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In reply to the discussion: I am not religious. Can you please categorize Atheism into a "race"? [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)I am being whined at by people who don't want to believe that this group is a religion, that they don't have all the hallmarks of a religion, that they don't gather in congregations for singing and praise and celebration (of the one life they know they have), that they don't foster a sense of community, that they don't do good works as a unit in their towns and cities, and that they don't profess a sense of wonder at the lives they are enjoying each and every day.
I think the "old school" atheists don't know how to handle these young upstarts. The first atheists to break that glass ceiling, 'come out,' and achieve high political office will come from THIS group, I suspect--not the race-baiting, religion-hating atheist crowd.
These 'live and let live' atheists, with their "radically inclusive" philosophies, are the best of the genre. And they are the future. And as for that "we welcome believers" thing, you do know that other churches welcome people from other faiths--they just don't expect that Jew to sit in the Christian pew and start telling the minister how to run the show. This IS the same deal, it's obvious from their Ten Commandments, and for you to try to spin it as something other than what it is (I guess you missed the "no deities" bit in that list) is pretty lame.
For someone who is doing all the scolding, it's kind of funny that you try and project that 'tude on me! You're the one telling me that these people are wrong, and religions should be mocked (just because "some" people push it on you, they're ALL to blame; great job with the collective punishment, there!)--and you're trying to claim that I'm the scold?
I don't think so...