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The second clip is scary..Moderator cut: edit kind of debate is that? Three Christians two bashing atheists and one defending?
I actually agree with you. That second clip... I could only want the first minute of it.
When she said freedom of religion does not mean freedom from religion, I couldn't believe what I was hearing.
This sort of persecution is wrong. It doesn't matter who is bashing or discriminating against who, it is wrong. I don't care if the majority of the nation is Christian, it does not give them the right to persecute someone for their beliefs.
However, I do not agree with the OP about going and protesting churches. Stooping to someone's level that is preaching hate, will only create more hate. I don't believe in public bashing or bashing at all really. When we say mean and hateful things about another person we are ourselves casting that same mean and hateful thing on ourselves.
Tell me again how religion is not a cancer in society
The fear instilled in those so duped as to follow the fantasy manifests itself as hate, and shows the utter hypocrisy of these mindless sheep, told whom to hate, and blindly following along like the mindless fools they are.
The second clip is scary..Moderator cut: edit kind of debate is that? Three Christians two bashing atheists and one defending?
Clearly you haven't watched MSNBC or Fox News lately because that's pretty standard operating procedure. Have a highly biased panel to discuss the issue. If you're very lucky, you might have somebody there from the opposite viewpoint. I don't know how they get people to show up for that role. They'll just drown him or her out, talk over them, interrupt, call them idiots, belittle them in every way possible, etc. Would have looked uglier if they'd have invited an atheist I'm betting cuz they'd have ganged up on the atheist for the entire discussion.
These video clips kinda have a familiar ring to them. Jews, Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormons have often been told that "you brought this upon yourselves" when they have been victims of violence and illegal violation of their rights in the USA.
One really ridiculous example was the lynching of Leo Frank. So if you're accused of a crime -- rape in this case -- and you happen to be a Jew, apparently you just accept the fact that you're guilty no matter what. When the governor intervened and commuted the sentence (because the conviction was a load of BS), a mob kidnapped him from the prison in Atlanta and lynched him.
The USA, the nation that swells with pride that we are the land where you are free to practice whatever religion you want, including no religion at all. There's been plenty of bad stuff, but I was kinda surprised that the blatantly illegal persecution of the Mormons is pretty unique in US history as a white on white religious crusade. The really alarming thing about it was that it wasn't just ignored by government authorities -- it was the state and federal governments that actually ordered it and state and federal troops were sent to enforce it. But nothing quite ranks with the genocidal assault on the Native Americans.
I wholeheartedly disagree with this sort of discrimination, but Atheists certainly aren't unique. Many groups have been on the receiving end of the American mob and their version of religious liberty. I'm not really sure how seriously government authorities take the first amendment. Sure it applies to traditional Christian denominations, but outside of that you're probably just plain screwed.
Oh crap, looks like I better start wearing my fake "I love Jesus" t-shirt again. Don't want to be stoned at the old KMart superstore this Sunday.
I don't get the idea that we are a Christian country? Is this because the majority of people in America are of Christian faith? I mean, couldn't that change in a "so called" free country or do they mean Americans will keep this a Christian country regardless of others beliefs, like by force? Or by branding the pledge, money and statues with Christian values. That's a little scary.
I don't think the Jewish lady knew that she was agreeing with the wolf across from her. What's the Jewish women's kids going to do whilst the Christian kids are praying to Jesus? After the Christians take down the Atheists who exactly does she think will be next? They aren't going to let it go with just a couple of Atheists. No way!
Maybe it's time to look into a different country. After watching the Christian run states eliminate abortion rights in over half of the country this year I can see things are going back in time instead of forward. It is a scary thought for anybody of right mind, not just Atheists.
Clearly you haven't watched MSNBC or Fox News lately because that's pretty standard operating procedure. Have a highly biased panel to discuss the issue. If you're very lucky, you might have somebody there from the opposite viewpoint. I don't know how they get people to show up for that role. They'll just drown him or her out, talk over them, interrupt, call them idiots, belittle them in every way possible, etc. Would have looked uglier if they'd have invited an atheist I'm betting cuz they'd have ganged up on the atheist for the entire discussion.
These video clips kinda have a familiar ring to them. Jews, Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormons have often been told that "you brought this upon yourselves" when they have been victims of violence and illegal violation of their rights in the USA.
One really ridiculous example was the lynching of Leo Frank. So if you're accused of a crime -- rape in this case -- and you happen to be a Jew, apparently you just accept the fact that you're guilty no matter what. When the governor intervened and commuted the sentence (because the conviction was a load of BS), a mob kidnapped him from the prison in Atlanta and lynched him.
The USA, the nation that swells with pride that we are the land where you are free to practice whatever religion you want, including no religion at all. There's been plenty of bad stuff, but I was kinda surprised that the blatantly illegal persecution of the Mormons is pretty unique in US history as a white on white religious crusade. The really alarming thing about it was that it wasn't just ignored by government authorities -- it was the state and federal governments that actually ordered it and state and federal troops were sent to enforce it. But nothing quite ranks with the genocidal assault on the Native Americans.
I wholeheartedly disagree with this sort of discrimination, but Atheists certainly aren't unique. Many groups have been on the receiving end of the American mob and their version of religious liberty. I'm not really sure how seriously government authorities take the first amendment. Sure it applies to traditional Christian denominations, but outside of that you're probably just plain screwed.
I live in Canada and we are spared Fox and MSN news for the most part thankfully. In Canada our news media is not allowed to spread outright lies as it is in the US.
It looked to me that the couple was not just expressing their beliefs, they had set out to change the culture of a town in Mississippi. If you do that you might expect some pushback.
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After watching the Christian run states eliminate abortion rights in over half of the country this year I can see things are going back in time instead of forward. It is a scary thought for anybody of right mind, not just Atheists.
