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In reply to the discussion: I am an atheist, and I don't give two shits about the platform change [View all]Lone_Star_Dem
(28,158 posts)26. Atheist here. Don't care it's back in.
Total non issue. The good news is it's a lot less scandalous than yelling at an empty chair. It'll be gone in no time with no damage left in its wake.
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scheming daemons
Sep 2012
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I don't care about the language either. I DO CARE about the BS way it was shoved
kelly1mm
Sep 2012
#6
+1 from another non-believer. It's not Democrats legislating on my body with religion. It's the GOP.
freshwest
Sep 2012
#10
i don't understand why we even *have* platforms since they're so meaningless.
HiPointDem
Sep 2012
#49
If you don't want to create a firestorm, it's probably best to leave key, traditional statements in
Honeycombe8
Sep 2012
#14
I'm a Christian and I didn't care that God was not in the platform to begin with.
Jennicut
Sep 2012
#21
i dont think the ado was about that. It was about pretending there was a majority when there clearly
robinlynne
Sep 2012
#43
Being an atheist who has to be "in the closet" around family gives me a perspective on this
scheming daemons
Sep 2012
#60
I'm convinced people profess belief in an anthropomorphic god for social reasons. n/t
Time Lord
Sep 2012
#67
I don't care either; it's like arguing about the recipe for three bear porridge
Tom Ripley
Sep 2012
#63