If
an atheist is in the government, he brings his own personal beliefs with him.The most intolerant people in this country are the unreligious.
Not exact matches
I don't see a problem with an
atheist as president, we have an
atheist prime minister and the
government still functions superficially a mormon
in the top job should
be no real problem except would you really like to have a president who wears secret underwear?
The
government, the Supreme Court actually, you know, the one made up of christians and jews but no
atheists, said one religion could not
be taught to the exclusion of others, and they said ID
is not science, just religious creationism
in disguise, so can not
be taught as science.
There
are hundreds (probably thousands) of
atheists working
in government today, but literally none of them admit it because it would
be political suicide.
why do
atheist care what I believe
in if you
are built on logic then logically the
government would fail science would fail.
Yes, us
atheists could
be more polite, but believers need to take that big step past childish beliefs and / or practice their silliness
in private (as
in stop pushing their beliefs into politics and
government).
The «
government enshrinement of the cross
was an impermissible mingling of church and state,» the American
Atheists say
in a press statement.
The point
is not trying to force people to believe the same as the
atheist; the point
is to respect all people, allow them to live as they believe best, and do not allow people
in positions of power or
government to force their religious beliefs upon others.
In 300 years the Roman Catholic Church will refer to these times as one in which the church was falsely and malignantly attacked by atheists, non-believers, evildoers, government and Satanic enemies of Christianit
In 300 years the Roman Catholic Church will refer to these times as one
in which the church was falsely and malignantly attacked by atheists, non-believers, evildoers, government and Satanic enemies of Christianit
in which the church
was falsely and malignantly attacked by
atheists, non-believers, evildoers,
government and Satanic enemies of Christianity.
@god — The reason many
atheists and agnostics appear «angry»
is because there
are many people
in government who want to push their religious beliefs on us.
It
's not
atheists in China that
are persecuting believers — it
's the Chinese
government — and they
're doing it to maintain control over the Chinese population, not to further some imagined international
atheist agenda.
Atheists talk about a secular state which
is where the
government doesn't interfere
in anyones religious freedom, and it doesn't endorse any particular religion (or none).
What
Atheists «hate»
is you Creationists lying on every turn, and threatening the sanity of the world by indoctrinating, abusing, and brainwashing your children, and introducing weird nutball to
government that
in turn
is a direct threat to the country, and the world.
And what the Chinese
government is doing
is no worse than what several theocracies around the world
are doing and what assholes like Rick Santorum would do
in the USA if given the chance — none of which
is supported by
atheists.
«It
is with regret that we tell our members and all of those who treasure free speech and the separation of religion and
government that American
Atheists and Adams Outdoor Advertising have mutually agreed to remove the billboards immediately,» Amanda Knief, American
Atheists» managing director, said
in a statement last week.
Iran
is lopsided to the extreme and
is a perfect example why a
government can not
be atheist or Christian etc.
in it
's rule.
As another example,
atheists have an irrational belief that the God of Abraham does nt exist, they have
governments controlled by their
atheists leaders (China, former Soviet Union), and an uneducated population living
in poverty, and I
'm not aware of them killing over 100million people
in the past 100 years alone..
We
're a colorful group, composed of members of the great right - wing conspiracy like me, old - time Southern Democrats, retired union stewards, tree huggers, school teachers, Jews, evangelicals,
atheists, Catholics ¯ but we
are united
in our passion for simple, honest
government, and that isn't a partisan issue.
The persecution of Christians
in the Soviet Union
was the result of the violently
atheist Soviet
government.
Putting up a paid for billboard stating an
atheist viewpoint
is «pushing your belief on other people» Yet putting a piece of debris
in the form of a tool of execution that has
been used by a religion for centuries on display on
government owned land using
government money
is somehow «not»?
Third, elected officials
are there to represent the elected, which does not mean if there
are not more
atheists in the
government that it points to discrimination, but to the vast majority of US citizens holding religious beliefs.
atheists complain when it
's in a
government building.
It
's important for
Atheists to
be heard because, as it stands currently
in this country,
Atheists are extremely underrepresented
in government.
For me, who started out my life as an evolutionary, nihilist,
atheist... It
is very good news that there
is a God, He
is good, He loves me, I
am not alone, He will never leave me or forsake me, He loves
being with me, I
'm can
be more myself with Him than without Him, He isn't afraid of my doubts, I
'm free to question anything, I
'm safe, death
is not the end, the earth will
be restored, we will see righteous
government, there will
be an end to war, I will get to
be a part of that restoration, I
am a part of it now, all I do now that
is of the kingdom shall remain, I will see the full fruit of that labor
in the world to come... Wow.
God
is great!!!! atheism
is total darkness and I cant wait soon we will
be able to stop all these
atheists dead
in their tracks because the
government cant make a law respecting religion.
Ron Paul
is a libertarian, almost like an
atheist: he does not believe
in «central
government».
Most
atheists are saying that we just don't want you to have your religion everywhere (
in the
government,
in our schools).
As an
atheist who believes
in secular
government (which
is what our country
was actually founded on, not «Christian» values; First amendment and all that), the quotes provided from evangelicals still come off as the caricature the article denies.
An
atheist (who incidentally
is also liberal, because lets keep
in mind
atheists can't legislate for
atheists beliefs because that doesn't make sense)
is all about legislating to keep
government out of the individuals lives.
For example, if a privately owned electric company, of which there
is only one
in the area, decides not to serve Christians, or Muslims, or
Atheists, should the
government force them to provide that service against their will?
A group called American
Atheists challenged this practice
in a 2005 lawsuit, arguing that the crosses
were an endorsement of Christianity by the Utah state
government, and therefore unconstitutional.