(January 16, 2015 at 4:03 am)robvalue Wrote: You realize that you don't have to be atheist to be secular, right? Everyone in America who isn't opposed to the first amendment is a secularist.
Fuck the pope, what utter bullshit nonsense. I guess I should expect no less arrogance from a man who thinks he is qualified to speak for god (in god's perpetual absence). There is no free speech if you can't say anything that might insult someone. There would be no speech at all.
If you're quivering with fear every time someone says "jesus wasn't real" then how strong is your faith? How true is your religion? And where is your god, that you have to rely on censorship to keep spreading his messages?
Yes, I'm a secularist and a humanist to some extent. No problem there. The people I'm referring to specifically identified and spoke on behalf of secularist organisations, is why I used the label.
I think you're addressing the sensationalist media hype with your comments, which were designed as click bait which I too find offensive.