Scarlet Letter

[Shell B]

Yes, the correlation is not with adultery, but rather the shunning of society. The fact that adulterer and atheist both start with an a helps.

Also, I love that book.

[Phil]

Don't you see the correlation? In the book, a woman was forced to wear a scarlet letter A because the religious people scorned her for participating in adultery. Today, the religious have marginalized us atheists and would probably make us all wear red A's if they could get away with it.

I'd prefer a yellow star.

[Doubting Thomas]

Unfortunately Jewish people would have problems with that, and as bad as the Christians are, at least we're not being exterminated.

[thesummerqueen]

Don't you see the correlation? In the book, a woman was forced to wear a scarlet letter A because the religious people scorned her for participating in adultery. Today, the religious have marginalized us atheists and would probably make us all wear red A's if they could get away with it.

I'd prefer a yellow star.

Some pastor or preacher already suggested we be on a registry.

[Doubting Thomas]

http://www.fstdt.com/QuoteComment.aspx?QID=83513

[downbeatplumb]

Some pastor or preacher already suggested we be on a registry.

To what end?

[reverendjeremiah]

Some pastor or preacher already suggested we be on a registry.

To what end?

http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/pulp/2...y_prop.php

This is why

Now, many (especially the atheists), may ask "Why do this, what's the purpose?" Duhhh, Mr. Atheist for the same purpose many States put the names and photos of convicted sex offenders and other ex-felons on the I-Net - to INFORM the public! I mean, in the City of Miramar, Florida, where I live, the population is approx. 109,000. My family and I would sure like to know how many of those 109,000 are ADMITTED atheists! Perhaps we may actually know some. In which case we could begin to witness to them and warn them of the dangers of atheism. Or perhaps they are radical atheists, whose hearts are as hard as Pharaoh's, in that case, if they are business owners, we would encourage all our Christian friends, as well as the various churches and their congregations NOT to patronize them as we would only be "feeding" Satan.

Frankly, I don't see why anyone would oppose this idea - including the atheists themselves (unless of course, they're actually ashamed of their atheist religion, and would prefer to stay in the 'closet.').

[thesummerqueen]

To internet and media ridicule, DBP.

[Doubting Thomas]

It's not that I'm ashamed of being an atheist, I just don't want undue attention from Jesus' followers in the form of having bricks thrown through my window or death threats called to my house.

[Tobie]

I'm just worried that they'll start to put us on the same level as paedophiles and rapists.