Atheists still the most hated minority

[Jackie]

I certainly don't want to be part of a "cause". The "poor atheists", we all need to stand up for them also. Rally to the atheist cause.

No Thanks.

What? I don't know what you mean by this really, care to clarify?

You do understand that the reason that no one is forced to stand for the pledge in school is because of JWs not atheists. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virgi...._Barnette

And why prayer in school cannot be state lead was also not a case started by an atheist. O'hair was invited to be added to the original suit that ended up at the SCOTUS level. It was actually started by a Unitarian.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abington_S...v._Schempp

And trust me, those judges in both those cases all had some sort of religious beliefs themselves. What they held important was maintaining Jefferson's wall. They were not saying America should be solely run by atheists, they were siding with theists that did not want other sects of different religions forcing their beliefs on them. In both cases.



I really hate this crap that because an atheist files a lawsuit they are only doing it for atheists. I think you should go back and read my prior posts. Believers should ALSO want neutral icons. "God" is a problematic word because nobody agrees on what that God is or what that god wants. As soon as you slap that ambiguous word on public icons it creates needless divisions. 

It makes me sick that an atheist would say to another atheist, who isn't even attempting to outlaw religion, to accuse them of having an "atheist cause", when all they are doing is taking part of the same legal system everyone else has the Constitutional right to use, like the JW and Unitarian used to keep government religion neutral.


Now, if that is not what you are doing, please clarify.