Comments on: A Prominent Atheist Loses My Respect. http://starbix.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/a-prominent-atheist-loses-my-respect/ Don't Panic. Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:45:14 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Starbix http://starbix.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/a-prominent-atheist-loses-my-respect/#comment-107 Starbix Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:06:51 +0000 http://starbix.wordpress.com/?p=6#comment-107 I agree totally. Apparently she was removed as president of American Atheists not too many months after. I agree totally. Apparently she was removed as president of American Atheists not too many months after.

]]> By: Gregg Kozlff http://starbix.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/a-prominent-atheist-loses-my-respect/#comment-106 Gregg Kozlff Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:55:05 +0000 http://starbix.wordpress.com/?p=6#comment-106 With very few exceptions I have felt disenfranchised my whole life, but to not vote is just childish--if you won't play with me nicely I'll just take my toys and go home. Come on! Abandoning the field cedes it to the enemy. I'm not saying we will win but just the fight is empowering. I am appalled with the degree of religiosity in both politics and the media but to not take part is to embrace hopelessness. Bush may not consider atheists citizens, but when you don't participate in the democratic process you go some distance toward making his (offensive) argument true. With very few exceptions I have felt disenfranchised my whole life, but to not vote is just childish–if you won’t play with me nicely I’ll just take my toys and go home. Come on! Abandoning the field cedes it to the enemy. I’m not saying we will win but just the fight is empowering. I am appalled with the degree of religiosity in both politics and the media but to not take part is to embrace hopelessness. Bush may not consider atheists citizens, but when you don’t participate in the democratic process you go some distance toward making his (offensive) argument true.

]]> By: lifelessonsfromwriting http://starbix.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/a-prominent-atheist-loses-my-respect/#comment-2 lifelessonsfromwriting Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:35:58 +0000 http://starbix.wordpress.com/?p=6#comment-2 I've had problems with this woman in the past, and I'm not actually too fond of the entire organization. Telling people to not vote is a fairly dumb idea. The USA certainly isn't ready for a presidential candidate who openly sides with atheists, so it's unreasonable to withold voting at all just because nobody is standing up and saying 'I agree with atheists'. Any candidate who did that would be committing political suicide. I’ve had problems with this woman in the past, and I’m not actually too fond of the entire organization.

Telling people to not vote is a fairly dumb idea. The USA certainly isn’t ready for a presidential candidate who openly sides with atheists, so it’s unreasonable to withold voting at all just because nobody is standing up and saying ‘I agree with atheists’. Any candidate who did that would be committing political suicide.

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