Why so many Xtians?
(-1)^1/2
Why are there so many Xtians and so few Athiests?
The Xtians we see on TV in the NG represent a small population of the
US. There existance can easily be explained that a certian percent of
people are just plain ignant. But the vast majority of peopl aren't
really stupid. They don't adhere to Xtian priciples (certianly not in
the way fundies they want them to). Yet they claim that they "Believe".
I know many learned individuals at work who fall into this category.
Why is this so? I believe it is because for some reason society makes
this illogical equivalemcy between faith and morals. Without the first,
you can't be the second. Who the hell wants to be labeled immoral?
When I anounced at work that my kids were not baptized, I got the
evil-eye from many. We as athiests need to dispell this notion. Once
this immoral kinship is dissolved, we will see many "closet athiests"
come out.
ATHIESTS: The Last Minority.
krisfish
IMO, fear is a motivation, in addition to the false "atheism =
immorality" notion. People fear atheism because, though many do not
believe much or most of their religions' teachings, they *do* believe in
god, or, at least, really *want* to believe in god. The idea that
he/she/it might not exist is frightening to them; an atheist is a
physical reminder of that fear.
Many of my friends aren't what you would call "religious", but some
little part of them believes that god exists and that they, themselves,
will exist forever, in one form or another. I can argue with them over
the particulars of a specific religion, and they are none the worse.
However, when I mention the dreaded "a" word, they become glassy-eyed,
irrational, emotional, or they whack me over the head with something.
It's like I've run into an invisible wall with "god was here"
spray-painted across it.
> ATHIESTS: The Last Minority.
Does that mean we can get "Atheism Scholarships"?
--krisfish
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Rev. Chuck
Mattheq wrote:
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> In article <33FCF9...@concentric.net>, krisfish <unf...@concentric.net>
> wrote:
> > > ATHIESTS: The Last Minority.
> > Does that mean we can get "Atheism Scholarships"?
>
> --
> "And then, one Thursday nearly two thousand years after one man had been
> nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be to be nice to people for a change..."
You know, a kid _still_ can't join the Boy Scouts if he's an atheist. Say, doesn't that
organization receive federal grants via the United Way?
Mattheq
Rev. Chuck
Mattheq wrote:
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> In article <33FD19...@erols.com>, "Rev. Chuck" <c....@erols.com> wrote:
> > Say, doesn't that organization receive federal grants via the United Way?
>
> included) and they never /asked/ me if I was religious. I don't think I was
> an Atheist back then, but no one ever asked.
>
> Mattheq
> --
Seems to be. Our scout oath contains a "reverence" clause. Yours?
Mattheq
Dave Haas
Its how things have changed in the U.S. in the last 40 years. When I
was a kid I also was a boy scout. There were references to God and
country etc. in the pledges that we had to say but everyone let it go by
without saying anything even if they weren't religious. Me included. I
figured it was just the way most other people thought and 'twas no big
deal. Besides I was a kid and didn't give a damn. I was too busy
having fun and thinking about girl scouts. Its the parents that get
bent all out of shape about this kind of stuff today.
I teach at a Southern University (historically black) and it gets me all
upset when during convocation, graduation and other ceremonies we have
some preacher saying prayers and the choir singing church hymns. The
jewish professors get nauseated. I'm waiting for somebody to say
something about it. It ain't gona be me! I'm not in to confrontation
any more. This thing is part of the culture in the south and I'm a
yankee.
Mattheq
In article <33FE0E...@erols.com>, "Rev. Chuck" <c....@erols.com> wrote:
> Seems to be. Our scout oath contains a "reverence" clause. Yours?
I've forgotten. There might have been a mention. The closest thing to an
oath I can remember is "We do our best". We soemtimes went to church, but
it wasn't like a seriously compulsory thing.
Mattheq
Crash
(-1)^1/2 <X^2+Y^2@Z^2.net> wrote in article <5tgdm8$2...@news.enter.net>...
> Why are there so many Xtians and so few Athiests?
>
If you watch the Discovery channel you already know: proper population
balance has many prey for each predator...
-- Crash
Crash
Rev. Chuck <c....@erols.com> wrote in article <33FD19...@erols.com>...
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> You know, a kid _still_ can't join the Boy Scouts if he's an atheist.
Say, doesn't that
> organization receive federal grants via the United Way?
>
Well adjusted Atheist boys do not seek divine inspiration through the
medium of homosexual pedophilia. Therefore most atheist boys would not
want to join the buttscouts...
-- Crash