For Radar:P

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by monster

Over here, there are many atheists, but the majority of them keep quiet not only for political reasons, but because they don't want the atheist warriors to harrangue them to "join the movement" -they just want to non-believe in peace.

I think you've nailed it. They probably take more heat from the warriors than from religious folks.

[piercehawkeye45]

Originally Posted by monster

Love it, Dana. I think the "probably" is just fine ....to me it gave the message that it's Ok to be pretty sure it's all bollox and be happy with your decision -you don't have to be an atheist warrior. Over here, there are many atheists, but the majority of them keep quiet not only for political reasons, but because they don't want the atheist warriors to harrangue them to "join the movement" -they just want to non-believe in peace.

I think it works around the same, I honestly don't feel pressure from any group. I would think most atheists keep quiet because they don't really give a shit about negative identification. That is my reason and every atheists (which are the majority of people I am around) reason that I know of.

[TheMercenary]

We have religious billboards all over the South. I don't even notice them anymore.

[Radar]

Maybe you do, but you don't know it. Our subconscious picks up everything.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Radar

Maybe you do, but you don't know it. Our subconscious picks up everything.

Wrong.

[wolf]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

We have religious billboards all over the South. I don't even notice them anymore.

Originally Posted by Radar

Maybe you do, but you don't know it. Our subconscious picks up everything.

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Wrong.

It's just another ad. People are as likely to respond to it as any other.

I'm not planning on spending a weekend at Jack Frost/Big Boulder, either, and I see that billboard a lot more often.

[Mystic Rythm]

Doomsday is coming! Head for the covers!!

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by Radar

Maybe you do, but you don't know it. Our subconscious picks up everything.

It's true.
I've been craving the taste of McSemen for days... [cellar link]

Dana I missed this originally, only catching the end of it on the news. I think it's great. In the quoted article, the one thing that made me laugh out loud - yes literally - was that the anti quote came from a Merkin! I bet they couldn't find an English person within walking distamce who was prepared to criticise it

[Radar]

Really? Prove it.

[capnhowdy]

Philosophy can only be proven to ones self.
Not that I'm a philosopher. Hell I am barely a philanderer.

[capnhowdy]

Merkin?

[Urbane Guerrilla]

Originally Posted by capnhowdy

Merkin?

1) A pubic wig
2) A mop for cleaning out a cannon

[capnhowdy]

Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla

1) A pubic wig
2) A mop for cleaning out a cannon

I think it was a reference to an American, after some thought.

[DanaC]

I liked this bit:

the British effort has been striking in the lack of outrage it has generated. The Methodist Church, for instance, said it welcomed the campaign as a way to get people to talk about God.

[Radar]

I don't know who that is, much less come off like him. I am me. A defender of liberty and freedom and a man who recognizes the limitations on the powers of our government. A man who wishes freedom and liberty for everyone, but who demands that his government only champion that freedom for our own people. Others must earn it for themselves. That doesn't make me a tyrant, or a person who supports or condones tyrants. It makes me a true libertarian and a good American patriot, unlike anyone who supports the war in Iraq.