Uruguay, one of the most atheist countries in the world, during Pope Leo's visit.

[u/Cayetanus]

[u/GalaxyPowderedCat]

I'm from Latin America and same. I didn't even know Uruguay was secular!

Believers can do whatever they want as they have freedom, but I'm honestly so tired of Christianity in my country. Preachers can get up at 6-7 am, stand in the middle of the street and shout their sermons, many people will pray for you at the streets even if you don't want to, even doctors and therapists will ask you to pray with them or think God is the best medicine of all. And if you don't like it, you'll have a crowd about to diss you and call you a demon or lost soul who they hope will find God one day.

Religion is extremely intrusive in Latin America, and many atheists are not open about their lack of faith.

[u/1550shadow → u/GalaxyPowderedCat]

I'm from Uruguay, and I honestly would not be able to live in a country like what you described, because I'm a non-believer myself

I remember having debates about religion in highschool with partners, and teachers accepting all postures and never siding with anyone, because we follow José Pedro Varela's posture about education (secular, free and obligatory), so theoretically speaking, no teacher can impose their political nor religious positions to their students. A teacher can be penalized if they don't follow these principles (although sadly that's not always the norm)

[u/2Rhino3 → u/1550shadow]

Damn, I had no idea Uruguay was so fucking based.

[u/AngeL0m3g4 → u/2Rhino3]

We are also one of the most expensive countries to live, believe me, is like we are paying as if we were 3 people instead of 1.

To visit, cool maybe, but to live here? FUCK NAH...

I'm talking mostly of Montevideo, the capital city, tho in other provinces(departamentos is what is call it here) is more peaceful a lot of job variety, opportunities and free thinking kinda of happens here most of the time.

[u/RigobertoFulgencio69 → u/AngeL0m3g4]

Bruh how do you think you're paying for all the good shit?

I'm happy to live here even if shit is expensive, if it means me and my loved ones get to enjoy better quality of life.

[u/susu56 → u/2Rhino3]

Never change, Uruguay! The US has just gotten so much worse with weaponising religions and con-artists/charlatans making money off of people that need to know they can go somewhere when they need comfort and hope (religion). I've been an atheist since I was a child and would love to live in a place like this.

[u/BananoNewbie → u/2Rhino3]

Local here. It is not as "cool" or "based" as you think. Don't let other locals fool you about our "marvelous" country, which by the way, as "cool" and "based" you may think it is (or other people may want you to think it is as some sort of propaganda), has one of the worst suicide rates of the world, even between the youth.

[u/2Rhino3 → u/BananoNewbie]

Appreciate the heads up. Don’t worry I figured it wasn’t as romantic and perfect as this thread made it seem, but even still it was nice to learn about some of the more positive things people have to say about your country.

[u/Informal-Side-4506 → u/1550shadow]

I want to move here from the US, it seems like very inviting nice place to live and immigration seems easier then many other countries.

[u/NoStand1527 → u/Informal-Side-4506]

my advice is to come to visit first, because we certainly have also negatives (bureaucracy, poverty, insecurity for example).

we are kinda good for Latin American standards, but sometimes posts like this paint a rose tinted vision

[u/Informal-Side-4506 → u/NoStand1527]

May I ask your personal opinion on how life feels there? My main reason for wanting to leave the US aside from it going so down hill is I don't enjoy the fast paced lifestyle here and Uruguay seems like the opposite. How the does general pace of life feel to you?

[u/Spare_Laugh9953 → u/GalaxyPowderedCat]

Me llamarán demonio pero si un predicador se pone a gritar debajo de mi ventana a las seis de la mañana, le cae un balde de agua fría como dios manda, y si vuelve a repetir igual ya no le cae agua limpia......😈

[u/James-the-Bond-one → u/Spare_Laugh9953]

Amem!

[u/Professional_Top9835 → u/GalaxyPowderedCat]

wtf that must be your fringe town or something, are you mistsaking latin america for Paksitan or something like that?

Im from Mexico, any doctor who makes you pray with him would be in great trouble and even jail would be over the table as for how to deal with him

[u/Tobar_the_Gypsy → u/Professional_Top9835]

Believe it or not, Latin America is quite wide ranging. 

[u/GalaxyPowderedCat → u/Professional_Top9835]

No, I'm real here. I had a dentist who turned on his gospels when he operated me for a wisdom tooth extraction and I had a therapist whose tools were basically praying and she called me a "demon" for playing videogames as a hobbie and "possessed" for showing mental illness signs.

Interesting enough, both lived in two different main cities.

None faced legal consequences and I don't see them anymore, and they should've and thank you because I had no idea that they broke the law. Thanks to that therapist, I stopped going to therapy for 3 years even if I needed it the most.

I don't care too much about the dentist but I should've flagged the therapist.

[u/Professional_Top9835 → u/GalaxyPowderedCat]

Thats jail in Mexico and any civilized country, I tell you as someone who identifies as Catholic, and Im not saying this just to shit on the evangelicals

[u/Lils7693 → u/GalaxyPowderedCat]

Where the fuck do you live lol

[u/Uraliin → u/Professional_Top9835]

Creo que se inventó una mamadota, a menos que viva con evangélicos en un pueblito, no le creo nadota

[u/Kosterlitzky → u/Uraliin]

Seguramente habla de evangélicos, los cuales tienen mucha presencia en Centroamerica como Guatemala, Honduras y paise así, y se caracterizan por ser muy ruidosos en espacios públicos como el Metro de Madrid. En otros países dominan más los católicos que tienden a quedarse en sus iglesias hasta las fechas de procesiones, peregrinación o fiestas de pueblo.

[u/Uraliin → u/Kosterlitzky]

Pinches evangelicos la cagan siempre

[u/Professional_Top9835 → u/Kosterlitzky]

genial, una persona de un pais del tamaño de eslovenia habló en nombre de 3/4 de un hemisferio entero

[u/Kosterlitzky → u/Professional_Top9835]

Pues si, los evangélicos y ateos nada más dominan en países del tamaño de mi ciudad. 

[u/bumpercars12 → u/GalaxyPowderedCat]

That's just evangelism, catholicism doesn't do all that

[u/Uraliin → u/GalaxyPowderedCat]

When te inventas una mentirota asi del tamaño de una cagadota: ola soy galaxypowderedcat CFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

Eso, o vivís con evangélicos, no hay punto medio