Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab But it shouldn't have to be that way.
Guy: I believe in God.
Athiest: WELL YOU'RE EVIL AND SELFISH AND GOING TO HELL FOR IT!
Utterly ridiculous.
Now you're generalizing, which I understand is easy to do, but you should avoid this as much as possible. It only hurts your argument. But let me say that not all Athiests respond in caps wanting the demise of religious establisments. This is what really concerns them:
The Declaration of Independence says that first, "All Men are Created Equal" and the 1st amendment states: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
With that in mind, athiests find it unconstitutional that their money, made from the government, should have the phrase, "In God We Trust" and that they send their kids to schools, they paid with their own tax dollars, which make them swear an allegience to a body of government under a diety they don't believe exists. Imagine if we decide to replace the word "God" with "Allah" or "Jupiter"? After all, it's a question of semantics right? At least that seems to be the argument of more moderate conservatives and conservative democrats who argue that using "god" is not in reference to the Christian God, but to the idea of god that many cultures share.
But athiests don't believe in a diety at all! They believe they have the right to live in a country where one's religion is practiced at home/church/temples,etc.
As we all know there are a lot of gray areas when it comes to religion and politics in America, and people don't give up traditions easily. After all, our most famous holidays are based on Christian events: Christmas and Easter. So are we supposed to get rid of this? No.
Religion won't be razed in our government offices anytime soon, but its a philospohical question that deserves some thought on the issue.
To me, Batman and Robin were just two guys who just shared this place together, they were doing some stuff with art and stuff, and they shared this place, and they were all part of the clubbing thing in Gotham City, were freqnently at the hottest spots in town, and they had a good relationship and were open minded and decided to experiment and stuff... So they did, and they do get together sometimes, at raves and stuff, but they don't consider themselves to be gay, Robin claims to be bisexual to some of his friends because he think it's cool to be it.
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering