Would you move to an Atheist nation?

[abaris]

I'd bet my ass a theist would push that button without a single next thought!

Some atheist would too. For the atheist variant of course.

[Athene]

Nope, no good reason to. On a day to day basis, theism doesn't bother me nearly enough to warrant such a drastic change.

[Joods]

I value things like freedom of thought, freedom of speech etc. What would make an atheist nation any better than the religious nuts we have now if we were to restrict one's freedoms to just one way of thinking? You cannot force people to think what you'd want them to because thoughts, are private. How would one even monitor or police such a thing? This atheist nation doesn't seem very well thought out, IMO.

[abaris]

This atheist nation doesn't seem very well thought out, IMO.

There's nothing to think about. It's totalitarian from the get go, since, as you said, it implies forcing people to toe the line. That's why I said, it has the same ring to it as christian, jewish or muslim state.. At best, religious people would be shunned. At worst, they would be persecuted.

That's certainly not a place I wanted to live in.

[abaris]

Interesting poll I read in one of todays papers.

33 percent of my fellow citizens believe, the world would be a better place without religion. 61 percent believe that there's still a demand for religion. Only 6 percent think that religion actually betters the world.

Needless to say, I'm among the 61 percent.