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I think the recent zeitgeist surrounding atheism is interesting. I have been thinking about it a bit more and I think that while it has been a quiet movement that pretty much (with few exceptions) stayed under the radar it has bubbled to the surface because of a number of recent events. But the one most important event was the President's intervention in the case of Terri Shaivo.
I think that act drew a line in the sand and many atheists (and also many theists) sat up and took note. I believe that many of us are not willing to sit by and let the theists dictate policy and determine the course of western society.
Practice what you wish but leave me and mine out of it.
I feel that we are headed for an all out confrontation between those that want a secular state and those who would rather take their direction from a supernatural source. The theists want the power back that they lost after the age of enlightenment and reason.
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"My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars."
- Old Man Luedecke
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