tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post7312170019462509532..comments2024-03-28T07:02:04.892-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Atheism is bus-ting out!Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-70567234165268716822008-10-22T21:00:00.000-05:002008-10-22T21:00:00.000-05:00Thank you, Labrat! They're excellent articles. I...Thank you, Labrat! They're excellent articles. I've quoted from them and recommended them to all readers in tonight's post.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-80977375079388325902008-10-22T18:01:00.000-05:002008-10-22T18:01:00.000-05:00*glances at fellow atheist commenters**takes a wid...*glances at fellow atheist commenters*<BR/><BR/>*takes a wide step away*<BR/><BR/>Right... now that I'm back over in the territory of "there are more than twenty churches in this town of less than twenty thousand, it somehow remains devoted to science, and none of them have attempted a coup or a sectarian war"....<BR/><BR/>Given the perspective (which I wholly agree with) that you've put forth here, you might enjoy Stephen Dutch's essays on religion. The most germane one is <A HREF="http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/PSEUDOSC/WhatReligionCanCannotDo.HTM" REL="nofollow">"What Religion Can and Cannot Do"</A>, but the one linked at the bottom, "God's Grandchildren" is fascinating as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-3720222497626821732008-10-22T16:24:00.000-05:002008-10-22T16:24:00.000-05:00As my childhood pastor used to teach, the best way...As my childhood pastor used to teach, the best way to witness for the Christian faith was the live a Christian way of life. In other words, lead by example.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-19246633962305011602008-10-22T16:11:00.000-05:002008-10-22T16:11:00.000-05:00Great post! It's always nice to know there is a p...Great post! It's always nice to know there is a person who will be tolerant of my lack of beliefs as long as I tolerate his beliefs. <BR/><BR/>I like your idea about the education tax money. I think if you don't use it, you should be able to opt out of it.Robert McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01849168773343652368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-22044735439780446822008-10-22T08:35:00.000-05:002008-10-22T08:35:00.000-05:00As it says in the tune "And When I Die":"I swear t...As it says in the tune "And When I Die":<BR/><BR/>"I swear there ain't no Heaven, but I pray there ain't no Hell!"<BR/><BR/>--chicopantherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-76974252602945482792008-10-22T03:45:00.000-05:002008-10-22T03:45:00.000-05:00Im a atheist as we are called ,but i just see no r...Im a atheist as we are called ,but i just see no real evidence of proof of gods.<BR/><BR/>I like your Stance Pete it would be nice to all get along and maybe one day that is how it will all pan out.<BR/><BR/>But i just had to say you talk of militant atheism , but remember there is such things as militant religions very much including Christianity too.Would you agree ? .<BR/><BR/>I dont personally really see that Christianity or any religion has any real right to be trying to claim any high ground.Personally if i was at all inclined to i think i could easily find many links to post here on your blog that would suggest religions of the militant kind .And all the suffering that goes with it families divided and torn .Children dragged into churches or some in Russia living in caves with the false belief of the approach of the end of the world.The amount of militant religion i personally think still far outweighs any militant atheism in this world and if i looked i could find much evidence to back this up.<BR/><BR/>But im not interested in a war about this ,so i wont .<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Maybe its more about the thought that maybe for every action there is a reaction.Its all about a balance .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-32448280452498573192008-10-22T00:26:00.000-05:002008-10-22T00:26:00.000-05:00"I fully support their right to believe - or not -..."I fully support their right to believe - or not - according to their understanding, and the light they've been given (or exposed to) in their lives. Of course, I expect them to extend to me the same courtesy."<BR/><BR/>That is great. Unfortunately that is impossible. Most religions have the explicit goals of global conquest. Islam is very blatant in this respect, but Christianity goes far too. Prop 8 in CA is a good example.<BR/><BR/>"For example, they're part of the Accord Coalition, which is campaigning at present to remove State funding from religious schools that base their entry requirements on the practice of a given faith. Trouble is, no-one is forcing parents to enrol their kids at such schools:"<BR/><BR/>You do realize it is segregation? It isn't a problem for those who go in, but for those who are excluded.<BR/><BR/>"and since those same parents pay taxes for education, why shouldn't they have the right to have those same taxes applied to their kids' schooling? If you remove State assistance from such schools, effectively the parents concerned will be paying tax for something that is of no benefit to them at all."<BR/><BR/>Because the state has a vested interest in insuring harmony amoung its citizens and preventing them into forming into tribal factions and is forcing people to pay extra for the privilege of being discriminatory?<BR/><BR/>"In this way, the rights of the taxpayer and believer alike would be respected."<BR/><BR/>So if I get a gun I don't have to pay police taxes? Maybe we can have people just opt out of the programs they don't use! Of course, the results have been seen in the US and it leads, inevitably, to the rich herding into private schools and the poor getting cruddy education.<BR/><BR/>"I wish more people of faith (or atheism) would try harder to demonstrate the same acceptance!"<BR/><BR/>Why should I? There are some things that deserve no toleance and should be fought hand and nail. Racism is one of these. Why should faith be exempt if it is as it is drenched in blood as well?<BR/><BR/>"If Jesus were alive today, and met an atheist,"<BR/><BR/>Than that person would stop being an atheist. Simple, no? Of course, this requires Jesus speaking English and sticking around, but we don't crusify people anymore. Of course, we will think he is Mexican at first...<BR/><BR/>"As I've said before on this blog, I don't think religion is something one believes - it's something one lives, something one does."<BR/><BR/>This statement... I don't know. It just seems... wrong somehow. I can't pin it down.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16876007820488393870noreply@blogger.com