tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3381224391260954323.post8308697558905639667..comments2023-05-26T01:08:22.886-07:00Comments on The Religion Virus: Atheist Congressman Pete Stark: Tell it like it is!Craig A. Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10569974341270668010noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3381224391260954323.post-42903493272810647462011-06-02T09:11:08.503-07:002011-06-02T09:11:08.503-07:00Hoo boy. Makarios was being ironic.
It's no ...Hoo boy. Makarios was being ironic. <br /><br />It's no secret that many people in the world aspire to live in the U.S. If you still don't get it, he's saying that the religiosity of Americans has NOT damaged our quality of life. <br /><br />Of course, what he ignores is this: One of the great features of American life, and one of the things that makes it such a desirable place to live, is our religious freedom. <br /><br />But that freedom is under threat. <br /><br />Many Americans would like to stifle the religious freedom of other Americans by imposing THEIR religious doctrines on the nation as a whole. <br /><br />We see that in the draconian anti-choice laws that have recently been passed by various state legislatures. We see it in efforts to "restore" prayer in public schools, to remove barriers between church and state, and to teach our children (falsely) that America's founders were Bible-Believing evangelical Christians. <br /><br />America has no state religion. We are a nation of many creeds. Some of us have no creed. But these "patriotic Christians" want to change it to fit into their own sectarian evangelical Christian image.<br /><br />Behind the pious claims, they want their evangelical Christian beliefs enacted into law. <br /><br /><br />THAT is the real threat to America.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3381224391260954323.post-9417406160916511572009-06-11T12:45:02.086-07:002009-06-11T12:45:02.086-07:00"I think most people just choose to ignore wh..."I think most people just choose to ignore what a horrible place to live the United States is,"<br /><br />Um, you either have a very bad conception of the US, or a very bad definition of horrible. Listen, I'm an atheist who's annoyed by Christians as much as anyone, and there are certainly criticisms to be made of America, but please. If you think anything that's wrong with America makes it a horrible place to live, you obviously aren't aware of how large and diverse the country actually is.Jawajoeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17048038256060799930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3381224391260954323.post-56619327698148548952009-06-11T12:39:20.972-07:002009-06-11T12:39:20.972-07:00I think most people just choose to ignore what a h...I think most people just choose to ignore what a horrible place to live the United States is, and all because of Christianity. I mean, for how many hundred years now have people simply refused to even consider moving there?Thesauroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13305052511095551483noreply@blogger.com