<p>This is a very important question for me. How comfortable can you be if you are not Christian, and/or an atheist, at Davidson</p>
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<p>Quite comfortable. There is an active though small Islamic community and a Jewish student organization. If being an atheist makes you intolerant of believers that might not be a good fit but if you simply mean that you are not a believer yourself but are comfortable with a diversity of belief, then you should be fine. I don't think it is a confrontational place.</p>
<p>I just don't want anyone insisting I'm going to hell or some equivalent. I have no problem with other people believing---that's most of the world obviously</p>
<p>I think it is unlikely that you will meet many, if any, people who will tell you what to believe or what will happen to you if you don't believe what they believe. I have the sense you have not visited Davidson and are falling for a "conservative/religious/southern" stereotype perpetuated in college guidebooks. Davidson looks and feels like any upscale small school in an upscale small town--be it Kenyon/Gambier or Williams/Williamstown.</p>
<p>YEAH That s just what I wanted to hear...............I loved Davidson when I visited.</p>
<p>I can assure you that Davidson is nothing like Williams... I spent a hefty amount of time at Davidson and have visited and have close friends at williams. It's a different atomosphere. From the student perspective, I can tell you that there are some people who are more accepting than others at Davidson. In some cases, you may need to "state your case" regarding your religion. While Davidson is somewhat accepting, IT IS NOTHING,I repeat NOTHING like the often flaming liberal college campuses in the North. You may be slightly uncomfortable, and that's something to take into account. I sometimes felt uncomfortable and I don't consider myself to be atheist.</p>
<p>I was a Williams parent for four years; the schools are not as different as Williams folks might like to think.</p>
<p>I attended Davidson. Being a student at a school is not the same as being a parent at one.</p>
<p>I am a junior at Davidson, an agnostic, despite being raised as an episcopalian, and I have never encountered religion as being a big deal here. There are those for whom it is important and those for whom it is not, it is not 'in your face'. Mattmom has it right.</p>