akflightmedic
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This thread is for a casual discussion amongst atheists in EMS, and whether/how this affects your views on your profession.
I also wonder whether you have ever felt friction with partners or members of EMS about this issue. I've found most people to be fairly respectful of it, if a little condescending at times. It's more often my sexuality or left wing views that get me into trouble!
I have to agree, I have experienced some friction as an atheist in EMS, especially when I tell my opinion of others beliefs when asked; for example this one time when discussing Christianity with my EMS coworkers inside the EMS station while on duty, I told this example as my summation of the Christian religion:
"Over a billion people claim to believe that a 2000 year old cosmic, Jewish zombie, born of a virgin mother; will offer you eternal life if you symbolically eat his flesh, drink his blood and telepathically accept him as your master so he can remove an evil force, present on all humans because a woman who was made from the rib of a man, who was constructed of dust, was convinced by a talking snake, to eat a cursed apple, from a magical tree growing in a mystical garden a little while after the universe was created around 6000 years ago."
The were not ok with my description and insisted I had it all wrong. It led to some friction between me, an atheist in EMS and my EMS co workers while on EMS duty in the EMS station, but it did lead to some interesting discussions.