tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post4721593524482352013..comments2023-10-24T04:29:23.693-06:00Comments on Atheist Ethicist: Paula Zahn and Atheist Discrimination, Take 2Alonzo Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-10485521290956546512007-02-14T23:21:00.000-07:002007-02-14T23:21:00.000-07:00I caught the first discussion of atheism but not t...I caught the first discussion of atheism but not the second. First, this roundtable business of Paul's is bad, bad, bad, right to the core. Not just on this issue, but in general. It's just a crap show. Second, I am not Christian, I am a Gnostic Pagan. And though I do believe in higher powers, I was also completely disgusted with that first segment. I was especially shocked to hear a black woman saying "Atheists should shut up". It never ceases to amaze me when black people -- who will complain about prejudice and racism til the cows come home -- whip around and say prejudiced things like that. It makes no sense to me. The other woman agreeing with her made it worse. The Constitution does indeed guarantee us freedom FROM religion. To say anything else is bullshit. I don't agree with atheists on spiritual matters, but we often agree when it comes to the role of religion in the public sphere. I feel that your religion (or lack thereof) is your business and no one else's. Keep it to yourself and I'll keep mine to myself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-65236917986613043842007-02-13T17:29:00.000-07:002007-02-13T17:29:00.000-07:00Maybe American Atheists should push for a dual ple...Maybe American Atheists should push for a dual pledge similar to that in Australia. See a recent blogpost of mine:<BR/><BR/>http://nautblog.blogspot.com/2007/02/australian-citizenship-pledge.htmlSean Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14485575602984697926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-23550752734786645072007-02-13T12:12:00.000-07:002007-02-13T12:12:00.000-07:00Let me add one more snappy line.(1) How about judg...Let me add one more snappy line.<BR/><BR/>(1) How about judging my morality by how I act rather than whether I pray to your God?Alonzo Fyfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-11895884021920320492007-02-13T10:55:00.000-07:002007-02-13T10:55:00.000-07:00"(a) Inferring morality from a disposition to pray..."(a) Inferring morality from a disposition to pray is as bigoted as inferring criminality from the color of one’s skin.<BR/><BR/>...<BR/><BR/>(c) We are a Christian nation in the same sense that we are a white nation, and it no more justifies bigotry against non-Christians than it justifies bigotry against non-Whites."<BR/><BR/>Were Reverend Uncle-Tom McManly-Man to let anybody else get a word in edgewise, I wish Ellen had said these things. Take that Jesse Jackson.Aerikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06757043033204620563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-33147479642710715662007-02-13T02:40:00.000-07:002007-02-13T02:40:00.000-07:00AmenAmenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com