tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post4971257875528246290..comments2023-10-24T04:29:23.693-06:00Comments on Atheist Ethicist: On Scouts and LiesAlonzo Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-28925047489424785792008-02-18T06:38:00.000-07:002008-02-18T06:38:00.000-07:00Very interesting. Just recently I've learnt that B...Very interesting. Just recently I've learnt that Barack Obama has been an atheist and later converted to Christianity. If you want to become President of the United States, you must be oath-fit, I suppose. After this post, his (re-)conversion makes sense to me.Christianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09160555681387976338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-2006536865003008332008-02-18T00:18:00.000-07:002008-02-18T00:18:00.000-07:00Excellent post. I can't fathom atheists or anybod...Excellent post. I can't fathom atheists or anybody else who would advocate lying to get into an organization that practices discrimination against them. Being a lesbian atheist that means there are plenty of such groups and organizations that would try to exclude me. I'd much rather fight the system to make it inclusive (if it's tax-dollar supported) or tell them to flake off. <BR/><BR/>Ironically, I just blogged about the BSA and their bigotry against gays and atheists in the wake of a new book by TX governor Rick Perry. Gov. Perry can't seem to figure out why exclusion is a bad thing and that the ACLU doesn't hate Christians. But then he's a RRRW gasbag so why would he?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-24649282505213612052008-02-14T20:44:00.000-07:002008-02-14T20:44:00.000-07:00Great post! I was a Boy Scout in the US, and trut...Great post! I was a Boy Scout in the US, and truthfully I didn't even realize it was a Christian organization when I was young, and I hadn't even really considered the question of my own beliefs at the time.<BR/><BR/>I have small children and have considered that while it would be a benefit to them overall to belong to the scouts, I'm not comfortable with that. The scouts promote a world view in religion that I find unsupportable, and I don't want my children being required to recite pledges to god when they aren't even old enough to realize what that means.<BR/><BR/>I think I will probably end up finding or starting a group that does similar activities, but accepts children from any background. We could even do some study of comparative religions...bet you won't find anything like that in most scout troops.Dravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07730627118273038124noreply@blogger.com