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Originally Posted by pigglet
i can't figure out if i'm just older, so for some younger kids this is their first time through the "what if there is no god?" thing, or if its a backlash to the strident direction our country has seemingly taken in the past 5 years. interesting nonetheless.
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I think it's a little of both. I used to tell my girls, way back in the religious upsweep of the early 2000's, lol, that a most of these people who are "finding" or "re-experiencing" all this religious fervor will find it fading away in a few years because it is a trend. Much like any other trend. Those who are firm believers will spend years fighting it and denying it but their heyday is over, in my opinion. I think we will see a steady decline back to a more balanced and secular-minded society. I don't think atheism has enough pull to tip the scale in the other direction. Although it becoming slightly more prominent would be natural, I think.
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Originally Posted by shakran
Well that wasn't quite my point. I have no problem with telling people about events and issues. After all, that IS kinda my job  I have a problem with the people who are making a legal issue out of what is and should be a personal life choice. Don't like gay relationships? Fine, don't have one. Leave those that do like them alone. Think you can only get into heaven by praying to whatever god you believe in? That's cool too. Hell I don't even care if you tell me about it. But keep your damn hands off of the legislative system. Don't even THINK about trying to pass laws requiring me to ascribe to your personal beliefs. Your personal beliefs are just that - personal - unless and until they start infringing on the rights of others. That's why murder is and should be illegal, while atheism is not and should not be. (that last sentence was added to ward off the inevitable "well if I believe murder is good I should be able to do it" argument).
I have no problem with making a video glorifying a god, or glorifying the concept that there is no god. I have a problem with religious people trying to force their beliefs on me through the legal system. Even the ultimate jackass athiest Richard Dawkins has publicly admitted that pressing to make religion illegal was stupid. The door swings both ways. Requiring religion or requiring people practice tenets of religion is equally stupid. |
Ah, I thought we talking about the blasphemy challenge. Silly me.