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In reply to the discussion: The Atheists Conundrum [View all]patrice
(47,992 posts)an insult toward theists. That's not a good way to create opportunities for respect, but what's going on is an ongoing 2-way street.
The whole thing atheist:theist is like a dog chasing its own tail. It's self-referential, no matter what position you take. But then perhaps your point is more about there being no specific part in this people's inauguration for the atheist demographic, so you don't feel as though it was your inauguration too? Not so much as some atheists are saying that there should have been no theist activities at all? Just that you don't feel atheists were included?
Regarding a more atheistic or at least agnostic perspective, or at least one that did not mention anything theological nor religious: What did you think of Richard Blanco's poem One Today?