Anyone here consider atheists second-class citizens?

Question

If so, why? And what gives you the right to belittle people who reject YOUR idea of what's true?

No one here considers atheists 2nd class citizens.


So then explain why, please, Christians, atheists cannot become President of the U.S. and with people KNOWING they're atheist. We can't hold office - isn't that 2nd class?

Answer 1

I wonder if they realize that Bill Gates is an atheist...hmmm....

Answer 2

No indeed, I don't consider anyone second class. And I believe if you will read some of the answers posted here, the atheists are usually belittling my Christian beliefs. People have the right to think as they please, without being made fun of, and that includes me...I am no better than the next person, but they are no better than me.

Answer 3

No. God is no respecter of persons, meaning we are all the same in His eyes, and so if we claim to follow God or follow Jesus, neither should we be respecters of persons. God loves everyone, even those that do not believe in Him, so we should do the same. But we do have a duty to God to witness to ALL people, and by the same token, atheists should not be so rude to Christians. If you simply said to me "Hey, no thanks. I do not believe in God.", I might say to you that He is real, and He loves you and to remember that, and then I would go on and leave you be. There is no need for rudeness and sarcasm akin to hatred on either side, but especially on the part of Christians, as we are ambassadors of Christ, and should conduct ourselves as such.

Answer 4

Of course not! No religion (or lack of??) is more correct than any other.

My brothers are intelligent, college-educated hard working guys who take care of their families. And they're both atheists. They are NOT second class citizens to me. Just as I am not their second class citizen Pagan sister. Nor is our other sister a second class citizen Christian to any of us.

Answer 5

No, can't say that I do. That'd be silly.

I *would* like to know why you feel it's necessary to come here and be nasty to a group of people who've never done anything to you, though. Isn't that belittling us and treating us like second-class citizens?

Answer 6

The majority of Americans do according to most surveys on the subject. We are below terrorists and such on the "threat to America" scale...

Despite that many of our greatest heroes, including Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Edison and Albert Einstein were atheists...

(Though christians keep trying to distort Einstein's words and pretending he's christian, even though he spoke of god only metaphorically and released a paper in 1940 openly defying christianity and calling the idea of a personal god "naive." They also are trying to make it seem like the founding fathers were christian when most of them weren't.)

Answer 7

These days ANY AND ALL religious/non-religious ideas should be given their chance, no one should be labeled as second class anything for what they believe or choose not to believe in.

Answer 8

because of the fact u.s.'s meant to be unfastened, and became into based as a unfastened united states of america, yet issues are not continually the way they are meant to be, and usually fall remote from their unique direction.

Answer 9

it's a simple concept. if they can try and belittle me, I can state my opinion on them. and if they don't believe in God, why should they hold me to God's moral code?

Answer 10

What the first person said.

Answer 11

No.

And as to the US question - Canada has no such law.