RE: Jon Stewart Asks American Atheists About Ground Zero "cross" Y do U Give a shit?
August 7, 2011 at 2:58 am
I do think it's wrong to put only a Christian symbol for the memorial, but we American atheists have a PR war to win before we go fighting stuff like this. First we need to get past the undeserved stigma in this country and this lawsuit is only making it worse. I wouldn't want it up if I lived in New York, but strategically this was an idiotic move. I don't think the negative attention we are receiving from this is worth it. We need to pay attention to the bigger picture here, and concentrate on winning the war instead of these tiny battles. Our need to eradicate the negative stigma associated with us is of greater importance than this cross.
I'm not saying we should just bow down to the religious and their needs for the sake of image, but until the word atheist is no longer dirty, we need to stick to fighting the important stuff like keeping religion out of schools.
I'm not saying we should just bow down to the religious and their needs for the sake of image, but until the word atheist is no longer dirty, we need to stick to fighting the important stuff like keeping religion out of schools.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
