What slogans, shirt ideas do you have that you haven\u2019t seen on t-shirts yet and would like to? Do you have any stories of people coming up to you while you were wearing an atheist shirt? Comment below.<\/p>\n
I was at the mall the other day and I noticed a woman wearing a burqa. I don\u2019t see this a lot, but I do see it from time to time. I also sometimes see Muslim women wearing hijabs from time to time. The thought that I had when I saw the woman wearing the burqa was a strange one. My thought was that atheists are everywhere.<\/p>\n
How did I get from seeing a Muslim woman to the thought that atheists are everywhere? What is the connection there? It\u2019s simple. In the United States of America, .6% of the population are Muslims. Assuming that the gender ratio is equal to the general population, .3 are Muslim women. \u201cConfirmed atheists\u201d make up 5% of the general population. So for every Muslim woman I see, there are at least 16 \u201cconfirmed atheists\u201d floating around that I don\u2019t see.<\/p>\n
Plus, there are tons of people who don\u2019t identify as atheists who actually are atheists so that number is probably a great deal higher. I\u2019m guessing that for every Muslim woman I see, there are about 20 to 25 atheists.<\/p>\n
For every Jewish guy wearing a yamaka, there are more than six \u201cconfirmed atheists.\u201d Probably much more because most Jews don\u2019t actually wear their yamaka except at synagogue services. So if I see a Jewish guy in the general public wearing a yamaka, that isn\u2019t representative of all Jewish men, just the orthodox men. For every 16 Christians there is at least one atheist. So start counting crucifies and Jesus Fish on bumper stickers.<\/p>\n
Unlike many religious believers, most atheists don\u2019t wear their atheism out in public for all to see. So people don\u2019t see us and we don\u2019t see each other. Over the years, I have gotten quite a few positive comments about my atheist bumper sticker and no negative comments. Atheists who were not generally active in our community found my bumper sticker and were glad to see it.<\/p>\n
Atheists need to start being more visible. This doesn\u2019t mean we should create a new fashion statement or start wearing funny hats or an image of a torture device around our necks, but it does mean that we should start wearing our atheism on our sleeves more. We should start wearing shirts that support our ideas. We need to be more visible.<\/p>\n
Not all of those ideas need to be in-your-face either. I got this great shirt from Cult of Dusty<\/a> that just says, \u201cLogic\u201d on it. I love that shirt because it isn\u2019t in-your-face. Another atheist will see it and realize that I am probably an atheist with a shirt like that, but it isn\u2019t going to get me punched in the face by some religious wacko (not that that has ever happened, but the fear of it is there).<\/p>\n What slogans, shirt ideas do you have that you haven\u2019t seen on t-shirts yet and would like to? Do you have any stories of people coming up to you while you were wearing an atheist shirt? Comment below.<\/p>\nRelated articles<\/h6>\n
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