If I meet someone who calls me a "bright", I'll beat the hell out of them

[WillyBrandt]

I am an atheist, not a bright. Bright is some bullshit, pat-yourself-on-the-back, sissy term that no proper human being would ever indulge.

[Fenris]

1. Agreed. I hate that fucking elitist term.

[Taverner]

2. Um...what's a bright?

[WillyBrandt]

3. It's what some people who are atheists like to call themselves

instead of simply "atheist"

[DrWeird]

4. Yeah, it's as bad as "saint" or "saved" or...

"god's chosen people."

[BurtWorm]

5. As a bright, I don't believe in hell!

:evilgrin:

(I don't really call myself a "bright." Just being an evil bastid!)

[nemo137]

6. Right. The same way I'm a Christian,

not a "saint." I really loathe that self congradulating bullshit that you see, both from the more arrogant brand of Atheists and the smarmier Christians.

[DemBones DemBones]

7. I agree that it's a dopey term, just

told someone in GD it was the way to make atheists REALLY hated.

Saying "I'm a bright" implies "And you're a dumb shit theist who believes in something you can't see." Not helpful in furthering dialogue.

It really is, as has already been said, way too much like Christians who refer to themselves as "saved" or "saints."

[NoodleBoy]

8. word...

...couldn't believe that this wasn't some fruity nightmare I was having when I first read about "bright."

Of all the names I've heard, the ones which sound more distinguished, someone chooses 'bright.'

It was supposed to be like the whole "gay" thing, to have a word which didn't have a negative conotation (like atheist) which you could call yourself.

And besides, "agnostic nontheist" sounds so much more dignified, although I still shorten that to atheist for clarification.

[midnight armadillo]

10. It makes one wonder

You'd think a group of people who consider themselves smarter than the average bear for being atheists would have realized that the term 'bright' is impossibly lame. Lame. LAME. I cringe every time I see it in print, and I think I'd probably die of embarrassment on behalf of someone who actually used it in conversation with me.

Call yourself a bright and you suck all the cool out of the room.

:puke: :puke::puke::puke::puke:

[Liberal Classic]

9. So would a gay atheist be

Rainbow Bright?

:evilgrin: