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briandmyers  ·  4120 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I'm Not An Atheist

The bottom line is that the word 'atheist' has a lot of baggage (deserved or not), and people tend to pigeonhole you if you say that's what you are.

That's why I prefer to say "I'm not superstitious" in such situations. Less baggage, and it's almost as good at getting a rise out of people ;-)