TracyTaken
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ORIGINAL: Crush Let's get rid of all religions...all they do is breed intolerance and death for non-believers. DEATH to RELIGIONS! That is your belief then? Sounds pretty ugly to me. Atheism hasn't been punishable by death for a couple hundred years, not in the free world anyway. In muslim countries, it's definitely safer to stay in the closet. Atheism is technically illegal in several states, and discrimination is law-based. More on that: quote:
There is a widespread opinion that a person needs to believe in some higher power and an afterlife -- either hope for an eternal reward in Heaven or fear of an eternal torture in Hell -- in order to behave morally and honorably. These beliefs may be the cause of a widespread public opinion that Atheists must behave immorally, are poor citizens, and/or are personally rebelling against God. Atheists are widely despised across the U.S. There is a general consensus that no Atheist could ever be elected to any important political post in the country. The belief that Atheists should be discriminated against has been embedded in American law for centuries: Public office: Eight states (AR, MA, MD, NC, PA, SC, TN, and TX) have exclusionary language included in their Bill of Rights, Declaration of Rights, official oath of office, or in the body of their constitutions. Most of them specifically exclude all Atheists and Agnostics from holding public office. These phrases are historical relics, left over from earlier times. The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution supersedes these statutory laws and sections of state constitutions. It thus nullifies the effect of the above clauses. Still, it would be almost impossible to get citizens of any of these states to amend their constitution to end the religious discrimination. http://www.religioustolerance.org/atheist7.htm
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