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Brain -> To replace John Paul Stevens, an atheist (5/4/2010 11:20:33 PM)
President Obama should absolutely take into account the religious views of his next nominee for the Supreme Court, but not for the usual reasons, Marc Cooper says. "Clearly, the next person to take the bench should be an atheist," he writes for the Los Angeles Times. Having a nonbeliever on the bench would be a "mighty blow" in favor of the Jeffersonian principles of reason and freedom. What a concept, someone on the Supreme Court that is capable of rational thought! To replace John Paul Stevens, an atheist While few sitting politicians have the political courage to name a declared nonbeliever, it is something that Thomas Jefferson (and several others among the founders) might well have done. In an 1823 letter to John Adams, Jefferson was forthright about his views of religion, and Christianity specifically. "And the day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the supreme being as his father in the womb of a virgin will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerve in the brain of Jupiter," Jefferson wrote. "But may we hope that the dawn of reason and freedom of thought in these United States will do away with this artificial scaffolding, and restore to us the primitive and genuine doctrines of this most venerated reformer of human errors." In other words, Jefferson liked what Jesus, the man, stood for, but could definitely do without the rest of the bunk. http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe--cooper-20100504,0,4381869,full.story

thishereboi -> RE: To replace John Paul Stevens, an atheist (5/5/2010 6:59:48 AM)
Of course brain, because everyone knows only atheists are capable of rational thought. Now do you want to tell us again how... "We are all human and no one is superior or inferior to anyone else. That IS what I believe." Oh wait, this is another one of those exceptions, isn't it?

Brain -> RE: To replace John Paul Stevens, an atheist (5/5/2010 7:21:14 PM)
Having better rational thought doesn't make someone superior, nothing does - we are all human. Remember, all men are created equal, you know how it goes. An atheist is a good choice. Obama is an atheist, that's why he is a good president

thishereboi -> RE: To replace John Paul Stevens, an atheist (5/5/2010 7:22:25 PM)
quote: Obama is an atheist, Since when?

thishereboi -> RE: To replace John Paul Stevens, an atheist (5/5/2010 7:31:09 PM)
You better get a hold of the folks at Wikipedia and let them know how wrong they are... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama#Family_and_personal_life Obama is a Christian whose religious views developed in his adult life. In The Audacity of Hope, Obama writes that he "was not raised in a religious household". He describes his mother, raised by non-religious parents (whom Obama has specified elsewhere as "non-practicing Methodists and Baptists") to be detached from religion, yet "in many ways the most spiritually awakened person that I have ever known". He describes his father as "raised a Muslim", but a "confirmed atheist" by the time his parents met, and his stepfather as "a man who saw religion as not particularly useful". Obama explained how, through working with black churches as a community organizer while in his twenties, he came to understand "the power of the African-American religious tradition to spur social change".[228] He was baptized at the Trinity United Church of Christ in 1988 and was an active member there for two decades.[229] Obama resigned from Trinity during the Presidential campaign after controversial statements made by Rev. Jeremiah Wright became public.[230] After a prolonged effort to find a church to attend regularly in Washington, Obama announced in June 2009 that his primary place of worship would be the Evergreen Chapel at Camp David.[231]

servantforuse -> RE: To replace John Paul Stevens, an atheist (5/5/2010 7:31:17 PM)
Since when is Obama a good president ?

thishereboi -> RE: To replace John Paul Stevens, an atheist (5/5/2010 7:32:36 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: servantforuse Since when is Obama a good president ? He said atheist[8\|]

servantforuse -> RE: To replace John Paul Stevens, an atheist (5/5/2010 7:38:09 PM)
He said he was a good president because he was an atheist. I disagree.

thishereboi -> RE: To replace John Paul Stevens, an atheist (5/5/2010 7:39:46 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: servantforuse He said he was a good president because he was an atheist. I disagree. Oh, ok. I get it now. Thanks

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