(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.
See you can have reasonable views.
Keep it up.
You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.
Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis.
