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91. I keep it to my self. I get why people do religion and don't care what they believe till it's shoved
Sat Feb 18, 2012, 01:39 PM
Feb 2012

in my face, so, I don't do it to them. It's a do unto others thing.

I'm an atheist going on record to say I wish organized atheists wouldn't pull acts like this in blm Feb 2012 #1
Yep. nt onehandle Feb 2012 #2
Why not? Rob H. Feb 2012 #4
Indeed. Why not, blm? Auggie Feb 2012 #9
woot! SammyWinstonJack Feb 2012 #107
You forget... SkyDaddy7 Feb 2012 #148
When would those be? Fundraising never stops in DC any more. EFerrari Feb 2012 #7
Mimicking them doesn't jive in my book. blm Feb 2012 #14
I rather agree, blm. Two dumbs don't make a right. They are already paranoid. Its like poking a bomb roguevalley Feb 2012 #28
I don't understand. Being atheist is dumb? or a rally in the Mall is dumb? secondwind Feb 2012 #55
no. what I am saying probably poorly is that if you poke at a bomb and it blows up in your face roguevalley Feb 2012 #98
Yes, openly stating you exist is exactly the same as JoeyT Feb 2012 #37
Every year is an election year. Hissyspit Feb 2012 #8
Today. In our new, 24/7 news/hype/reponse cycle ... rapid response team Brettongarcia Feb 2012 #18
. rhett o rick Feb 2012 #74
Which other groups should be silent during election years? NAO Feb 2012 #11
I agree completely nt Rob H. Feb 2012 #20
+1000 Canuckistanian Feb 2012 #29
Taking the message to the streets FrodosPet Feb 2012 #32
This message was self-deleted by its author FrodosPet Feb 2012 #34
+1 libmom74 Feb 2012 #54
Well said. I'd like to add, I dont think it is right to ask any group rhett o rick Feb 2012 #77
What act? ChadwickHenryWard Feb 2012 #12
Brilliant for once. Brettongarcia Feb 2012 #19
This Great, I'm tired of being Ignored by my Leaders bahrbearian Feb 2012 #22
OK! Say I'm your leader. I'm here for you. What do you want? Brettongarcia Feb 2012 #25
The right to decide for myself when and on what terms I become a parent. wickerwoman Feb 2012 #42
+ a gazillion chervilant Feb 2012 #81
Come over to Europe ... Nihil Feb 2012 #118
Would do, but I'm already in New Zealand. wickerwoman Feb 2012 #140
Ah, also a good choice! Nihil Feb 2012 #152
I agree, i don't get it at all and have no interest in it, it would be different JI7 Feb 2012 #41
Why not? nt Deep13 Feb 2012 #48
As a self described atheist........ HowHeThinks Feb 2012 #58
hmm... chervilant Feb 2012 #84
Atheism vs. separation of church and state primavera Feb 2012 #102
IMHO chervilant Feb 2012 #143
I am disappointed in this post. Not because of your opinion but because you rhett o rick Feb 2012 #78
I keep it to my self. I get why people do religion and don't care what they believe till it's shoved blm Feb 2012 #91
I understand. But speaking up for oneself is important. rhett o rick Feb 2012 #95
This is not arganized atheism, its organized REASON. cleanhippie Feb 2012 #131
I agree. Gives people who say Atheism is a religion something to point at. bamacrat Feb 2012 #142
They don't need an excuse or a reason to do that DavidDvorkin Feb 2012 #144
or in the 2 years leading up to the election... BiggJawn Feb 2012 #154
WHY NOT? Taverner Feb 2012 #155
Really, legislative equality for what? Obamacare Feb 2012 #3
Recognition as an organized religion? onehandle Feb 2012 #5
Is all "success" religion? Brettongarcia Feb 2012 #23
From reasonrally.org Rob H. Feb 2012 #6
Sure! Probably 80% of Americans are already largely secular; whether they know it or not Brettongarcia Feb 2012 #26
How do you feel about the OP? nm rhett o rick Feb 2012 #72
Hard to take you seriously when you just drop a turd and run. Tell me I am wrong rhett o rick Feb 2012 #97
Did you know that in some states JNelson6563 Feb 2012 #141
Funny how in this nation of "freedom of speech" Fearless Feb 2012 #10
Not the point. I don't think organized anti-religion is the cure for organized religion and it blm Feb 2012 #13
