Religion
In reply to the discussion: Christianity and atheism are two sides of the same coin [View all]Lordquinton
(7,886 posts)unless you want the atheists to take the podium and declare their reasons why god is not great, doesn't exist, why it's stupid to follow organised religions, etc. Otherwise it's just a gathering where they pray, sing hymns, and the non-believers just sit there silently and are forced to be respectful of people who aren't respecting them.
We do have secular gatherings, town halls, bingo parlors, what have you, but somehow religion always finds a way into them. Even AA and it's kin are vocally "non-religious" but there is prayer and mentions of god constantly, people don't realize how pervasive and exclusionary it is, and when the real opposite is shown to them, it causes all kinds of fits and accusations of infringing their rights.
Atheism, plain simple atheism is the neutral ground, we don't want to put "in no god we trust" on our money, we just want God removed all together, just like the Democratic party, it has been pulled so far to the right, that what was once the middle ground is now far left radical ideas (in the mainstream)
As for confusion, it would be me that gets confused...