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| In America, Atheists Are The New Blacks |
| Atheists are the most oppressed minority in America. Blacks were once a despised group, but now America may be on the verge of having a black President. There are almost no politicians in America, though, who admit to being atheists. If any did admit it, their political careers would almost certainly be over. Many Americans openly profess their prejudice against atheists in a way they would not dream of doing about members of other minority groups. Hatred of atheists has become the last acceptable prejudice. Instances of anti-atheist discrimination and harassment abound in America. Atheists are the new blacks. |
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America must have as much of a fundamentalist and warped idea of the Christian religion as the
fanatical Islamist do of theirs.
Between the two of them for most normal people they have destroyed any hope of religion ever being
seen as anything other than a brainwashed control mechanism, when there is a hell of a lot of good
messages in both religions.
I dont want to thank God for my touchdown at the superbowl, or my son blowing himself up, I want to
thank him for a better world than the one He has given us.
If its not all brainwashing, what the hell else is it? |
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Even though I don't live in America, this issue makes me simultaneously angry and disappointed in
the human race. I'm an Atheist, and I refuse to accept that it's okay to discriminate against
someone for a belief that there is no god.
I've seen several articles and tv programmes on the subject, and I just can't see why people have
such a problem. Live and let live! -_- |
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Atheists are because some people, I won't name names, seem to think that their religious fantasies
give them the right to impose their ideas and views on others and anyone who won't blindly
acknowledge those views gets abused.
It happened recently in Illinois where Rep. Monique Davis told an atheist that he had no right to
even be in the courthouse. |
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This is true and this is the way it should be. America was built and developed by the grace of God
and no one wants Atheists around. You Atheists don't believe in God, but you would not hesitate to
take and spend money that says, "In God we Trust.” You do not hesitate to swim in oceans created
by God, eat fruit and animals created by God, and enjoy everything God gave us. Atheists are the
biggest hypocrites on the face of the Earth. You can be atheist if you want, but you should not have
the right to enjoy the same rights as Christians. God created his world for us who believe in him.
If you don't believe in him, why benefit from his creation? |
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Here all this time I thought we Christians were supposed to be the ones with the persecution
complexes.... |
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Objection! To compare the black's oppression to the atheist group's so-called 'discrimination' and
oppresion doesn't even match up. Blacks were judged for their looks and therefore, were enslaved and
were persecuted horribly while atheists don't even match up to that at all. In fact, atheists always
push down religion, and they are the ones who are discriminating and oppressing ideas and judging it
instead. |
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I would say more and more Americans are becoming athiest! |
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I can't see how you compare being blocked from political office to being forced to work a plantation
and being beaten constantly. This said atheists (which I am 1 of) are not in the same league with
blacks. In addition you say the most discriminated against this is also wrong because gays,
lesbians, and crossdressers are more discriminated against than atheists. |
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I understand your debate. However, isolated incidences of "oppression" happen over ALL spectrums.
There is no heavy handed oppression of atheists in the states. These incidences of discrimination
you cite are, at best, small minded people doing small minded things. Stay out of the sticks to
increase Worldly knowledge. But frequent the sticks for Earthly knowledge. |
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I've lived in the US for 56 years, and I have never once seen the athiest oppressed, hidell you can
try to spread all your junk, but that is just not true. Even the nasty churches like rev Wrights
church are tolerated here and no one goes there to bother them. I remember in the 60's in San
Francisco, Anton Levey had his church of satan, and no one burnt him down, he practiced in SF til he
died, years later. So you can try to spread all the lies you want, but there still just lies. |
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There is most certainly oppression against atheists in the U.S.
Just last fall I saw a story on the Internet about a girl who was kicked off her high school
basketball team because she was atheist and wouldn't pray with the team. When the story broke the
townspeople stopped patronizing her parents' business. That seems pretty oppressive to me.
No, we aren't herded into camps like the Japanese-Americans were, or enslaved like the blacks, or
ghettoized like the Irish. But to every big-hearted young kid who finds himself suddenly ostracized,
it's a heartbreaking event.
(The courts forced the team to let the girl play. But she couldn't anymore.)
That said, the life of the atheist is generally far, far better than it was for the blacks. |
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Statistics (yes, general term I know) have recently shown a slow but noticeable decline in
Christianity, with an almost proportional increase in atheism/agnosticism, I believe that if
anything, ridiculing Religion has become more popular than than practising it in some countries. |
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As people begin to become smarter I believe that they begin to see the truth behind religion and the
bible
And so Atheism is on the rise
Now when people ask me if i am religious and i tell them a atheist they say "U don't believe in
anything" It is annoying because I believe in myself and I believe in science and evolution now I
would not consider that a religion my any means but I would consider it scientific theory
This is all very interesting to me
as my father wants to become a priest my grandfather was the archbishop of Liberia
Episcopalian I think
And my mom was a catholic but recently realized she didn't believe in God either
We all took our own path on what we thought was right
But I will say I am sick of people saying god exists without proof
It is touchy because people with scientific minds need scientific proof
And religious people say "look around and say proof is all around us" |
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There is no oppression against atheists, and certainly nothing to compare to what black people have
been through. There is close minded idiocy on both sides. However, once in a while you will find
some intelligent even handed discourse, but probably not here.
I have found some of the most religious people to be atheists. They have more faith in their
conviction than most people who attend church, but i digress. |
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It's unfair and inaccurate to compare alleged discrimination against atheists to the sort of
economic and social oppression (and violent attacks) that blacks once faced. Atheists can attend
university in the US, they can win scholarships just like anyone else, they will likely find
employment wherever they go and few people will ask about their religious affiliation when they are
called in for an interview. They can be economically successful, regardless of their lack of faith
in God.
If atheists want to get elected and wish to be open about their lack of faith, then they will simply
have to convince their constituents that their lack of religion should not matter one bit when it
comes to politics, or they should explain the rationale behind their world-view. If they do this,
but Americans decide that they would still rather elect a candidate who believes in God, then
that's simply tough luck for the atheist, but frankly nothing to whine about and certainly no good
reason to claim that they are being oppressed. Perhaps one day public opinion will change, but until
then, atheists will just have to contend with the fact that their world-view is unappealing to many
Americans, who seem to believe that having some sort of faith is an important personal quality for
anyone who runs for public office. |
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12 Apr 2008 00:20
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