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To: 7thson

The rule I set for myself is that I treat atheists the same as I would treat an adherent to any other religion, which is, I would not attack their beliefs unless there is something that suggest willingness on their part to converse on the subject, in which case I will explain why I am right and they are wrong.

A car covered with bumper stickers about religion seems like an invitation to speak to the owner about religion. Unless the bumper sticker is an insult, in which case it is a case of hooliganism oddly ignored by the cops who should prevent such things.

But, atheists would say, ours is emphatically not religion. Ours is absence of religion.

Then the question arises: we know what a Christian monument is, or a Muslim one, or a Bhuddist one. What would an Atheist monument be?

What would an atheist bumper sticker be?

The answer is, an atheist monument is absence of a monument. An atheist bumper sticker is absence of a bumper sticker. Since that is not satisfying to some atheists, instead of proclaiming their atheism they need to vandalize my monuments or insult my religion. May be, after all, we should just jail them.


76 posted on 01/26/2005 10:39:05 AM PST by annalex
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To: annalex
What would an atheist bumper sticker be?

How about, "I don't believe in God" or "God is a Myth" for example?

The answer is, an atheist monument is absence of a monument. An atheist bumper sticker is absence of a bumper sticker. Since that is not satisfying to some atheists, instead of proclaiming their atheism they need to vandalize my monuments or insult my religion.

Wow, that's some straw man you managed to erect and bring down...
94 posted on 01/26/2005 10:51:13 AM PST by Stone Mountain
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To: annalex
Unless the bumper sticker is an insult, in which case it is a case of hooliganism oddly ignored by the cops who should prevent such things.

You think the cops should be policing bumper stickers?

152 posted on 01/26/2005 11:15:52 AM PST by malakhi
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To: annalex
May be, after all, we should just jail them.

Oh, yeah, okay. [rolls eyes]

156 posted on 01/26/2005 11:16:41 AM PST by malakhi
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To: annalex
What would an Atheist monument be? >>> Well heres a dead atheist monument

Karl Marx

Well Im sure one these famous atheists could come up with something grand for themselves.

George Soros

Warren Buffett

Steve Wozniak

Ted Turner

Richard Branson

Angelina Jolie

Ron Reagan Jr.

434 posted on 01/26/2005 4:24:28 PM PST by Selkie (You can argue 'til you're blue in the face, but I'll always be right.)
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To: annalex
What would an Atheist monument be? >>> Well heres a dead atheist monument

Karl Marx

Well Im sure one these famous atheists could come up with something grand for themselves.

George Soros

Warren Buffett

Steve Wozniak

Ted Turner

Richard Branson

Angelina Jolie

Ron Reagan Jr.

435 posted on 01/26/2005 4:24:29 PM PST by Selkie (You can argue 'til you're blue in the face, but I'll always be right.)
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