Some good news
Posted on: March 9, 2009 - 2:49pm
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Some good news
America becoming less Christian, survey finds
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And, he said, it is now more socially acceptable than it once was to admit having no religion.
"You're not declaring yourself a total pariah. The culture has changed in a way that makes it easier to say, 'No, I don't have a religion. Even in the past year, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama feel obliged to talk about 'those of no faith,'" he pointed out. Obama mentioned people without faith in his inaugural address in January, making him the first president to do so.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/03/09/us.religion.less.christian/index.html
All that is necessary for the triumph of good is that evil men do nothing.
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I find it strange that there is an implication that atheism is frowned upon more than gays are. Since I'm pretty sure the atheist population far exceeds the gay population.
Mostly, when these implications are made, I think they're just exaggerations.
The atheist population is larger than the gay population, but you should consider the number of gaytheists. Alright, there's no stats that I can find, but I do imagine that a good deal of gays, propably disproportionatly, are atheist and thus constitute some considerable plurality of the atheist population.
To be conpletely honest, I wrote that only so that I could use the term 'gaytheist', however, I still think there's a considerable number of gaytheists.
...gaytheist.
BigUniverse wrote,
"Well the things that happen less often are more likely to be the result of the supper natural. A thing like loosing my keys in the morning is not likely supper natural, but finding a thousand dollars or meeting a celebrity might be."
Rolls off the tongue rather nicely I must say, Not that theists are gay or anything
Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.
Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend.
No animal shall wear clothes.
No animal shall sleep in a bed.
No animal shall drink alcohol.
No animal shall kill any other animal.
All animals are equal.
On a more related note, is anyone suprised the number of atheists is rising? I would expect it to continue rising aslong as people continue pushing.
Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.
Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend.
No animal shall wear clothes.
No animal shall sleep in a bed.
No animal shall drink alcohol.
No animal shall kill any other animal.
All animals are equal.