Funny. Don’t some figures say that 11% of the US is atheist? Or maybe it was 16%. What’s that thing they have on computers to find information about things? Jesusoogle?
Atheism is not all inclusive. Most folks won’t come out and tell you they fail to believe in anything of the higher order.
So that number is probably pretty damn close to correct.
It’s too bad to lose a friend over something like that but it seems clear there was no mutual respect for different opinions. A friend just told me Saturday night she had to ask one of her neighbors who she considered a friend to please not forward the extreme right wing Emails that she considered hate mail. We’ll see how it affects the rest of their relationship. I have a sister who is a staunch republican and conservative Christian. We get to talk once a year when I go home but we seem to sense where the line is drawn so our love for one another is never in danger. In fact there’s usually some good natured teasing.
My latest tact is just to ask those who make political comments to defend their facts. It’s great if they love their country. Me too. Let’s talk about the facts.
Are you me? An alarming number of my classmates have found Jesus.
I haven’t seen too much really crazy or hateful stuff from most of them, and the ones I did see it from I de-friended immediately. I admire the OPs educational mission, but I don’t seek to emulate it. Not on facebook anyway, that’s not what it’s for.
I’ve gone ahead and hidden updates from a bunch of people whose updates tend to consist of praising Jesus, for the same reason I’ve hidden updates from the people whose updates tend to consist of praising little Timmy for pooping in the potty. It’s boring, and I don’t care.
So, where do you put your furniture?
You can be religious and still be against banning atheism. Just sayin’.
Oh I know that. I’m not saying everyone who voted not to ban it was an atheist. In fact, it’s kind of good to know that there’s that many level-headed people out there. Dumb enough to take a facebook poll, but not dumb enough to want to outlaw a particular mindset.
So here’s a question. If you remove someone from your friends list, are they notified?
Yes. My last breakup was pretty painful, and I didn’t want to see her picture every time I logged in to FB, so I unfriended her. A couple of days later, she sent me a “What the hell?” e-mail.
(When I explained why, she said she understood.)
I don’t think so, though it’s easy enough to figure out if they check their friends list and you’re no longer on it.
If you don’t want to see someone’s updates, but don’t want to offend them, just hide them. To the right of any update, there’s a “Hide” button. It allows you to hide people, quizzes, apps, whatever the update happens to be about.
Now you tell me.
No kidding. Thanks DianaG!
Liberal use of the hide button is essential for happy facebooking.
No, people on your friends list are definitely not notified when you de-friend them. Of course, if they try to view your profile and find out that your profile is restricted to friends-only, they will probably twig pretty quickly. But no actual notification is sent out.
Also, the Hide button only works on stuff in your feed. As far as I can tell, there is no way to hide stuff that shows up in your sidebar on the right-hand side of the screen. V. annoying.
I have respect for fact-based opinions. For someone who posts about how much he hates the socialist/fascist B. Hussein Obama, and how all decent patriots need to stop paying taxes and take up arms, there’s not enough common ground for a discussion. I was starting to wonder if he was secretly Crafter_Man… 
Regardless of how dearly you hold your opinions, one would think you’d hold your friendships dearer. I asked him nicely not to post long screeds on my page but he kept doing it, and on the lamest of pretexts. He did it to a couple of other people too, but he did it to me all the damn time. I started to wonder if he has a screw loose, because it was pretty monomaniacal. I find that behavior disrespectful and invasive, and I did not respond in kind, but privately asked him to please stop. Nope, he just couldn’t do it. So, he made it clear that he valued the sound of his own voice over our friendship. He knew damn well he was never going to convert me to his side, that we were not going to agree, esp. not with the tone he was taking. He was just shitting all over my Facebook page for disagreeing with him. I don’t need it.
I did hide his status updates, but he kept commenting on my status updates, links, and things that I posted, which you can’t hide, you can only delete. Also, everyone who can see your wall can see it. Bleah.
I’m with DianaG. Just hide her updates. If you unfriend someone who’s crazy with the Jesus, she’s going to come all after you with her ARMOR of the LORD!
Fundies love CAPS!
It’s quite possible she wasn’t notified but is someone who checked your page and looked at your list of friends and saw she wasn’t on there anymore.
That’s the amazing thing. if YOU (generic you) tell me that you’re at war over ideals, and I happen to hold the ideals that you’re at war with, then YOU are telling me that I am your enemy.
At no point is this my problem or my fault. You’re the jackass who decided to go to war against the world over your ideals.
I wish I could tell you the correct person to thank, because I’m pretty sure someone here taught me that, but my search-fu is weak today.
I am so completely stealing that.
Thanks!