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Ikonoklast

(23,973 posts)
8. Free Your Mind, The Rest Will Follow...
Sat Feb 16, 2013, 04:46 PM
Feb 2013

I have hope for our future as a species in seeing the decline of the hold fear, hate, and superstition has on our youth.

Perhaps there's hope. Scuba Feb 2013 #1
Well said... SidDithers Feb 2013 #3
Excellent!! Colleges are notorious hunting grounds Duer 157099 Feb 2013 #2
Most college campuses already have an atheist group. ZombieHorde Feb 2013 #4
Well, as a college student I always enjoyed rebelling against th "prevailing beliefs", whatever SharonAnn Feb 2013 #5
One of the best things about this is the alliances being built cbayer Feb 2013 #6
wish I could see more of that on DU. nt CAG Feb 2013 #14
There's more to life skepticscott Feb 2013 #15
guess I'm slow on the uptake...what's this referring to? CAG Feb 2013 #19
It's happening. You just have to ignore the divisiveness and engage with those that cbayer Feb 2013 #16
Exactly loyalsister Feb 2013 #25
Agree. cbayer Feb 2013 #26
The people I know with no religion have a MUCH better Zoeisright Feb 2013 #30
I have found the same. I discovered that truth at a very young age which was when smirkymonkey Feb 2013 #50
I've benn thinking a lot about this lately. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2013 #66
There's something happenin' here... CoffeeCat Feb 2013 #7
Your last sentence struck a chord with me personally. AverageJoe90 Feb 2013 #17
As a lapsed Catholic, I regretfully agree, with indignation!!!!! =( calimary Feb 2013 #23
As an also-lapsed Catholic, I agree. Laelth Feb 2013 #52
Excellent post! When I was young, I met a young person from Germany. shcrane71 Feb 2013 #62
Well said! nt avebury Feb 2013 #24
What if you believe people should be stoned for wearing mixed fibers? Blanks Feb 2013 #33
Free Your Mind, The Rest Will Follow... Ikonoklast Feb 2013 #8
"It is difficult to believe in a religion that places such a high premium on chastity and virginity. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2013 #9
I credit the internet (cont) Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #10
Hmm, why should I believe you? valerief Feb 2013 #11
I use to worry about whether my son would be easily influenced by religous zealots on college campus liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #12
Certainly makes me want to go back to college... Moonwalk Feb 2013 #13
Who says there's never any GOOD news :) truegrit44 Feb 2013 #18
This is why the RW wants to get right of higher education except for the 1% (who won't be kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #20
Higher education? skepticscott Feb 2013 #22
All I can say is... ReRe Feb 2013 #21
I'm cautiously optimistic...but I won't be getting out the party hats yet... Moonwalk Feb 2013 #28
I can't imagine.... ReRe Feb 2013 #31
I very much understand that in the 60's & 70's young people had to react--the draft trapped them... Moonwalk Feb 2013 #36
Yeah, I agree... ReRe Feb 2013 #39
I didn't either... PasadenaTrudy Feb 2013 #59
Don't know... ReRe Feb 2013 #70
It's the only way to defend ourselves against the takeover of our educational system... OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #27
Fundamentalists aren't even the major players in this duffyduff Feb 2013 #69
Good. Enough with the magical thinking. Zoeisright Feb 2013 #29
As an Ordained ATHEIST minister, penndragon69 Feb 2013 #32
What is an athiest minister? kwassa Feb 2013 #40
Simply means that he can legally marry people. While this does not fit the dictionary definition... Moonwalk Feb 2013 #41
which begats the next question: why do atheists need to marry people? kwassa Feb 2013 #45
It isn't always easy to get a justice of the peace.... Moonwalk Feb 2013 #47
I stated it rather poorly. kwassa Feb 2013 #49
Would you pipe down and relax? LAGC Feb 2013 #54
My milage does vary-- Moonwalk Feb 2013 #67
you are reading way too much into my post. kwassa Feb 2013 #73
We were secular, too, back in the 60s Warpy Feb 2013 #34
By their adult children? Or they found support in the church while raising small children? shcrane71 Feb 2013 #60
By their school age children Warpy Feb 2013 #72
K&R. Glad to hear it. Overseas Feb 2013 #35
I think religion fills some kind of void in the human psyche. Ligyron Feb 2013 #37
Walking outside and looking at the sky can fill that void. GoneOffShore Feb 2013 #38
+1000 Tom Ripley Feb 2013 #48
Its called Quantum Mechanics. napoleon_in_rags Feb 2013 #51
I'm with ya dude. n/t Ligyron Feb 2013 #71
it manages our fear of death per terror management theory La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2013 #65
I am glad to see this. logosoco Feb 2013 #42
Years of hateful fundies forced down a generation's throat will do this. RagAss Feb 2013 #43
Dang, I was DECADES ahead of this crowd!! Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2013 #44
I guess non-stamp collecting is a hobby after all. nt Union Scribe Feb 2013 #46
More a reaction to the undue influence of stamp collectors SecularMotion Feb 2013 #56
. Iggo Feb 2013 #63
"believers in reality taking college campuses by storm" is more accurate Agony Feb 2013 #53
College is a time to question everything (nt) Nye Bevan Feb 2013 #55
Good. ck4829 Feb 2013 #57
So happy to hear this! n/t PasadenaTrudy Feb 2013 #58
My people! Iggo Feb 2013 #61
Good. Apophis Feb 2013 #64
It doesn't mean one thing duffyduff Feb 2013 #68
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