Atheists, doesn't this just make you angry?

Question

I had a paper to do for English and I chose Atheism in America to be the topic. While researching, I came across this. It may be from more than 10 years ago, but it still makes my blood boil.

http://www.holysmoke.org/sdhok/aa011.htm

Your thoughts?

I'm level 4...do you think I've gotten that far for posting viruses?

Geez, how many bigot came here when it's marked for Atheists? I became mad because this is still going on. We live in this country and people who are running it are giving us the short end of the stick.

Hah, SPOOKY, I found that during my research also. Hilarious.

Answer 1

You should be more than outraged... you should be scared. The Bush clan is involved with the 'Dominionist' movement. Christian 'Dominionists' (Reconstructionalists, Theonomists) have largely usurped the local level political apparatus of the Republican Party, and are engaged in a sub rosa process to politically motivate moderate Christians under the false cover of religious issues such as morality and family values, under cover of front organizations like the Christian Coalition, the American Family Association and the Promise Keepers. The goal is nothing less than the takeover of all elective offices in the USA.

Their doctrine comes from the Bible, starting with the term 'dominion' at Genesis 1:28... “And God said unto them, [Adam and Eve] Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have DOMINION… over every living thing.” They interpret DOMINION as: “... a supremacy in determining and directing the actions of others or in governing politically, socially, or personally.”

They want to remake the USA as a theocracy... and they are succeeding.

Its most common form, Dominionism, represents one of the most extreme forms of Fundamentalist Christianity thought. Its followers, called Dominionists, are attempting to convert the laws of United States so that they match those of the Hebrew Scriptures. They intend to achieve this by using the freedom of religion in the US to train a generation of children via home-schooling and in private Christian religious schools. See: JESUS CAMP http://www.apple.com/trailers/magnolia/jesuscamp/trailer/ Later, their graduates will be charged with the responsibility of creating a new Bible-based political, religious and social order. One of the first tasks of this order will be to eliminate religious choice and freedom. Their eventual goal is to achieve the "Kingdom of God" in which much of the world is converted to Christianity. They feel that the power of God's word will bring about this conversion. No armed force or insurrection will be needed; in fact, they believe that there will be little opposition to their plan. People will willingly accept it. All that needs to be done is to properly explain it to them.

All religious organizations, congregations etc. other than strictly Fundamentalist Christianity would be suppressed. Nonconforming Evangelical, main line and liberal Christian religious institutions would no longer be allowed to hold services, organize, proselytize, etc. Society would revert to the laws and punishments of the Hebrew Scriptures. Any person who advocated or practiced other religious beliefs outside of their home would be tried for idolatry and executed. Blasphemy, adultery and homosexual behavior would be criminalized; those found guilty would also be executed. There are two conservative Christian pastors in Texas who have advocated the execution of all Wiccans. Ralph Reed, the executive director of the conservative public policy group the Christian Coalition has criticized Reconstructionism as "an authoritarian ideology that threatens the most basic civil liberties of a free and democratic society."

By failing to openly confront this insidious agenda, we have sown the seeds of our own destruction, while these religious wing-nuts are paving the way to Armageddon with gleeful anticipation.

"Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder." ~ Arnold Toynbee

http://www.religioustolerance.org/reconstr.htm
http://www.yuricareport.com/Dominionism/HistoryOfReconstructionMovement.html
http://www.yuricareport.com/Dominionism/Clarkson_RiseOfDomionism.html

Answer 2

It didn't make me angry it made me laugh.

I still don't understand how either Bush got elected! I guess maybe it was the religioius vote.

It's not about bigotry it's about one view against another.

The Pledge thing was a knee jerk reaction to the Cold War and Communism.

That whole Red Scare thing was a strange time in America. The Eisenhower years.

Yet no one backed George Patton on his desires to ride into Russia and take those commies on before them come for us!

I guess Bush was pandering to the Religious vote. Wise move. IT worked.

