Samuel Skinner :I didn't say they did. I said it's not a position to take that inherently poses a danger to others. It's a theological viewpoint. The application of that viewpoint would be politics.“Being religious is definitely unsexy, that is the whole point, surrendering one’s life totally to a unitary, spiritual and immortal being- what does God know from sex anyway?”
Yes, because people NEVER die during illegal abortions…
Were these legislated? I'll have to look it up. And I was thinking more of the here and now, since the atheism we're discussing is also newer.Anti-vaccine campaign in the 1800s.
Use of ether for childbirth.
What quote? I'm not too familiar with him.Don’t make me quote Felipe Perez Roque.
It may not have been called that in name, but Stalin didn't send people to Siberia for vacation.The USSR has never practiced slavery.
John Smith :I don't think all atheists are this way. I've even nuanced this point to such fineness that I even think some atheist evangelicals can be okay, so long as their arguments are well thought out and not ridiculing or disrespecting the beliefs of others.Add this to the fact that you’re complaining about atheists being “radical” and “aggressive” when they are far less aggressive than what is normally seen by adherents of traditional religion, and it’s hard to escape the conclusion that your only point has always been a hit piece against atheists.
I live my life as an atheist and am philosophically agnostic. Nice try, though.Maybe the problem here is that you have trouble handling the challenge to traditional religious privileges presented by secular atheists.
vfilipch :It was also official state policy that people weren't locked up for speaking out against the government, just the goals of Communism. I seem to recall from my studies that people were locked up for both.To those who claims that Soviet Unin was an “officially atheist” state.
It is a lie. People, who claim that, are confusing ideology of the Communist Party and Soviet Union as a state.
Bruce Gorton :Finally! I agree with those, though I would argue that the first was more motivated by fear than the second. And I'd still like to see something more recent.There was legislation banning witchcraft - leading to the Salem witch trials.
Another example of Christian legislation: Prohibition. It was based upon a Christian women’s movement trying to legislate their morality, and resulted in the rise of the mafia.
And then there are all of those state constitutions where atheists aren’t allowed to hold office.
Don :I don't think that all evangelical Christians are the same. Nor do I think this of evangelical atheists (for lack of a better term). But those who try to ridicule others for their belief, or try to force their beliefs down others throats, I would throw in the same column.Would these “radical atheists” be akin to evangelical christians - like say James Dobson? And if the christians get their radical crazies, why can’t the atheists have theirs?
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