Little things- such as brainwashing, conditioning- things that rarely happen.
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Little things- such as brainwashing, conditioning- things that rarely happen.
Beaudreaux
Well-Known Member
Oh, I can't stay mad at her. She's got that folksy, down home way about her. Plus she's loopy and has a rack like an 18 point buck. She's kind of my dream woman!
nonbeliever_92
Well-Known Member
balloonbasket
Member
Why not?
nonbeliever_92
Well-Known Member
Wannabe Yogi
Well-Known Member
Is this the reason you ignore my comments to you.
you said this.
I said this
You don't need to give me an answer it just makes your argument look unethical.
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Storm
ThrUU the Looking Glass
The non-religious are welcome here.
Wannabe Yogi
Well-Known Member
Atheist see themselves as a persecuted minority. And they are ! just read the Texas bill of rights.
Section 4 - Religious Tests
No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office, or public trust, in this State; nor shall anyone be excluded from holding office on account of his religious sentiments, provided he acknowledge the existence of a Supreme Being.
Texas Bill of Rights
As you can see Atheists are officially discriminated against in this country.
Kilgore Trout
Misanthropic Humanist
Nah, communism, like most institutions of indoctriation and control (e.g., christianity, islam), discourage free-thought - one of the most important things to most atheists.
Copernicus
Industrial Strength Linguist
Painter, the nation was founded by people of many different religious opinions, including religious iconoclasts such as Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Ben Franklin, Sam Adams, and others. The Constitution, whose language and philosophy was strongly influenced by the noted religious skeptic, David Hume, establishes a secular government that was approved by a majority Christian population. Agnostics and atheists have always had a legitimate place in society, although you do get outright attacks on them in some legal documents, such as the Texas so-called "Bill of Rights", and acts of Congress to insert anti-atheist messages on our money and in our Pledge of Allegiance. As an atheist, I do not see myself as having a "lowly position", and I do not blame Christians in general for persecution. I do resent those who try to use the government to impose their religious opinions on everyone else, regardless of whether they are believers or non-believers. I do not favor a government that promotes lack of religious belief. Rather, I favor one that offers no opinions on religious belief at all.
Apex
Somewhere Around Nothing
Does this somehow give them the right to act like *** holes?
Copernicus
Industrial Strength Linguist
The First Amendment covers everyone. Even atheists and agnostics.
Wannabe Yogi
Well-Known Member
Just to let you know I am not an Atheist. I am just of the belief that freedom of thought is a benefit to us all, believer and nonbeliever alike.
Apex
Somewhere Around Nothing
Completely missed my point.
Wannabe Yogi
Well-Known Member
No! and if you read my posts on this thread you will find that I dont like religion hating comments. All need to be treated with respect.
McBell
Unbound
No more so than a Bible or other religious text gives theists the right to be *** holes.
Kilgore Trout
Misanthropic Humanist
Don't think he did.
The point is we have the right to be as big of a-holes as religious people. Albeit, we rarely take it to that extreme.