Re: Angie Vogt, atheist display (1 of 2)

Angie Vogt's editorial: http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/south_king/fwm/opinion/35613484.html

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[aintnohollabackgrrl]

Your atheistic state analogy is false on the pretense that her editorial piece is not an example of government encroachment on the freedom of expression, whereas your question is. Furthermore, nonreligious holidays are secular, not atheistic, so she's absolutely correct in saying that atheists have no holidays, however banal of a statement it is.

[ZJemptv]

@aintnohollabackgrrl "Furthermore, nonreligious holidays are secular, not atheistic"

How does it logically follow from that, that atheists "have no holidays"?

[JayKeaton]

For some reason I get the very strong impression that you may blow up a building one day. I'm sure your intentions in blowing up a building will be compelling, but I hope that just before you blow it up you think about whether or not the ends really do justify the means.

[ZJemptv]

Yes, that's the trouble with smart people -- they're great at coming up with reasons to justify pretty much anything.

[FireXtol]

You sound like you're reading.

[ZJemptv]

I was; I don't extemporize very well, yet (just see the most recent newspaper video for evidence of that).

[xVinhX]

personally i am not atheist, but i thought this was an excellent and well thought out video

[aquaknot]

Great video. It's like watching a young Chomsky.

[star3catcherSEQUEL]

Abolishing slavery? The Bible actually encourages and endorses slavery. And during the slave times in America, slave-owners were actually known to twist quotes from the Bible in order to try and make them think that them being slave was God's will. Not saying that all Christians must love slavery or anything like that, but saying that their faith was mainly responsible for abolishing it is quite inaccurate.

[caporalchef4]

@ZJemptv Good thing you chose the girly side because you sure look like a lesbian.

[TheCeejReturns]

From the editorial, "It was religious faith that inspired the abolition movement against slavery and it was Martin Luther King Jr.’s faith as a Baptist preacher that emboldened him to lead the Civil Rights movement."

Ironically, if it weren't for faith, these things wouldn't even be necessary considering it was faith that CAUSED slavery and reduction of civil rights. Solve the problem you created and call yourself a hero? I'm sorry. It doesn't work that way.

[ImpCom933]

This is the trouble here.

Look. I'm a christian. I have not decided what type I am, but I am a firm believer in Jesus Christ and God. There is no evidence that there is God, or a god, for that matter, or that there is Jesus Christ. Call me an idiot, But I believe that.

You believe in evolution.

You (anybody) choose to believe that. There is no evidence to prove evolution. I choose to believe in God, you in Evolution.

Anybody who says the Science is settled, is no scientist.

[Pixiemajik627]

AND he has a bunkbed! Awesome!

[jhartist123]

God told Abraham to sacrafice his son To show what he was going to do to save the world. Jesus is Gods Son. For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son. That whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life. God showed the isrealites repeatedly what he was going to do. And yes Abraham believed God so it was counted to him as ritghousness.

[christo930]

You completely failed to point out that Christianity is the CAUSE of the dark ages and not some mechanism for preserving culture through them. You also forgot to point out that the celebration of the winter solstice predates Christianity.