BS: America's Most Distrusted Minority

Subject: RE: BS: America's Most Distrusted Minority
From: Kweku
Date: 28 Mar 06 - 02:47 AM

"MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (3/20/2006) -- American's increasing acceptance of religious diversity doesn't extend to those who don't believe in a god, according to a national survey by researchers in the University of Minnesota's department of sociology."

well they don't believe in "god" and not "GOD" so no problem hate them,after all no religious body will use the small "g" for the Supreme Being.

and in any case,who made people loose faith in religion.

Subject: RE: BS: America's Most Distrusted Minority
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 28 Mar 06 - 02:35 AM

Look I know you guys are a foreign country, but are you really THAT different?
You all seem so normal on the Mudcat.

Subject: RE: BS: America's Most Distrusted Minority
From: Dead Horse
Date: 28 Mar 06 - 02:33 AM

So that motto on the money is "on the money" huh? In God We Trust?

Subject: RE: BS: America's Most Distrusted Minority
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 28 Mar 06 - 02:25 AM

Hmm, USA heading to join Islam by making abandoning the state religion punishable by death??

Subject: RE: BS: America's Most Distrusted Minority
From: Ebbie
Date: 28 Mar 06 - 02:16 AM

I don't even come close to understanding why they should be. I know that among some religious fundamentalists 'secular humanism' is a fearsome thing, although I've never know quite why. I've sometimes thought that they feel that being in proximity with someone who doesn't believe in a god might bring down the wrath of God upon them.

But why should an atheist be threatening to oneself or one's community? Maybe if one thought that it meant that they lived a totally amoral life and one suspected that would include any act that they thought they could get away with, like murder or theft or whatever, one might easily want to keep one's distance. But I have never felt that psychosis is synonymous with atheism.

I suspect that we all have neighbors or even family members who are secretly atheistic and we don't even know it.

Subject: RE: BS: America's Most Distrusted Minority
From: GUEST
Date: 27 Mar 06 - 11:46 PM

time to go back to flying under the radar

Subject: RE: BS: America's Most Distrusted Minority
From: number 6
Date: 27 Mar 06 - 11:18 PM

Ahhh .... but aren't all athiests communists !?!?!

sIx

Subject: RE: BS: America's Most Distrusted Minority
From: number 6
Date: 27 Mar 06 - 11:16 PM

Interesting Bobad ... very interesting.

sIx

Subject: RE: BS: America's Most Distrusted Minority
From: katlaughing
Date: 27 Mar 06 - 11:15 PM

Me, too, Bert!

Have to say it is surprising...never heard of an atheist burning down a church, hanging a man because of his skintone, etc., etc.

Subject: RE: BS: America's Most Distrusted Minority
From: Bert
Date: 27 Mar 06 - 10:43 PM

And there was me thinking it was the Bush Family.

Subject: BS: America's Most Distrusted Minority
From: bobad
Date: 27 Mar 06 - 10:41 PM

Try and guess who it is before clicking here:
http://www.ur.umn.edu/FMPro?-db=releases&-lay=web&-format=umnnewsreleases/releasesdetail.html&ID=2816&-Find

I was certainly surprised.