When do you think people will finally start to understand atheism?
Alright, so a couple of days ago I was talking to a friend of mine in class. And we began to talk about religion. Now I'm far from the kind of person that likes to showcase my views on things, But I told him I was an Atheist. He Actually didn't believe me at first, and said that people have to take a oath to become an atheist. We literally argued about this for 5 whole minutes before I finally said lets go to an computer and get google the definition. after I showed him what atheism actually is, He still retained doubt. I just said forget it, and ended the conversation on it there.
What I'm asking is how long will people remain that ignorant on atheism. It's not like he's dumb when it comes to other topics. He says He's a christian and he never even read the bible. And when I told him and another friend I read it They Laughed. Oh yeah and I forgot to mention one of the guys laughing has a tattoo that says "blessed" on his chest. And he never read the bible. That's just stupid to me, But I kinda want to know what other people think about this.
Tom Sarbeck
Strega and others, might there be a correlation between pledging allegiance to flags (rather than to laws) and religiosity? And between either of those and the immaturity of childhood?
A US Supreme Court decision (Minersville v. Gobitis, 1940) held the flag salute to bring children into the political culture. There followed record levels of violence against the Jehovah Witnesses, and even those who'd supported the 1940 decision (such as the jingoist American Legion) joined to get a reversal, which the Court gave us in 1943.
A book is about to be published (One Nation Under God, by Princeton history prof Kevin Kruse) that describes the 20-year-long effort to add "under God" to the Pledge. It began soon after an attempt by a few wealthy men (who admired Mussolini's fascism) to overthrow the Roosevelt admin failed. (Google Smedley Butler, the retired marine who reported the plot.) During the 1930s Depression, these wealthy men wanted to shore up capitalism, and hired ministers to talk up a connection between religion and patriotism. They found "under God" in Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and brought it back to life. Many Yanks are still children, and angrily demand the right to remain so.
The book's full title may be "One Nation Under God: Corporations, Christianity, and the Rise of the Religious Right".
Oct 23, 2012
Corey Nemec
When the idea that enforcing your beliefs upon billions of children when they are born is when all major religions will forfeit their claim of being completely correct.
But as far as understanding, I suggest that as a whole most of the world is indeed starting to understand Atheism. The problem is allowing it to be true or acceptable. Think of it as trying to put an ant in the forefront of a large spider environment with deadly attacking enemies. Athiest's being the ant, it would take the over turning of a lot of hard-headed peoples minds on the fact that they intrinsically are inherently incorrect or wrong. It will be an enormous task that will take a very long time indeed. But if you keep sticking up against religion and staying in a logical mind-frame, people just may slowly come around to your ideas.
Oct 31, 2012
Tiffany Willoughby
i dont know, but people are retards for not getting it. atheism is just the absence of god. and if hes a christian who has never read the bible that shows how stupid he actually is. he believes something he knows nothing about. ask him why he is a christian. ask him why he believes what he does. question his beliefs.
Nov 26, 2012