Comments on: Prayer: futile and divisive http://freethinker.co.uk/2008/10/04/prayer-futile-and-divisive/ The voice of atheism since 1881 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:51:59 +0000 hourly 1 By: Buffy http://freethinker.co.uk/2008/10/04/prayer-futile-and-divisive/comment-page-1/#comment-8563 Buffy Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:05:43 +0000 http://www.freethinker.co.uk/?p=2001#comment-8563 But why try to end something that lets millions of Americans feel like they're doing something productive while they're just sitting around talking to their hands? That would be cruel and oppressive. [/sarcasm] Does anyone wonder why our economy is in the tank? I don't. We've wasted millions of dollars with garbage like this every year. National Day of Prayer, Faith Based Initiative, referendums to "Recognize the Importance of Christmas and the Christian Faith" (Resolution 847), etc, etc. Then of course there's all that other stuff like the war, the idiots on Wall Street and such. But the millions/billions thrown away by our government on religion would certainly be of use elsewhere. But why try to end something that lets millions of Americans feel like they’re doing something productive while they’re just sitting around talking to their hands? That would be cruel and oppressive. [/sarcasm]

Does anyone wonder why our economy is in the tank? I don’t. We’ve wasted millions of dollars with garbage like this every year. National Day of Prayer, Faith Based Initiative, referendums to “Recognize the Importance of Christmas and the Christian Faith” (Resolution 847), etc, etc.

Then of course there’s all that other stuff like the war, the idiots on Wall Street and such. But the millions/billions thrown away by our government on religion would certainly be of use elsewhere.

]]> By: Laudate dominum, man! « Irreverent impiety http://freethinker.co.uk/2008/10/04/prayer-futile-and-divisive/comment-page-1/#comment-8559 Laudate dominum, man! « Irreverent impiety Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:38:15 +0000 http://www.freethinker.co.uk/?p=2001#comment-8559 [...] diljem svijeta u ime boga. Nadalje, spomenuta udruga tvrdi da obilježavanje tog dana promiče A hostile environment for non-believers, who are made to feel as if they are political outsiders. Slijedi mali podsjetnik za sve one koji misle da vjerski fundamentalizam u SAD i nije toliko [...] [...] diljem svijeta u ime boga. Nadalje, spomenuta udruga tvrdi da obilježavanje tog dana promiče A hostile environment for non-believers, who are made to feel as if they are political outsiders. Slijedi mali podsjetnik za sve one koji misle da vjerski fundamentalizam u SAD i nije toliko [...]

]]> By: ziggy http://freethinker.co.uk/2008/10/04/prayer-futile-and-divisive/comment-page-1/#comment-8547 ziggy Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:40:43 +0000 http://www.freethinker.co.uk/?p=2001#comment-8547 The Freedom from Religion Foundation is an utterly impressive organisation and is to be commended for putting its money where its mouth is. At the very least, it makes the public aware that there are other points of view which some people take seriously. The principle on which they are currently taking legal action is the same in my opinion as having reference to god in a nation's Constitution - as in the case of the otherwise much-vaunted South African Constitution. It makes 2nd-class citizens of those who do not believe in god. When I pointed this out to the main opposition party at the time public comment was invited on the drawing up of this Constitution, I was simply fobbed off. Would that this religion-riddled nation had a FFRF of its own. The Freedom from Religion Foundation is an utterly impressive organisation and is to be commended for putting its money where its mouth is. At the very least, it makes the public aware that there are other points of view which some people take seriously.

The principle on which they are currently taking legal action is the same in my opinion as having reference to god in a nation’s Constitution – as in the case of the otherwise much-vaunted South African Constitution. It makes 2nd-class citizens of those who do not believe in god. When I pointed this out to the main opposition party at the time public comment was invited on the drawing up of this Constitution, I was simply fobbed off. Would that this religion-riddled nation had a FFRF of its own.

]]> By: mikeg http://freethinker.co.uk/2008/10/04/prayer-futile-and-divisive/comment-page-1/#comment-8545 mikeg Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:43:46 +0000 http://www.freethinker.co.uk/?p=2001#comment-8545 pray?... bullshit! pray?… bullshit!

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