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Atheist Week on Facebook – from an apartment in Ottawa

Some people on Facebook are running a campaign this week they're calling 'A'theist Week on Facebook. The idea is to raise awareness of atheism by asking atheists to assert themselves by simply changing their profile photos to the Out Campaign's scarlet letter A for the week of March 29 - April 6, 2010. Here's the advertisement I posted on my wall:

An atheist is a person who does not believe the statement, "God exists".

In the 2001 Census, "No religious affiliation" accounted for 16.5% of the population in Canada. That's more than Jews, Muslims, Sikhs, and all other non-Christians combined (6.4%). It's more than seniors (13%), more than teachers (Social science, education, government service and religion: 7.7%), more than aborigional peoples (3.3%), and more than all visible minorities combined (16%). And it's growing: a Harris-Decima poll conducted in 2008 found that fewer than 75% of Canadians believe in a god.

Atheists disagree with each other constantly. We share neither god, nor leader, nor political ideology. We argue over what to call ourselves. We are not left-wing or right-wing. We are not a fringe group. We are not baby-eaters. We are your neighbours, your co-workers, your relatives, and your friends. We are Canadian, we are citizens, and we expect to be taken seriously.