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Toto, I do think we are in Kansas......
June 16, 2015 at 7:33 am
I have to say in my 14 years of online as an atheist, I am extremely impressed with the growth of the non believers voice. Of course skeptics and atheists have always existed, but when you compare the difference back then in the way we were demonized, not that we aren't now, we are. But compared to back then how small our voice was, and how big it is now, and how theists cant get away with the amount of demonizing now, and to see that voice especially in the heart of the the bible belt, wow, just wow.
Oh and when you read the story feel free to thank the author on your twitter account, it is listed at the bottom of the story.
http://www.kansas.com/news/local/article24152785.html
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RE: Toto, I do think we are in Kansas......
June 16, 2015 at 7:34 am
Thank the millennial generation
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RE: Toto, I do think we are in Kansas......
June 16, 2015 at 7:42 am
NO, you cant pin progress on one generation, long before you had the likes of Ellen Johnson and Madalyn O'Hair, and prior Carol Sagan, and go back far enough even the likes of Epicurus. You can thank millennials like you can think prior generations for other forms of progress. I do agree that younger generations are not buying the baggage and bigotry of their parents and grandparents.
Still a long way to go, and you still have old money and old religion still trying to cling to the past. But we've come a long way. I can honestly say that back in 01 outside a major city the "a" word spoken say like in the bible belt was rare. But boy just wow.
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RE: Toto, I do think we are in Kansas......
June 16, 2015 at 7:49 am
Well, for one the religious can't burn and impale anybody who disagrees with them anymore, so that's a plus
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RE: Toto, I do think we are in Kansas......
June 16, 2015 at 9:16 am
The internet as a tool is a very good fit with atheism. That's been the great enabler. It's where so many people discovered they were not alone and found an arena where they could be active. It has indeed spread like wildfire since and I'm sure it will continue.
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RE: Toto, I do think we are in Kansas......
June 16, 2015 at 9:33 am
As always, the comment section is worth a thorough browsing
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RE: Toto, I do think we are in Kansas......
June 16, 2015 at 12:03 pm
(June 16, 2015 at 7:49 am)Neimenovic Wrote: Well, for one the religious can't burn and impale anybody who disagrees with them anymore, so that's a plus
Outside the Middle East anyway...
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RE: Toto, I do think we are in Kansas......
June 16, 2015 at 12:18 pm
All hail the FSM.
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RE: Toto, I do think we are in Kansas......
June 16, 2015 at 5:11 pm
(June 16, 2015 at 12:03 pm)Yeauxleaux Wrote: (June 16, 2015 at 7:49 am)Neimenovic Wrote: Well, for one the religious can't burn and impale anybody who disagrees with them anymore, so that's a plus
Outside the Middle East anyway...
Yea right now, but what do you think the right wing Christians would do if there was no secular leash to stop them. Makes it all the more important to keep theocracy at bay every day and not assume that it will always be secular.
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