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Originally Posted by Infinite_Loser
Yes, I can. Simply because you don't believe it happens, doesn't mean that it doesn't happen. I asked this question before, but doesn't removing God or the mention of religion from the public sector promote the atheist agenda?
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The Constitution is the only atheist agenda at work here, and it's persecution that 'atheists' (actually many Christians supported the removal of God from government, too) are trying to fix.
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Originally Posted by Infinite_Loser
Which, of course, is nothing like someone telling you that you believe in a fairy tale or God doesn't exist. I've never denied the fact that theists don't try to convert people. I've just found it funny how people seemingly believe that atheists don't do the same.
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There's a difference between questioning and damning. I doubt any atheist would tell a Christian that he or she was going to hell.
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Originally Posted by Infinite_Loser
That's nothing. Try praying in school without someone stating that you're "Offending" them.
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So kids get beaten up for praying in school? I dare you to try and find an article to link to support that. Homosexuals are beaten up often because of their sexual orientation.
Apples and handguns.
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Originally Posted by Infinite_Loser
And why, per chance, does it have to be mainstream? You wanted to know of an instance in which atheists debate religious topics in the absence of religious people.
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In order to equate them, duh. You acted as if it were commonplace in a venue of similar viewership to the linked show above. It's not 50/50 here, it's more like 99/1, and it's not in your favor. Basically, you proved that the point you're trying to make isn't sound by showing how little you have to support it.
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...You're kidding, right? I'm sorry, but what exactly do you expect to see when you watch CNN? They're not exactly liberal (I'm not sure they ever have been, either). News stations can be as biased as they want, as they're not controlled by the government but by the people who sponsor them. Much like the atheists on their own station, CNN is allowed to run their own agenda.
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Just because something is a way doesn't mean that's the best way. Unbiased news is the friend of the informed man. Biased news is the friend of the mindless man. Feel free to quote me on that. CNN can go on and show children being raped, but that doesn't make it right.
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Yes yes... I know... Seperation of Church and State... Yada yada yada...
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One of the most important princeples of a non theocracy. Wait, do you want the US to be a theocracy?
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Originally Posted by Infinite_Loser
Anyway, what I (And most other people have a problem with) is when you have a town which is predominantly comprised of one religion, an atheist moves in and then wants to change the way things are run because they're "Offended".
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That's a case of "you are not your own country, so shape up and follow the rules and don't be dicks".
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Yeah, if I were in that town in Mississippi, I'd have run the atheists out of town, too.
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That not only makes you a bigot, but a dick.
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You can have your child not participate in Bible study, but to claim that no one should participate in Bible study because you're offended is, IMO, idiotic. When I was in elementary school and my mom didn't agree with a part of the curriculum, do you know what she did? She wrote a note stating that she wanted me to go elsewhere for the duration of that time. I've never understand how/why people complain about things they don't have to participate in.
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Prayer has no place in public schools, and there are laws to back me up on that. If you want to break the law, go right ahead, but you won't win any arguments that way. You might actually scare people from your camp. Also, I REALLY WISH RELIGIOUS PEOPLE WOULD READ THEIR OWN TEXTS:
Matthew 6:5-6
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Thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men
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But thou, when thou prayest, enter into the closet, and when thou has shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret...
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