RE: Atheists sue to block Texas governor from promoting Christian prayer rally
July 17, 2011 at 11:15 pm
Personally I'm pro-2nd amendment . So while no fan of Perry, that picture represents his Constitutional right while a Fundy near the trigger isn't anything new just as much as those who say claiming they're a Christian candidate isn't either.
I'd love to see a qualified atheist throw their name in the hat for 2012. I'd love to see them have enough guts and enough backing to speak the truth about the absurdities that have been demonstrated in office by those who claim to be Christian, those who hope to run for the highest office while holding a lesser one and publicly warn everyone listening as to their motivations and agenda if elected to the Presidency, when they speak as if this is a Theocracy and a nation for Christian's and Christian ideology only, while they example themselves as bigots, fascists and outright morons in the process.
Sure, that atheist would never stand a chance of winning in the polls. They'd probably be lucky not to be killed by a devout Fundy who elects to ignore the 6th commandment as it suits. However, I think it would be a refreshing change to the same rhetoric every 4 years. And since parishioners are leaving the churches at a regular basis while atheism and atheist book titles are enjoying a surge in sales that often challenges religious, it may help to bolster the exodus that's already transpiring as people finally wake up and realize superstition, myth and fear doesn't serve to profit them anything more than feeling less than worthy of all the good things in life that they could achieve if they'd only work for it instead of begging what doesn't exist in order to hear them, for it.
One wonders what are the odds and who'd stand to sit as President first? An avowed Muslim or an atheist. An avowed Mormon, as Romney hopes to achieve as the first, or an atheist? A Pagan or an atheist? Between any of the two candidates, the atheist being the one constant amid all three, who'd stand to be voted in first as what the Fundy majority in this country would have to consider, when their candidate is out of the mix for this little scenario, to lead them?
What a country we are today, for all those god believers who've thus far led the way.
Quote:"From time to time there are going to be things that occur that are acts of God that cannot be prevented." Texas Gov. Rick Perry, May 3, 2010
I'd love to see a qualified atheist throw their name in the hat for 2012. I'd love to see them have enough guts and enough backing to speak the truth about the absurdities that have been demonstrated in office by those who claim to be Christian, those who hope to run for the highest office while holding a lesser one and publicly warn everyone listening as to their motivations and agenda if elected to the Presidency, when they speak as if this is a Theocracy and a nation for Christian's and Christian ideology only, while they example themselves as bigots, fascists and outright morons in the process.
Sure, that atheist would never stand a chance of winning in the polls. They'd probably be lucky not to be killed by a devout Fundy who elects to ignore the 6th commandment as it suits. However, I think it would be a refreshing change to the same rhetoric every 4 years. And since parishioners are leaving the churches at a regular basis while atheism and atheist book titles are enjoying a surge in sales that often challenges religious, it may help to bolster the exodus that's already transpiring as people finally wake up and realize superstition, myth and fear doesn't serve to profit them anything more than feeling less than worthy of all the good things in life that they could achieve if they'd only work for it instead of begging what doesn't exist in order to hear them, for it.
One wonders what are the odds and who'd stand to sit as President first? An avowed Muslim or an atheist. An avowed Mormon, as Romney hopes to achieve as the first, or an atheist? A Pagan or an atheist? Between any of the two candidates, the atheist being the one constant amid all three, who'd stand to be voted in first as what the Fundy majority in this country would have to consider, when their candidate is out of the mix for this little scenario, to lead them?
What a country we are today, for all those god believers who've thus far led the way.
"In life you can never be too kind or too fair; everyone you meet is carrying a heavy load. When you go through your day expressing kindness and courtesy to all you meet, you leave behind a feeling of warmth and good cheer, and you help alleviate the burdens everyone is struggling with."
Brian Tracy
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