RE: So, what are we going to do about it?
August 19, 2010 at 3:20 pm
(This post was last modified: August 19, 2010 at 3:22 pm by RachelSkates.)
Religions ebb and flow. They feel very real when they are here, but when they are gone, people laugh at those who followed those religions as if they were simply morons. In reality they were thinking, rational people who had a lapse in reason . Think of the Greeks. Ne'er a more rational people, those Athenians. And very very religious. That time has passed and so will this one.
To minimize damage, we need to work for Atheists' Rights and have visual meetings until we are no longer considered fringe. In some places, one cannot run for office if one is atheist or even agnostic! Unfair.
We also have to use reason. Richard Dawkins made Tim Haggar look like an idiot, pure and simple.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr0RgqxadTI
Another idea for the very religious is to get them to dialogue with other religions. THen they can see that their "Truth" is not so cut and dry.
Be smart, be calm, and be consistent. Reason always wins out but it can take a darn long time.
To minimize damage, we need to work for Atheists' Rights and have visual meetings until we are no longer considered fringe. In some places, one cannot run for office if one is atheist or even agnostic! Unfair.
We also have to use reason. Richard Dawkins made Tim Haggar look like an idiot, pure and simple.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr0RgqxadTI
Another idea for the very religious is to get them to dialogue with other religions. THen they can see that their "Truth" is not so cut and dry.
Be smart, be calm, and be consistent. Reason always wins out but it can take a darn long time.
