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| Tony Blair: Politicians underestimate religion |
| 2011-09-19 |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #8 Aris, I'm glad to see y'all have fixed all the troubles in Greece, so you have plenty of time to troll here. |
| Posted by: Barbara 2011-09-19 22:44 |
| #7 bye Aris. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-09-19 21:37 |
| #6 as far as an atheist pity party, count me out. If you want to "believe" in that, fine. Why do atheists then do their best to make sure everyone "deluded" enough to follow a deist religion can't? Intolerance is the atheist way |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-09-19 21:36 |
| #5 that's not a real cite. Find a major media citation |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-09-19 21:32 |
| #4 http://www.positiveatheism.org/writ/ghwbush.htm Chicago, Illinois, on August 27, 1987 "No, I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. This is one nation under God." |
| Posted by: Aris Katsaris 2011-09-19 21:22 |
| #3 show a cite for the Bush Sr comment. A real cite |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-09-19 21:12 |
| #2 "no mo uro", there in America, I've still not seen a single presidential candidate that has dared proclaim themselves atheist or agnostic. Not even a *leftist* presidential candidate. I've not seen a single presidential candidate, left-wing or right-wing, that hasn't *emphasized* their religious (and Christian) faith instead. So where is this sense of persecution that you have coming from? From the fact that evolution is taught at public schools, is that the kind of "bigotry" we're talking about? That Christians are not allowed to destroy the teaching of science by teaching kids in public schools that the world was created 4000 BC? Is that the outright bigotry? On the other hand, you have people Bush Sr saying that atheists perhaps shouldn't be recognized as citizens. That's not bigotry for some reasons. You probably consider that just good sense. So, no, the American political system (leftist or right-wing) isn't bigoted against Christians -- it's bigoted against atheists. And if you want to prove me wrong, just show me a self-proclaimed atheist presidential candidate. |
| Posted by: Aris Katsaris 2011-09-19 21:03 |
| #1 Well, Besoeker, here in America leftist politicians and their NPR-listening pseudointellectual toadies have taken it to the next level. "Underestimate" is superseded by "outright bigotry". |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2011-09-19 17:10 |