(April 18, 2015 at 3:44 pm)superAtheistnut Wrote:(April 18, 2015 at 3:42 pm)Alex K Wrote: You don't lose your job as a scientist of you're not atheist. That's a stupid lie.
And no, people haven't changed since the 1400s, only the culture. If atheism were to be instituted as a forced state doctrine, it would be similarly harmful and corrupted as other imposed ideologies. That's why no progressive atheist wants an atheist state. Most of us are secularists who want a state which allows the free exercise of religion for everyone equally within certain reasonable bounds.
I 100% agree with you. But many of my theist friends feel threatened that Atheism will become the new dogma the new religion (yes I know its not a religion, but good luck trying to convince a theist).
In their eyes, if government forces you to "not believe in X" than that's like N.Korea (an atheist nation) saying Kim Jun Un is your overlord Master.
It's hard to cure a pathological persecution complex. I suppose you are US American, i.e. in the country where not being Christian is deadly for any political career, yet the Christians are whining how they're suppressed
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
