I consider myself agnostic. What it means is that the ultimate truths
about the nature of the universe are unknownable to mere mortals like
us, that the universe is big enough for a power(s) bigger than us to
occupy space in it, and that nothing in our understanding of physics or
cosmology disallows the idea of a being bigger than (or greater than, or
existing outside of) our universe.
It also means that you and I don't really know much about such
hypothetical being(s) and neither did the mortal humans who wrote stuff
in the bible, the koran, or the book of Mormon.
Or more simply, "I don't know and neither do you."
Since I don't know, it can't assume that someone else is wrong to revere
Jesus (or Jospeh Smith, or Muhammed, or Satan). I do get annoyed by
proselytizing, but not by anyone displaying their iconography.
So TL;DR: If someone is angry about a nativity display at Christmas
time, it's not because they're a satanist or agnostic, it's because
they're an asshole.
------ Original Message ------
From: "That One Guy /sarcasm" <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Sent: 12/21/2016 2:09:47 PM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT - trolling again
attention seeking behavior
most of these "athiests" "agnostics" "satanists" whatever "ist" they
present as, couldnt even tell you the basic tenets of their "ist" and
all they do is parrot simplistic talking points from the borg of
nevergrewups ... "if you celebrate christmas, than a pagan" nonsense
like that
society has slowly moved to the age of adulthood being a sliding scale,
with fewer and fewer on the lower end every generation.
the bulk of actual athiests, agnostics, satanists and other non
attention whore ists could really give a shit less what others do
just remember, just because the loudmouth makes the most noise, it
doesnt mean they represent the majority of their fellows. Also,
remember, everyone is unique, just like everyone else.
On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 12:52 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote:
We have days on the calendar about people.
Presidents day used to be Wash’n and Linc’n bdays.
MLK day.
Casmir Pulaski day.
Columbus day.
So, why are the atheists and others so unhappy about displays on
public property about Jesus.
I doubt anyone in Illinios would get unhappy if the local park had a
Lincoln-Douglas plaque... actually Quincy had exactly that.
Public displays frequently celebrate or inform about events in
history.
Our legal system has its basis in the bible, with some of the legal
doctrine based on the advise of Jesus.
He lived. He taught. He gave advice. It affected history. Just
like MLK.
But on MLK day do the pentagram sculptures try to share space with MLK
events?
I don’t get why the Jesus events on public property are such an insult
or affront to some people.
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