how com i can not mention God anywhere without peopling crying about it?

Question

Especially is school, I know the whole seperation if church and state applies but it also feels like bordering on mild religious persecuiton when atheists try to get their way. What about my constitutional rights to freedom of speech and religion. I personally have no desire to hear about the big bang and evolution because that is not what I believe but i have to listen to it all the time. Also people always talk about religious nuts foricng God on people what about the guy that is such a nut job atheist that he tried to have in God we trust removed from money and the Pledge of Allegiance changed. I believe everyone has the right to there religious beliefs or lack thereof.

Answer 1

You have just as much right to anything, you can even have your own club, news letter, if they can proclaim it you can, you have just as much right. check out this website, and there are some books on the rights of the student in school. You can do a whole lot more than you thought. I had my own newsletter and held meetings every morning, a prayer and bible reading meeting. In the open. This website also has books on the rights of teachers in the public schools, ... you'd be surprised.

Answer 2

You have a right to believe what you want.
But EVOLUTION is not a RELIGIOUS belief. It's SCIENCE--just like gravity and physics and plate tectonics. Evolution is not an atheist belief.
Why do you feel the need to keep bringing up god? That's why everyone complains. Religion and god have no place in most conversations. If you are so weak-minded that you can't have a conversation without talking about god I don't blame people for getting annoyed with you.

Answer 3

Schools are not churches. If you want to get religious, save it for home. We teach the big bang in classrooms, because we have proof. Science is not a belief, it is a field. It has nothing to do with religion. If the teaching of the universe is interfering with your religion, then don't believe it. But hearing science does not give you the right to start preaching, as I said science and superstition (religion etc.) are not related, so science can't be seen as a violation of beliefs. The teaching, or talking about of religion in school would violate the rights of those having to hear it. Your right to free speech does not give you the right to say what you want, because if you said what YOU wanted, you would be violating the rights of others. As for separation of church and state. The reason so many came to America was to escape persecution because of their beliefs. European nations during the revolution mostly had set religions. The separation of church and state in one of the main reasons the U.S. is the # one country. Science is the lack of religion, so in science there can be no god. Having a lack of religion is not persecution of religious. Get off of the soapbox, and get a clue. Real religious persecution is what churches practice. Ex: Christians torture nonbelievers to death, Muslims kill those of a different faith, the list goes on.

Answer 4

Thank you! I agree completely. Everybody should have freedom of speech (unless it's something racist, etc. obviously). This especially applies to religion. I understand that people don't like recieving things in the mail trying to convert them (myself being one) but people should be able to speak about what they believe in openly without being criticized for it. Personally, I do not believe in God. However, I still have respect for people who wish to pursue the Christian religion. I make jokes about religion here and there, but it's only in good humor and I try to make it known that I'm only kidding.

I don't particularly believe in the big bang theory either - the thing is, nobody knows these things for sure. Hense the term "theory". It's just a theory, a thought, an idea, that scientists have come up with in an attempt to explain how the earth started. Everyone can think for themselves, it's their choice wether they want to believe it or not.

And then there's the idea that humans evolved from monkeys - theory of evolution. Again, it's a theory, there is no solid evidence. People can just sleep better at night knowing that there are ideas out there and they are free to believe whichever one they choose.

Answer 5

>>>Especially is school, I know the whole seperation if church and state applies but it also feels like bordering on mild religious persecuiton when atheists try to get their way. What about my constitutional rights to freedom of speech and religion. <<<

My sentiments exactly!!!

The only thing with which I would disagree with you is: the persecution against religious expression in schools and other public places is not "mild." If we really think about it, it's actually quite severe.

Answer 6

We live in this club, the United States of America. To stay in this club, we pay our dues (taxes), which help support the rules of the club (the US Constitution). One rule states that government property, like public schools, needs to steer clear of religion. Therefore as long as we are paying taxes to support the US, no religion in public schools.

Also, evolution has actual evidence to support it. Creationism has a book, which provides as much evidence that it exists as the Harry Potter books do.

Yes you may say that evolution is a theory. But do you actually know what the word “theory” means in a scientific context? It doesn’t mean, “guess”. The earth revolving around the sun is a theory. And that too is contradicted by the bible.

Answer 7

I totally agree...but they believe they have freedom of speech as well, which is why they force their opinion on everyone also. It's just an on-going battle that will probably never be resolved...just be glad that you believe in what you believe in and have more to look forward to afterdeath than just rotting in the ground... if someone believes they aren't going anywhere, chances are they aren't....so let the atheist rot in the ground if that's what they want.

Answer 8

So you are looking to get a logical explaination, when you, in fact, actively ignore logic to refuse to accept the fact of evolution?
I will tell you why us "nut-job" atheists agure with you: We are looking at FACTS. You are working off FEELINGS.
School is a place for FACTS. Church and home are a place for FEELINGS.
God Bless you.

Answer 9

I suspect it is because you have a bad attitude. You seem to want to use the word "God" as a weapon to attack other people and show your contempt for them instead of as a gateway to love others.

Answer 10

Oh, yeah. Christians are very persecuted. They don't get their way about everything, and that is just wrong.