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Religions > Atheism |
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"L. Raymond" |
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21 Feb 2007 03:07:35 AM |
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Why are you atheist? Washington Post wants to know |
Well, OK, they don't actually want to know why people are atheists, but
I saw this notice in their religion section today:
Tell Your Story
Tell us, in 400 words or less, about a time of crisis that tested your
faith, the person who most influenced your beliefs or a life-changing
event that shaped your spiritual identity. E-mail your comments to
faith@washpost.com and include a daytime phone number.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/religion/?nav=left
They have a whole series of these stories, of which at least one or two
are from atheists. I figure we could write and maybe get some more good
press for atheists.
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L. Raymond
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| User: "t1gercat" |
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| Title: Re: Why are you atheist? Washington Post wants to know |
21 Feb 2007 10:31:57 AM |
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On Feb 21, 4:07 am, "L. Raymond" <badaddr...@mylinuxisp.com> wrote:
Well, OK, they don't actually want to know why people are atheists, but
I saw this notice in their religion section today:
Tell Your Story
Tell us, in 400 words or less, about a time of crisis that tested your
faith, the person who most influenced your beliefs or a life-changing
event that shaped your spiritual identity. E-mail your comments to
f...@washpost.com and include a daytime phone number.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/religion/?nav=left
They have a whole series of these stories, of which at least one or two
are from atheists. I figure we could write and maybe get some more good
press for atheists.
--
L. Raymond
I apreciate your desire to get good press, but why should atheists
have to justify their non-belief? It's theists who have to prove
themselves. They're the ones asserting there is a god. The tone of the
inquiry is condescending as well. "Tell us, in 400 words or less,
about a time of crisis that tested your faith..." What crisis??? I
sat in a religion class when I was 14 and just couldn't buy the
malarke any more. It was a silent skepticism that has never left me.
The implication here is that some crisis drove you from faith. I'm
sure the question was posed to enable the religion people to avoid the
problem of proving god and instead to concentrate on assuaging an
alleged disappointment with the Divine.
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| User: "L. Raymond" |
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| Title: Re: Why are you atheist? Washington Post wants to know |
21 Feb 2007 02:07:44 PM |
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t1gercat wrote:
On Feb 21, 4:07 am, "L. Raymond" <badaddr...@mylinuxisp.com> wrote:
Well, OK, they don't actually want to know why people are atheists, but
I saw this notice in their religion section today:
Tell Your Story
Tell us, in 400 words or less, about a time of crisis that tested your
faith, the person who most influenced your beliefs or a life-changing
event that shaped your spiritual identity. E-mail your comments to
f...@washpost.com and include a daytime phone number.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/religion/?nav=left
They have a whole series of these stories, of which at least one or two
are from atheists. I figure we could write and maybe get some more good
press for atheists.
I apreciate your desire to get good press, but why should atheists
have to justify their non-belief?
It's not a justification, it's providing evidence that gods are
superfluous to a happy life. It's a huge misperception in the US that
only people who believe in a god can be happy, moral and decent. That
the Post specifically refrained from referring to god shows they're open
to any upbeat example of personal strength.
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L. Raymond
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