Atheists Rally In Washington

America is a country where belief in God is widespread and believers dominate a lot of political discourse. This past weekend was atheists turn to say, “wait a minute, we’re here too, we’ve got rights, and we’ve got a perspective that the country may need.”

Atheists Rally In Washington



Atheists Gather for Reason Rally in Washington, D.C. | Atheists Assemble: Reason Rally Descends on Washington, D.C. | NewsFeed | TIME.com

One big hit with the crowd was Jessica Ahlquist, the 16-year-old Rhode Island high school student who successfully sued her school district to remove a prayer from her school’s walls. During the fight, state Rep. Peter Palumbo called her an “evil little thing,” an epithet she has since proudly embraced.

“If they resist the gospel of Jesus Christ they will end up in a lake of fire,” said Marvin Holmes, 70, who traveled from western New York with four people from three churches. (cuz it burns, burns, burns)

Atheists rally on National Mall in show of political force - The Washington Post

"These are battles that homosexuals have won, people of color have won, women have won," said journalist Jamila Bey, who recalled losing a job after her Christian boss learned she was an atheist. "We can't stay silent anymore."

Thousands of Atheists Rally in D.C. : Discovery News

National Academy of Science charted belief in God as low as 5.5 percent among biologists and 7.5 percent among physicist and astronomers in a 1998 study.

Are scientists atheists? Should they be?

Are Scientists Atheists? : Discovery News

What is God's Role in Natural Disasters? : Discovery News

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Pulaski, Tennessee - The Ku Klux Klan officially disbanded today claiming that the Republican Party has co-opted all of their ideas concerning race, immigration and religion and that there was no longer any need for their existence.

USMB Republicans love to scream "liar". If they could prove facts are lies, they could win every debate. Instead of none. At least their record is "perfect".

Bush Tax Cuts were supposed to be temporary, you know, when we had a surplus.

I thought the TP was gathered there?

So what?

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"Goddamn it, John ... the Republicans are selling their soul to win elections ... Mark my word ... if and when these preachers get control of the party, and they’re sure trying to do so, it’s going to be a terrible damn problem." -- Barry Goldwater as told to John Dean

Cuz it burns, burns, burns.

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Pulaski, Tennessee - The Ku Klux Klan officially disbanded today claiming that the Republican Party has co-opted all of their ideas concerning race, immigration and religion and that there was no longer any need for their existence.

USMB Republicans love to scream "liar". If they could prove facts are lies, they could win every debate. Instead of none. At least their record is "perfect".

Bush Tax Cuts were supposed to be temporary, you know, when we had a surplus.

Currently, we all have the right to peacefully assemble. That's one of the beauties of the First Amendment. You can exercise it, even if you are assembling to try to eliminate someone elses First Amendment rights.

Though, from what I heard, it sounded more like ignorant Ba'al worship than no worship at all. And it certainly wasnt a strong support for the old athiest argument that you dont need God to be a moral people.

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“When men open their lips against [the truth] they do not injure me, but injure themselves. … When things that are of the greatest importance are passed over by weak-minded men without even a thought, I want to see truth in all its bearings and hug it to my bosom. I believe all that God ever revealed, and I never hear of a man being damned for believing too much; but they are damned for unbelief.” - Joseph Smith Jr.

“Study the Bible, and as many of our books as you can get; pray to the Father in the name of Jesus Christ, have faith in the promises made to the fathers, and your mind will be guided to the truth.” - Joseph Smith Jr.

Imagine what good we can do if we all joined together, united as followers of Christ - M. Russell Ballard

They can rally as freely as the next guy.

Did Rdean steal the Shaman's crayons?


Let them rally!

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They are not doing it to abolish religion (maybe a very little select few want that), they are doing it for the interest of everyone's rights. If one religion has their way, then everyone else's rights get stepped on. If non believers has their way, then they can make it where everyone has their rights (Gay marriage and every religion is free to do their own shit). But if they try to make religion illegal, then it should be everyone's duty to throw them out of government.

Unfortunately many atheists are motivated by anti-religious feelings and intolerance. The idea that atheists are somehow more "neutral" than religious people is bogus.

As for gay marriage, that is first and foremost a cultural and social issue, not a religious issue. Advocates of gay marriage aren't just opposing religious rules, they are proposing throwing out a few thousand years of basic social norms.

Ya'll realize how much crazier the players are on this board than the average American is, right?

Between racists and religionsists (which includes the radical atheists, incidently since they too are religiously obsessed -- only in their case their obsession is anti-religion) this board exposed quintessentially everything that is WRONG with this nation.

Thousands of years of social norms?
Those would include men taking multiple wives, having slaves, offering ones virgin daughters up to the men of the village to do with as they pleased ... those social norms?

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Republicans 'Fleeced, Exploited And Lied To' By "Conservative Entertainment Complex"
- David Frum
ObamaCares

Slavery disappeared in Western Europe about 1500 years ago, as did the having of multiple wives. Your fantasies about virgins were never reality in Western society.

But I presume you feel all these things should be possible again?

Pat Tillman's death was very sad for many reasons, one of the less important reasons it was sad was that he would've been the perfect person to rally behind for the non-believer movement.

He was the perfect example of how someone doesn't need god or religion to be moral. He had everything, millions of dollars, millions of fans, tens of thousands of ppl cheering for him every day, lived the life of luxury, gave it all up in the prime of his career to fight for his country in the War in Afghanistan.

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"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you"-Jesus
(Matthew 5.43-45 ESV)

"I refuse to accept the cynical notion that nation after nation must spiral down a militaristic stairway into the hell of nuclear annihilation. I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant."-Martin Luther King JR.

If the brain of a partisan could become independent for a day, they'd notice the blatant hypocrisy of so many things they say and so many positions they hold.

this atheist has no need for reassurance in my nonbelief from any group.
Never been to any atheist gathering and never will go.