Taking Atheism to the General Public - Edward Tabash (1/3)

Atheist Talk cable program by Minnesota Atheists.

"Taking Atheism to the General Public - Edward Tabash" recorded 12/2/2006

What's ... all » the best way for us to bring the good news of atheism to the public? Should we "bash" religion? Nationally known atheist speaker Edward Tabash will give us some tips.

Edward Tabash is chair of the national legal committee for Americans United for Separation of Church and State. He is an atheist debater and chairs the First Amendment Task Force for the Council for Secular Humanism. He is also a lawyer in Beverly Hills, California. You can visit his website at www.tabash.com.

Minnesota Atheists practices positive, inclusive, active, friendly neighborhood atheism in order to:

- Provide a community for atheists - Educate the public about atheism - Promote separation of state and church

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[Bozalii]

if you watch this movie and become an atheist you probably saved yourself a couple of years of praying / going to church / doing other useless bullshit. So I would not call this waste of time.

[tonymatson]

Perhaps the lack of community is what causes atheists to feel alone and thus contributes to our sense of isolation in any group-based agenda such as elections and politics. My issue with Tabash's speech (so far) is the attitude of voting for an atheist, possibly in disregard for his or her platform.  This is no better than a faithful Christian voting for a faithful Christian, despite other issues. A negative path for any democracy, especially one founded on the separation of church and state.

[princejeff]

@princejeff *How dull would this world be if there were no people with faith?

[princejeff]

@slverfish Everyday? I strongly find that hard to believe. People who chose to be atheist will be atheist. I have co-workers who I've known for years and I have no idea whether they are atheist or Christian. It's entirely irrelevant to the success of the industry. Why can't people believe in miracles? How dull would this world be if there were know people of with faith? Think of the renaissance, think of culture. This is stupid...

[slverfish]

I am discriminated against every day because I am not a theist.

[slverfish]

I am scared! YOU people freak me out! The evidence is so overweming yet you neglect it!

[superman19837]

the reason we are going on about this, and how that science should be looked at more closely than religion, is because someone who believes in a god someone who himself put together the word and the universe is ubserd. Anyone who has the christian faith is more ignorant than anyother religion... Genisis in the bible states that the world is 6000 yrs old from creation to now 6000 yrs old... that itself is crazy. any person with half a brain would agree that the world is more than 6000 yrs old...

[aeroldoth]

This guy really needs to get laid. He really needs to jazz up his presentation too. Other than that, his message is good.