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Religions > Atheism |
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"erikc" |
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11 Jan 2006 12:40:08 AM |
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Secular Prayer |
Very interesting article I came across:
http://www.iranian.ws/iran_news/publish/article_11910.shtml
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Secular Prayer
Jan 1, 2006
Bahman Aghai Diba PhD International Law - Persian Journal
On the occasion of saying good bye to 2005
I pray to all Gods of all religions in the world to let the people of all
states live in peace and do not divide them according to self-centered
religions.
I pray to all Gods of all religions in the world to ask the religious
institutions, as the units claiming to have the monopoly of truth, to stay
away from the administration of the states.
I pray to all Gods of all religions in the world to accept their mistakes in
creating the world and their failure to establish justice.
I pray to all Gods of all religions in the world to respect the human rights
as envisaged in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
I request all Gods to go back to their temples and let the peoples of all
states live in secularism .
I ask all Gods to stay away from the politics in order to preserve the respect
for religions.
I pray to all Gods to free all countries from the scourge of the medieval
ideologies based on the vague messages.
I ask all Gods to start talking directly with the people and put an end to the
lies told by the brokers of heaven and hell.
I request all Gods to stay away from the private life of the people.
I pray to all Gods to find a way of living together, because they are all
going to die under the present conditions.
I warn all Gods to stop persuading the people to dominate and kill each other
in order to spread your words. (In other words, if what the religious leaders
claim to be your words are true, then please keep them to yourself).
I request Satan and of his unholy angels to make their relations with Gods
clear and do not blame the human beings for their failure to hammer out a kind
of compromise formula.
© Iranian.ws
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Erikc (alt.atheist #002) | "An Fhirinne in aghaidh an tSaoil."
BAAWA Knight (retired) | "The Truth against the World."
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| Title: Re: Secular Prayer |
25 Jan 2006 11:20:49 AM |
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Your prayers have been answered.
Finally!! The millions of Americans who are secular citizens have a
voice in Washington D.C. Last weekend in Los Angeles, the SCA member
organizations approved application from the Society for Humanistic
Judaism.
http://www.motherjones.com/news/outfront/2005/12/godless_pride.html
www.secular.org
The Secular Coalition for America's member organizations are committed
to fostering a culture of cooperation which is respectful of each
organization's unique role within the freethought community.
Member groups:
American Humanist Association
Atheist Alliance International
Institute for Humanist Studies
Secular Student Alliance
Secular Web (Internet Infidels)
Society for Humanistic Judaism
Honorary Members:
Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers Anti-Discrimination
Support Network
President: Herb Silverman
Director: Lori Lipman Brown
Legislative Assistant: Ron Millar
Advisory Board:
Woody Kaplan, Chair
Rob Boston
EdBuckner, Ph.D.
Bruce Flamm, M.D.
Wendy Kaminer, Esq.
David Niose, Esq.
Massimo Pigliucci, Ph.D.
Steven Pinker, Ph.D.
Ellery Schempp, Ph.D.
The mission of the Secular Coalition for America is to increase the
visibility and respectability of nontheistic viewpoints within the
larger culture and to protect and strengthen secular government as the
best guarantee of freedom for all.
The following organizations are among those which have extended their
support by responding positively to an invitation to endorse the
mission of the Secular Coalition for America:
American Ethical Union
Camp Quest
Center for Naturalism
Common Sense
Congress of Secular Jewish Organizations
Gay and Lesbian Atheists and Humanists
Humanist Institute
Humanist Society Humanists of Florida
Mission of Reason
OABITAR
Secularity.com
S.C. Progressive Network
Unitarian Universalist Infidels
Universist Movement
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