On Jan 22, 5:22 pm, gruff <[email protected]> wrote:
> "... On Jan 10, 3:42 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: ... "
>
> > The Atheist movement somehow reminds me of the gay thing. It is fine
> > that people are what they are but why go around waving flags and
> > banners insisting that people recognize the identity. Are "Atheist
> > Parades" looming in the near future?
>
> Quite possibly Slip. I've pointed out before that atheists and non-
> believers are the third largest group in the world with Christians and
> Muslims leading the pack.
>
> Even Obama included 'non-believers' in his speech the other day ...
I noticed that too. I think he is a truly great orator. Aside from
that I did feel that the entire inauguration process was completely
unconstitutional. To have a religious "invocation" at the start flies
against the founding principles of the constitution which guarantees a
disestablishment of church and state. This guarantee was well provided
to prevent religious conflict between different sects and groups
within Christianity and to be inclusive of all religions. The sermons
at the start and end of the ceremony destroyed this founding
principle. It is not enough to include Jews, Muslims and Hindus in his
speech when they have already been excluded by the religious sandwich
which was the ceremony.
> I've not heard any flack about it though so either non-believers are
> becoming more mainstream or it simply passed without anyone's notice
> -- except mine, of course.
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