Orwell wrote:
skafather84 wrote:
it's frightening because i'm an atheist who is facing more and more of a threat from a more and more theocratic government. i'm only fighting the obvious problems. conditioning people to accept the country as a theistic government is a big problem for me and for anyone who doesn't fall under the accepted judeo-christian umbrella.
skafather, you are delusional. You are not being threatened, and the government is not getting "more and more theocratic." The secular principle is thriving in American civil society and is only likely to strengthen as time goes on. The biggest grievance you have is 3 syllables in the Pledge of Allegiance, which is only recited by schoolchildren? You're pretty well off, then. The courts consistently rule in favor of secular principles and show no indication that they will deviate from that pattern in the foreseeable future.
I grow tired of the delusions of persecution on both sides. Republicans and Democrats both think they are being oppressed by the other, and it seems the same is true of Christians and atheists. Look, the reality is that in America, your freedom of conscience is quite secure, and always will be. Relax.
faith based initiatives is a recent example of my freedoms being eroded away. my tax money is going to support church programs. i'm not a parishoner, i'm not even of that faith* but my money goes to them all the same.
that's the slow decline of freedom.
*check the numbers but i'm fairly sure a significant majority (i last looked this up 3 or so years ago) goes to christian programs including abstinence only programs (many of which teach that condoms are worthless and discourage condom use) while the scraps are mostly picked up by hebrew programs.
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02 Dec 2008, 6:06 pm
