
Spanish: 
"¿Eres ateo?"
"No actúas como uno."
¿Qué diablos
significa eso?
¿Qué pensaste que iba a hacer?
¿Golpearte y robarte? ¿Pensaste que iba
a comerme tu bebé, o algo así?
No sé qué esperabas
que hiciera como ateo, pero
todo eso
viene de la creencia
de que los ateos son
inherentemente
inmorales,
que no tenemos brújula moral. Y que por eso,
seguro somos seres horribles, y solo queremos
hacer cosas muy, muy malas.
Eso es ofensivo, porque, si reemplazas "ateo" en:
"Oh, ¿eres ateo? No actúas como uno".
Si reemplazas eso
con otra cosa,
entenderías de inmediato lo ofensivo que es.
Como: "Oh, tú no actúas como judío".
¿Y cómo se supone que actúa un judío?
Eso es altamente ofensivo.
¿Y sabes qué? Si alguien me dice eso,
lo primero que digo es:
"Lo siento, no me estoy
comportando como un ateo".
¿Qué pensaste
que debía..."
"¿Cómo debí comportarme?

English: 
You're an atheist?
You don't act
like an atheist.
What the hell does that mean?
Like,
what did you think I was gonna do? Punch you and
take your money? Did you think I was gonna, like,
eat your baby, or something like that?
I don't know what you expected me
to do as an atheist, but
that whole line
feeds off of this idea
that atheists are
inherently immoral,
that there's no moral compass to us.
So, we must be these horrible people
that just want to do bad, bad things.
That there's no moral compass to us.
So, we must be these horrible people
that just want to do bad, bad things.
And it's offensive, because, if you replaced "atheist",
like, "Oh, you don't-- you're an atheist?
You don't act like one."
If you replace that
with anything else,
you would understand immediately how offensive
that was, like, "Oh, you're not acting Jewish."
But, what did you think a Jewish person was
supposed to act like? That's deeply offensive.
So, you know what? If anyone says
that to me, my first question is:
"Oh, I'm sorry I'm not
acting like an atheist."
"What did you think
I should--"
"How did you think
I should be acting?"

Spanish: 
"¿Qué entiendes que debería
hacer como ateo?"
Deja que respondan esa pregunta.
Deja que pasen por tontos.
Eso no se pregunta.
¿Y sabes qué? Si estás
actuando como un ateo,
no quiere decir mucho, porque los ateos
no creen en dioses y, encima de eso, todos
actuamos de manera muy diferente.
Por suerte, estás conociendo a alguien que es una buena persona y trata de hacer el bien en este mundo.
Es todo lo que tenemos.
No hay vida después de la muerte.
Por fortuna, te has topado
con una buena persona, pero
si vas a
preguntar eso,
piensa antes
de decirlo, porque
si alguien te preguntara:
"Oh, ¿eres cristiano?
Pues, no actúas
como uno".
Es probable que tú también
te molestes un poco.
Mi nombre es Hemant Mehta y escribo
en FriendlyAtheist.com
Por favor, deja tus
comentarios aquí debajo.

English: 
"What do you think I should
be doing as an atheist?"
Let them answer that question.
Let them make a fool of themselves, because
that's not a question
anyone ought to ask.
You know what? And if you are
acting like an atheist,
it means very little, because atheists don't believe
in gods and, after that, we all act very differently.
Hopefully, you're meeting someone who's just a
good person who tries to do good for this world.
Because that's all we have here.
There's no afterlife.
So, hopefully you're meeting
a good person, but
if you're asking
that question,
just think before
you say it, because
if anyone said that to you,
like, "Oh, you're a Christian?
Well, you're not acting
like one."
I think you would probably be
a little upset by that as well.
My name is Hemant Mehta and I write
at FriendlyAtheist.com
Please, leave
your comments below.
