Atheism is now a Religion

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This according to the 7th Court of Appeals.
**Court rules atheism a religion
**Decides 1st Amendment protects prison inmate’s right to start study group
Posted: August 20, 2005
1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com

A federal court of appeals ruled yesterday Wisconsin prison officials violated an inmate’s rights because they did not treat atheism as a religion.

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I say we use this to our advantage when an athiest and the ACLU lawyer trys to ban religions. We can now say that they are forcing their religion on us.

PF
 
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WanderAimlessly:
This according to the 7th Court of Appeals.I say we use this to our advantage when an athiest and the ACLU lawyer trys to ban religions. We can now say that they are forcing their religion on us.

PF
I was just thinking the same thing when I say the thread. Hopefully the courts can see it.
 
Well, one of dictionary.com’s definitions for religion is “4. A cause, principle, or activity pursued with zeal or conscientious devotion.” So, I guess the court wasn’t completely out of their heads. And, I suppose that we could use this precedent against people who try to push atheism on us, but…
If a public institution isn’t afraid to suppress your religion, they’re probably not going to be too concerned about advocating someone else’s religion. The balance of the separation of church and state is all out of whack, because very few politicians actually understand the concept. Look at most of the countries in Europe. That’s what the U.S. is heading to.
 
The article behind the “Full Story Link” is far from comprehensive. It seems, that in that prison religious study groups are allowed but others (philosophical or scientific) are not. So that guy went to court to a non-religous study group by claiming he wants to setup a religious one.

The reasoning regarding atheism is of course ridiculous. But then, ridicilous court decisions and stupid laws are quite common in the US.
Full Story Link:
Brian Fahling, senior trial attorney for the American Family Association Center for Law & Policy, called the court’s ruling “a sort of Alice in Wonderland jurisprudence.”
“Up is down, and atheism, the antithesis of religion, is religion,” said Fahling.
My thoughts exactly. If atheism is a religion, baldness is a hair colour.
 
Atheism IS a religion. Even worse (and thanks to the ACLU) it’s our officially state-endored religion. So much for that “Wall of Seperation”
 
Atheism is a religion. It has a god. It’s God’s name is the same as ours … I AM.

EGO
 
Gilbert Keith:
Atheism is a religion. It has a god. It’s God’s name is the same as ours … I AM.
Yeah, yeah. And Christianity is a polytheistic religion. It has three gods. Not to count all the demigods like angels, demons, beasts, … :whacky:
 
Atheism. Well known fact that most atheists never admit to. No God, No Atheism. A-Theists; someone who does not belive in, or accept that thier is a Supernatural deity. But if their really was no Deity then how could you call yourself A-Theist, that is to say, anti-God or anti the things of God?

You cannot kick against something that aint there to be kicked against. Atheists are people who have discovered God but they just don’t know it yet.!!! 😃
 
lol, now that’s very silly! 😃 What kind of idiots are in the courts? What’s next? Will they proclaim the President as being infallible when speaking ex cathedra about domestic issues? :whacky:
 
Gilbert Keith:
Atheism is a religion. It has a god. It’s God’s name is the same as ours … I AM.
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AnAtheist:
Yeah, yeah. And Christianity is a polytheistic religion. It has three gods. Not to count all the demigods like angels, demons, beasts, … :whacky:
Hey, look whose talking a devout religious Atheist. Why’d you put “Atheist” under Religion in your profile? :whacky:
 
An atheists must make a jump of faith to come to the conclusion that there is no God . A belief based on faith is one definition of a religion.
 
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WanderAimlessly:
I say we use this to our advantage when an athiest and the ACLU lawyer trys to ban religions. We can now say that they are forcing their religion on us.

PF
You took the words right out of my mouth! Ah, the wisdom of the judicial system!
 
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Roman_Army:
Hey, look whose talking a devout religious Atheist. Why’d you put “Atheist” under Religion in your profile? :whacky:
You’re right. That was foolish. Thank you for pointing that out, so I can correct it.
 
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Maranatha:
An atheists must make a jump of faith to come to the conclusion that there is no God .
An atheist need not to do anything of that kind. He just has to look at the facts, use his brain, and come to a conclusion.

I wonder why religious people insist on non-religous people being religous too. And claiming that they have “other” gods, like money, science, whatever. That is psychologically interesting. Is it to justify their own superstitions? Is it because they can’t comprehend other mindsets?
 
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AnAtheist:
I wonder why religious people insist on non-religous people being religous too. And claiming that they have “other” gods, like money, science, whatever. That is psychologically interesting. Is it to justify their own superstitions? Is it because they can’t comprehend other mindsets?
I would qualify this as “some religious people”, but in any case I have always considered this as the apologetic equivalent of pounding a square peg into a round hole. It’s a bit like attacking somebody for not playing a game by stating that non-participation is a misinterpretation of the rules, isn’t it?
 
*An atheist need not to do anything of that kind. He just has to look at the facts, use his brain, and come to a conclusion.

*And what facts lead a person to become an atheist?
 
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AnAtheist:
I wonder why religious people insist on non-religous people being religous too. And claiming that they have “other” gods, like money, science, whatever. That is psychologically interesting. Is it to justify their own superstitions? Is it because they can’t comprehend other mindsets?
it need be neither, though it may sometimes be either or both.

typically, though, it reflects an assumption about human psychology, namely that there is something like a religious impluse in all properly functioning human beings, which, if not pressed into the service of religion, finds expression in the pursuit of other goals. like money. or irreligion. or sex. or power. or whatever.
 
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