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39. Yeah, I agree...
Sat Feb 16, 2013, 07:43 PM
Feb 2013

... I think the Republican Party's penchant for forcing their religion down everyone's throat, their inability to understand the separation of church and state, trying to turn our country into the Taliban... that's probably what has shaped their thinking. And yes, I never could understand why the hippies turned into Republicans. I didn't.

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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