Good/God point. But? As an intermediary step? With some respect to tradition? Brettongarcia Feb 2012 #15
Does organized religion need a cure? Sounds too much like a certain guy from WW2. Kurmudgeon Feb 2012 #30
Yes, the oppression Christians face in this country is absolutely overwhelming. JoeyT Feb 2012 #39
Freedom OF Religion, not for. Major Nikon Feb 2012 #49
Whoever predicted 30 posts in the Godwin's Law pool, you've won Rob H. Feb 2012 #69
I think you misunderstood. He wasnt suggesting organized religion needed a cure. rhett o rick Feb 2012 #80
Looking at guys like Rick Santorum, I'm beginning to think it does primavera Feb 2012 #108
Hahahaha! Says the guy who advocates for a Theocracy. cleanhippie Feb 2012 #136
It isn't 'organized anti-religion'. AtheistCrusader Feb 2012 #33
Organized atheism is generally perceived as anti-religious, and that POV humblebum Feb 2012 #35
I don't care how it's perceived, when the flaw is with the people making the assessment. AtheistCrusader Feb 2012 #38
Yes, you exist. You have rights and you have value as a human being. humblebum Feb 2012 #43
The "several prominent atheists" you referred to range from atheists to anti-theists and not a damn AtheistCrusader Feb 2012 #44
I'm sure they don't speak for all atheists, but they are responsible for the perceptions humblebum Feb 2012 #46
What?!? chervilant Feb 2012 #89
Like I said, good luck with that. nt humblebum Feb 2012 #111
Classic... chervilant Feb 2012 #134
And with folks like you who perpetuate the bullshit, we need all the luck we can get. cleanhippie Feb 2012 #114
So by that logic, organized religion must be anti-athiest Major Nikon Feb 2012 #53
You mean to say that organized religion is anti-non-belief? Boy, that's humblebum Feb 2012 #56
No, I wrote what I meant to say Major Nikon Feb 2012 #61
Yes, you wrote just what I was thinking. But, of course, the poor, lib_wit_it Feb 2012 #65
Good. then we are agreed. Organized atheism is anti-religious. Nice talkin' to ya.nt humblebum Feb 2012 #106
If you think I agreed with you, your comprehension skills must be severely lacking Major Nikon Feb 2012 #109
Agree or not, I specified ORGANIZED atheism, not humblebum Feb 2012 #110
They ridicule and condemn the adverse actions of organized religion. Big difference. Major Nikon Feb 2012 #112
No. As a matter of fact, they do condemn and ridicule religion, and religious belief, as well. And humblebum Feb 2012 #113
So what would those "adverse actions" be? Major Nikon Feb 2012 #122
Only in the way that ORGANIZED religion actively ridicule and condemn non-belief. cleanhippie Feb 2012 #117
Post removed Post removed Feb 2012 #119
BTW, organized atheism has a history of humblebum Feb 2012 #121
Really? Major Nikon Feb 2012 #123
History usually indicates something past, but that can be used as an indicator humblebum Feb 2012 #124
Hogwash Major Nikon Feb 2012 #125
+1000000 cleanhippie Feb 2012 #129
Major, it's not hogwash, it's bullshit. cleanhippie Feb 2012 #130
Right, the number killed in the name of religion is far greater. cleanhippie Feb 2012 #128
Yeah, much bigger than oppressing minorities and building a theocracy. cleanhippie Feb 2012 #127
No, I don't realize that. I don't distrust people without them giving me reason to. Kurmudgeon Feb 2012 #36
As long as shit like this keeps coming up AtheistCrusader Feb 2012 #40
Surely, this rally pisses off the right people. 2ndAmForComputers Feb 2012 #45
In an election year, a very bad idea. I would expect Obama to distance himself humblebum Feb 2012 #57
That's the point. HowHeThinks Feb 2012 #59
Hell, yeah! 'And just when IS a "good time" to broach the subject?' Joseph8th Feb 2012 #60
"20% of the population" - doubtful. Reliable sources please.nt humblebum Feb 2012 #105
Lookie there, more evasion of the point. cleanhippie Feb 2012 #115
