Bonus points if the atheist decides, in a moment of vulnerability, that Maybe Miracles Do Happen After All.
Also, nobody ever LIKES being an atheist in Hollywood. If you do find a Hollywood atheist who somehow actually doesn't believe in god, they still think the Christian god would be a GREAT thing to have but they just can't believe it because they are cynical.
There's also that false dichotomy presented between atheism and the Judeo-Christian god. Atheists rarely are required to justify themselves against Hinduism or Voodoo or any religion practiced largely by nonwhite folk, and yet Hollywood people just can't IMAGINE what objections they might have to White Western God. Which to me sounds like, "Well, obviously you don't believe in djinn or leprechauns or the chupacabra, but WHAT THE HELL DO YOU HAVE AGAINST UNICORNS NOT TO BELIEVE IN THEM?!"
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Also, nobody ever LIKES being an atheist in Hollywood. If you do find a Hollywood atheist who somehow actually doesn't believe in god, they still think the Christian god would be a GREAT thing to have but they just can't believe it because they are cynical.
There's also that false dichotomy presented between atheism and the Judeo-Christian god. Atheists rarely are required to justify themselves against Hinduism or Voodoo or any religion practiced largely by nonwhite folk, and yet Hollywood people just can't IMAGINE what objections they might have to White Western God. Which to me sounds like, "Well, obviously you don't believe in djinn or leprechauns or the chupacabra, but WHAT THE HELL DO YOU HAVE AGAINST UNICORNS NOT TO BELIEVE IN THEM?!"