atheist is in a different situation on this holiday. Some have pretty secular family members while others have to spend the evening and perhaps the long weekend with fundamentalist family members. Some of us are open about our lack of belief while others are in the atheistic closet.<\/p>\n
Regardless of our differing situations, I don\u2019t think we need to thank any gods on this holiday. I think there is a way to deflect religious talk as well as a way to engage religious family members if that is something you are comfortable with.<\/p>\n
Thanksgiving is a Humanist Holiday<\/a>. I wrote about it in my Examiner<\/a> article and I think it can help refocus the conversation away from any gods and more on to people and the brighter future which we are trying to build. Please feel free to post any interesting conversations on this topic here and also feel free to vent any frustrations in relation to these issues if you feel so moved.<\/p>\n I am thankful to have readers, commenters, tweeters, supporters, and I am also very thankful to the few donators. Happy Thanksgiving to all my fellow Dangerous Talkers.
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