1) Know where to look: student clubs and sci-fi conventions are good, bible study groups are baaaaaad.
2) Try the dating websites: be careful when questionnaires have a question asking your religious zealotry status or your caste.
3) Be social but don't pounce
4) Look like...
a: Hugh Laurie
b: Adam Savage
c: Jamie Hyneman
5) Have somethings to talk about other than atheism: newspapers are good for providing the hot topics, sports (even if you only did fencing...).
6) Always carry atheist goodies: atheist classic books (The God Delusion, God Is Not Great, The End of Faith, Breaking the Spell...); symbols that say nothing (and cannot thus be offensive) to outsiders, such as a large red letter 'A', or an FSM bumber sticker, or the Darwin fish.
7) Gauge the other person's degree of atheism: this can be done by using certain words and seeing their effect. If words such as 'secular', 'agnostic' or 'humanist' make the other seem like a replica of Munch's 'Scream', you probably don't wan't to use Code Red Word - PZ Myers. Instead it is highly recommended to take evasive action.
8) Don't assume you know anything else just because the other is an atheist.
9) Don't discount someone just because their theists.
10) Be ready to duel because the atheist you like is probably seeing someone: at this point fencing skill may prove useful.
Hemant Mehta, friendlyatheist.com
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And being a dyke isn't helping. How the fuck do people find their partners or even long-time girlfriends? Have you people picked them up in a bar, or just been disgustingly lucky to encounter one in a straight context?
2 kommenttia
millikan
10.8.2009 10:44
I'd like to mention that even though I am a devoted agnostic, I consider carrying one of those atheist classic books a negative sign, for preaching atheists tend to be as annoying as preaching theists...
Splenetic
10.8.2009 20:49
Good point and true, unless the other is a preaching atheist or an anti-theist (as myself) as well. If the two already agree, they move on to other things faster AND view those things from the same point of view and have same definitions for words.