Most of the other responses have been quite thourough, but I wanted to address ths point specifically.
Essentially, what you are telling us here is that since we are a vocal minority, we should sit back, shut up, and let the religious do whatever they want. Is this what Christian tolerance is comprised of? Silencing any dissenting viewpoints? The case you sited about the 16 year old girl was clearly a violation of the 1st ammendment, but you seem to feel that since it had a Christian message, it is above any such rules. Would you be saying the same thing if there was a banner with an atheist quoted on that banner instead?
In short, as long as Christians flaunt the rules and feel like the rules don't apply to them, we will never sit silent.
DeeTee Wrote:Since atheists do not make up a majority of the public, one would think they would just live quietly in their unbelief frely as they are allowed to do for unbelief is their choice.
Essentially, what you are telling us here is that since we are a vocal minority, we should sit back, shut up, and let the religious do whatever they want. Is this what Christian tolerance is comprised of? Silencing any dissenting viewpoints? The case you sited about the 16 year old girl was clearly a violation of the 1st ammendment, but you seem to feel that since it had a Christian message, it is above any such rules. Would you be saying the same thing if there was a banner with an atheist quoted on that banner instead?
In short, as long as Christians flaunt the rules and feel like the rules don't apply to them, we will never sit silent.
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