You might want to consider displaying something other than humblebum Feb 2012 #120
I find your attitude to be so dishearteningly power-slaving that it borders on dehumanisation stockholmer Feb 2012 #103
Oh, nice one. Crusades. Yeah, you really got us there. And don't tell us to "control" ourselves. lib_wit_it Feb 2012 #66
Atheism is not anti-religion. Fearless Feb 2012 #47
Unfortunately, that's rarely the case. And that is just one of the reasons I am anti-religion. Not lib_wit_it Feb 2012 #68
I think some have different definitions of "anti-religious". You say you are not rhett o rick Feb 2012 #76
I agree. Fearless Feb 2012 #87
Then why do atheists let the anti-religious become their spokesmen. Leontius Feb 2012 #101
People like Hitchens crave the media ... the media crave people like Hitchens .... SomeGuyInEagan Feb 2012 #116
Well, we won't be "mimicking" them skepticscott Feb 2012 #62
Its not ANTI-RELIGION. FFS, man, get a grip. cleanhippie Feb 2012 #135
this is a political rally RainDog Feb 2012 #147
I love the name, Reason Rally. eyewall Feb 2012 #16
Heck, I'm in love with Reason. Is that wrong? Brettongarcia Feb 2012 #17
Reason is never wrong, eyewall Feb 2012 #31
legislative equality? madrchsod Feb 2012 #21
Any that gives preference to religious views and people dmallind Feb 2012 #63
I don't believe it'll happen. RUMMYisFROSTED Feb 2012 #24
The mere fact that a group is discussing it, means it is happening far more than in the past Brettongarcia Feb 2012 #27
I'm opposed to atheism being pushed like a belief system bhikkhu Feb 2012 #50
It's called the Reason Rally.....for a reason. dmallind Feb 2012 #64
Lack of belief? I believe in plenty of things. Just not some made up man in the sky who hates fags. lib_wit_it Feb 2012 #70
I hear you. randome Feb 2012 #94
It's not about believing in not believing, it's about believing in not being oppressed. Scuba Feb 2012 #100
Me too. Let me know when you see that happening. cleanhippie Feb 2012 #137
Probably true - just the way the media puts it bhikkhu Feb 2012 #139
I'm not an atheist, but I support this. Eom tavalon Feb 2012 #51
Richard Dawkins, James Randi, Bad Religion, Dan Barker, Cristina Rad Adenoid_Hynkel Feb 2012 #52
I love Christina Rad's videos stockholmer Feb 2012 #104
Since many are ruled by groupthink, it's impt. to let others know snot Feb 2012 #67
It's about fucking time! pscot Feb 2012 #71
I'm so much of an atheist... sofa king Feb 2012 #73
God bless Atheists. rhett o rick Feb 2012 #79
That would sting more if you were real. sofa king Feb 2012 #82
Did not intend it to "sting" at all. It was intended to be a light-hearted rhett o rick Feb 2012 #96
I'm sorry! sofa king Feb 2012 #145
Ok I get it. A little slow on this end. And I wish Pres Obama would kick rhett o rick Feb 2012 #146
well, I thought you were both joking RainDog Feb 2012 #149
Call it the "Million Mind March" Sabriel Feb 2012 #75
Great Post for discussion on the Topic of Atheism fascisthunter Feb 2012 #83
They "encourage participants to claim their identity". randome Feb 2012 #85
Huh? Skeeve Feb 2012 #88
Huh? randome Feb 2012 #90
Damn, I wish I still lived in Southern Maryland! kdmorris Feb 2012 #86
Atheists and agnostics score higher in knowledge of world religions than "believers" KansDem Feb 2012 #92
I support the recognition of atheist Gringostan Feb 2012 #93
Um? American Atheists, a non-profit with tax breaks.nt humblebum Feb 2012 #126
Non-profit is not the same as 501(c) Major Nikon Feb 2012 #133
Not a RELIGIOUS non-profit, an EDUCATIONAL non-prophet. cleanhippie Feb 2012 #138
I'll be there in spirit. Oh, wait. Scuba Feb 2012 #99
I kinda hope those that are trying to convince atheists not to organize BootinUp Feb 2012 #132
Wish I could be there Onceuponalife Feb 2012 #150
Let's pray for good weather. Bucky Feb 2012 #151
We're booked and going. RussBLib Feb 2012 #153
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