Should atheists be allowed to express their beliefs (or lack thereof) in public?

[Vandalshandle]

You are the reason that the founders wrote the 1st amendment. .

No, he wasn't; they wrote it because most of the colonies wouldn't have joined, having been founded by different sects, without such a clause restricting the Federal govt. It didn't restrict the states from having a state sponsored sect of their own.

Nope. the founders wanted not part of religion in government, because of people who think like you. It really is that simple.

 

[Picaro]

You are the reason that the founders wrote the 1st amendment. .

No, he wasn't; they wrote it because most of the colonies wouldn't have joined, having been founded by different sects, without such a clause restricting the Federal govt. It didn't restrict the states from having a state sponsored sect of their own.

Nope. the founders wanted not part of religion in government, because of people who think like you. It really is that simple.

You know nothing about 'The Founders', so why try and fake it?

 

[Picaro]

lol Atheism has never been condemned much, as opposed to heresies, which are an entirely different matter, but of course for the ignorant who never actually read any history and think they're the same thing. In fact the NT has several stories meant to discourage lying about being believers. It was also widely accepted that most of the peasantry were still mostly pagans right up to the 19th century, if Catholic priests themselves are to be believed in their writings on the matters, especially re the Irish immigrants to America.

Heresies got you roasted alive in Europe. Of course, who is to say what a heresy is besides that it is a Christian religious theory that is at odds with one's own? The Catholics and the protestants certainly went at it during and after the Reformation, both against each other and against people in their individual ranks, and, of course, they both went after Jews and Pagans, who have always been entitled to believe as they wished. Then both Catholics and Protestants arrived in North America, where they brought religious strife to the New World. There is nothing quite like hanging a few Quaker Christians on Boston Common.

But this is the United States of America, where people are supposed to have the freedom to believe what they want. Atheists don't buy into any of it. Agnostics just think that there is no way of knowing. And some practice religions other than Christianity.

The OP is full of it. If the leaders of various religions/sects/cults are permitted to express their views, no matter how hateful or barbaric, atheists should be allowed to express theirs openly. Moreover, remember that, along with all of the variations of Christianity, there are plenty of other religions besides Christianity.

lol pure rubbish as usual. You know squat about history, troll sock.

You don't know anything about history, do you? Read up on the history of the colonies. Puritans against Quakers against Catholics against Episcopalians against Calvinists, etc., all imported from Europe. Don't you know that Americans hold a whole spectrum of beliefs? A theocracy will never, ever be permitted in the United States.

You sound like a culthead.

Your illiterate babbling isn't impressive. Ironic projection there, babbling about 'cultheads' while babbling memes from your own cult of sociopaths.

 

[Vandalshandle]

You are the reason that the founders wrote the 1st amendment. .

No, he wasn't; they wrote it because most of the colonies wouldn't have joined, having been founded by different sects, without such a clause restricting the Federal govt. It didn't restrict the states from having a state sponsored sect of their own.

Nope. the founders wanted not part of religion in government, because of people who think like you. It really is that simple.

You know nothing about 'The Founders', so why try and fake it?

Oh, now your feelings are hurt...…..

 

[Lysistrata]

No one has ever come up with a coherent argument for forcing a religious belief on a person who simply doesn't believe in it. The only thing that this would accomplish would be to force a weird conformity.

I can see a rationale for declaring atheism or the expressive of immoral and degenerate atheistic beliefs in public places an offense against the state, the public, and our common standards of decency.

But how many atheists have actually done this? What is an "immoral and degenerate atheistic belief" anyway? Who would "the public" be? Why should atheists be treated any worse than today's crop of monkey-brained, power-hungry "preachers" and "religious leaders" who hawk crazy and nasty ideas to the public and attack other people?

The OP is against the free flow of ideas, which is totally offensive. I wonder what the motive is here.

 

[Lysistrata]

lol Atheism has never been condemned much, as opposed to heresies, which are an entirely different matter, but of course for the ignorant who never actually read any history and think they're the same thing. In fact the NT has several stories meant to discourage lying about being believers. It was also widely accepted that most of the peasantry were still mostly pagans right up to the 19th century, if Catholic priests themselves are to be believed in their writings on the matters, especially re the Irish immigrants to America.

Heresies got you roasted alive in Europe. Of course, who is to say what a heresy is besides that it is a Christian religious theory that is at odds with one's own? The Catholics and the protestants certainly went at it during and after the Reformation, both against each other and against people in their individual ranks, and, of course, they both went after Jews and Pagans, who have always been entitled to believe as they wished. Then both Catholics and Protestants arrived in North America, where they brought religious strife to the New World. There is nothing quite like hanging a few Quaker Christians on Boston Common.

But this is the United States of America, where people are supposed to have the freedom to believe what they want. Atheists don't buy into any of it. Agnostics just think that there is no way of knowing. And some practice religions other than Christianity.

The OP is full of it. If the leaders of various religions/sects/cults are permitted to express their views, no matter how hateful or barbaric, atheists should be allowed to express theirs openly. Moreover, remember that, along with all of the variations of Christianity, there are plenty of other religions besides Christianity.

lol pure rubbish as usual. You know squat about history, troll sock.

You don't know anything about history, do you? Read up on the history of the colonies. Puritans against Quakers against Catholics against Episcopalians against Calvinists, etc., all imported from Europe. Don't you know that Americans hold a whole spectrum of beliefs? A theocracy will never, ever be permitted in the United States.

You sound like a culthead.

Your illiterate babbling isn't impressive. Ironic projection there, babbling about 'cultheads' while babbling memes from your own cult of sociopaths.

There is no "cult of sociopaths." You sound like you suck up to garbage like graham, falwell, jeffress, perkins, family research counsel. Do you actually think that we should adopt these scumbags as our leaders? All they do is prostitute the Christian faith. I just oppose these trash cults trying to interfere with the rest of Americans.

 

[rightwinger]

No one has ever come up with a coherent argument for forcing a religious belief on a person who simply doesn't believe in it. The only thing that this would accomplish would be to force a weird conformity.

I can see a rationale for declaring atheism or the expressive of immoral and degenerate atheistic beliefs in public places an offense against the state, the public, and our common standards of decency.

But how many atheists have actually done this? What is an "immoral and degenerate atheistic belief" anyway? Who would "the public" be? Why should atheists be treated any worse than today's crop of monkey-brained, power-hungry "preachers" and "religious leaders" who hawk crazy and nasty ideas to the public and attack other people?

The OP is against the free flow of ideas, which is totally offensive. I wonder what the motive is here.

OP is a troll

 

[Jackson]

Didn't have top read the post. Answer: Yes

I have barely if any "human" respect for atheists whatsoever, and am tempted to believe that by the virtue of their own worthlessness and nihilism they don't deserve any "rights" at all, human, animal, or otherwise, no more rights than a plague in need of sanitation.

The religious, moral, spiritual, and virtuous are inherently superior to atheists, some as high above an atheist as mankind itself is above the apes, and there is no reason we should give them the pretense of equality at all, only men and women of God should be held to be equal, atheists, no more equal than slaves or chattle, with is all their worthless, nihilism, and moral degeneracy is good for.

If there is a new group to be made in the deplorables of civilized societies in America and the West, it should be atheists and their cancerous, verminous, morally infectious and contageous ilk.

What about our Constitution?