So some atheist groups on college campuses have been setting up "graveyards" for what they view as "dead gods". They're trying to make a point that just because your religion (presumably Christianity or Islam, since obviously other religions don't exist) is widespread today, it doesn't mean it won't "die" sometime in the future.
You can see one of them here:
Atheists, Humanists, & Agnostics (AHA!): God Graveyard (They've done it this year, too. Apparently it's becoming somewhat of a Halloween ritual for them.)
Obviously, as a Heathen, I find this very offensive, demeaning and ignorant. Obviously, pretty much all of those Gods are still worshiped today, and some never ceased being worshiped. Sure, many of Them have smaller followings these days, but the following is still there. To us, these Gods are very much alive and as vibrant and healthy as ever. (Also, in polytheistic systems, numbers really don't matter. The Gods don't tend to be "greedy" for worshipers and we don't tend to seek converts. We are not exclusivists and do not seek to replace or destroy other religions.)
The ironic thing is that these groups are behaving with the same mentality as the narrow-minded Christians and Muslims (not that all Christians and Muslims are that way) they claim to oppose. They have the same worldview and accept the same false history. Apparently they believe that the historical worshipers of those Gods simply dropped their worship after finding it "silly" and "useless". They apparently don't realize the massive cultural genocides that have taken place all throughout the globe where native folkways and even people were wiped out and subjugated.
They are also shooting themselves in the foot since they are alienating potential allies. Many Pagans are progressive and ardently support the separation of church and state. All movements have their ugly side and this is the ugly side of the "New Atheist" movement. It's just as stupid and narrow-minded as the people they claim to oppose. They are just the flip side of the coin and have the same mentality. They feed off of each other and need other to survive.
They have not demonstrated that they have thrown off the shackles of narrow, dogmatic thinking. They do not deserve to wield the title of "freethinker".
Also, these are college students, which speaks volumes about the dreadful state of American education.