Democrates relied on the liberals, unions, blacks and Jews and it let them down.

We all have to remember that Blacks, Gays, Illegal Mexican Immigrants, Atheists and even Muslims all went into the Army and fought. I saw all this in the Vietnam era.

To give you an idea of strange, and I don't feel this was intentional. One day for Breakfast there was eggs and bacon or sausage. Lunch was ham sandwich and dinner was pork roast.

Poor Muslims and JEws in the Army had a fit that day!

And we weren't allowed to give them more veggies. They simply had to pass on the meat portion!

OF course on the day we had lamb chops I starved as I don't eat lamb, but the Muslims enjoyed it because they are big on lamb.

Everyone here has their biases and prejducices

I say GAY a lot of you go YECH

I say MUSLIM a lot of you you say terrorists

I say JEW a lot of you say killer or Jesus

I say Atheist a lot of you say godless idiots

I say Christians a lot of you say brainwashed idiots

We just can't all get along. We have to face that reality!

Answer 3

I am SOOO glad we only have to put up with him (now) for a total of 8 years. Equally, I was relieved to find the American Atheist website. It's good to know there are educated people to uphold the seperation issue.
Someone here made a comment about if that article had been about women, or jews, or black people, etc. he would have had hell to pay. That is so true. Hopefully, the Bushes and their kind will at least unite non-believers (atheist, freethinkers, rationalists, etc) to make religious tolerance practiced more

Answer 4

All religious organizations, congregations etc. other than strictly Fundamentalist Christianity would be suppressed. Nonconforming Evangelical, main line and liberal Christian religious institutions would no longer be allowed to hold services, organize, proselytize, etc. Society would revert to the laws and punishments of the Hebrew Scriptures. Any person who advocated or practiced other religious beliefs outside of their home would be tried for idolatry and executed. Blasphemy, adultery and homosexual behavior would be criminalized; those found guilty would also be executed. There are two conservative Christian pastors in Texas who have advocated the execution of all Wiccans. Ralph Reed, the executive director of the conservative public policy group the Christian Coalition has criticized Reconstructionism as "an authoritarian ideology that threatens the most basic civil liberties of a free and democratic society."

Answer 5

I've seen that several times, and each time it reminds me more and more that although he would have been dragged away by his toenails for saying something like that about African Americans or women or Muslims, no one even seems to remember or CARE that he said it about atheists. People are so apathetic towards nonbelievers that they don't even notice when the concept of our very citizenship is being trampled by what would be the leader of the free world. The FREE world... does no one pay attention to that anymore? It means we are FREE to believe in God or FREE not to... what business does a man have in trying to LEAD a nation that guarantees such freedoms if he is apparently so painfully unaware or else quite unpatriotically opposed to them?

Answer 6

I'm not an atheist, but it makes me very angry to think that a recent president was so willing to consider a minority not-citizens and not-patriots simply for thinking differently about religion.

His son inherited or learned that tendency--GWB said that Wiccans didn't belong in the military and that Witchcraft isn't a real religion.

Answer 7

Haha, I remember reading about that. ;p

It made me more worried than angry. I'm not an atheist, but as a Pagan, I do have to watch my back. I shudder at the thought of Christian theocracy here in America.

Answer 8

Every minute, of every hour, of every day...

That's why I spend so much time fighting this insanity. Somebody's got to do it.

Pudding - Look it up. This is common knowledge, regardless of who wrote what article. Choose one of your own news sources, they'll quote the same thing. Attacking the source's character is an extremely amateur debate tactic... And it's a dead giveaway that you have nothing worthwhile to refute it with.

Answer 9

This is a politician who will try anything and butter up to anybody to get support. Probably the worst US leader so far.

Answer 10

LOL, that's not very surprising. However, take heart; Bush does not have the power to proclaim who are and who are not citizens or patriots.

Pudding: LOL, before you go ripping on someone, learn to properly spell their name you uneducated idiot.