I don't attend Bright, atheist, humanist, etc. meetings. In my experience, as soon as you label yourself anything, you come under attack. I have been a materialist all my life and as soon as I let anyone know that, I come under attack. Unless you belong to one tribe or another, you are attacked by all of them. Atheists, Brights, etc. assail me for not taking a stand and siding with them. Religious people say I am evil and damned because I don't believe in their gods. Frankly, all these assailants strike me as being barbaric regardless of which tribe they belong to. There are people of all persuasions who are not hostile, but as soon as they collect as a group and speak with a group's voice, they quickly identify their 'enemy' and go on the attack. Perhaps in 10, 000 years or so the situation may change, but frankly I doubt it.

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