[JudgemAll]

Was there ever a Woodstock for believers or one that needed “nonpartisan” PR claptrap.

This is another lawyer/lawmaker sponsored event.

The unlimited budgetists and degenerates continue their march.

The whole world hates liberals, and one day, hopefully soon, it will be known.

[Above My Pay Grade]

>>>Among the issues: international anti-blasphemy laws, the recent clash over contraception and the Republican presidential race.<<<

Hypocrisy can truly blind a person. If ANYONE should understand and agree with the Conservative and Roman Catholic position on the contraception mandate it should be atheists.

How would they feel if the government passed a law requiring all atheist orgainzations to provide free Bibles to all their employees and students?

The fool has said in his heart,
“There is no God.” - Psalm 14:1

[Lazlo in PA]

I can’t wait to see how poorly attended this BS is. Whenever these dopes mount any sort of protest or event, 6 people show up.

[apillar]

Lol! Just checked the weather for DC tomorrow, 60% chance of showers and thunderstorms. I wonder how many of those so called atheists will be getting a little nervous if some lighting and thunder starts cracking overhead?

[dead]

Being an atheist is one thing, but being an atheist who gathers together with other atheists is just bizarre.

I don't surf, but I have no desire to go to a conference in Utah to meet other non-surfers and discuss the joys of not surfing.

[dog breath]

My father an atheist and armchair rationalist philosopher who ignored the strange things that occurred throughout his life that were not rational or explainable. It required more blind faith for him to not believe then most can muster in a lifetime of going to church. I will never forget his eyes when he died they were full of total wonder as if he was staring at angels, for he had tried to find faith the last few days of his life. Someday I may see what it was that he beheld. One thing I did learn from listening to him was that to ridicule faith is a form of contempt and arrogance. A contempt born not so much out of a contempt for God but for humanity in general. It is our sense of awe and wonder at the universe our reaching out to that which goes past words, that which is not confined to formulas or math that makes us human. We humans are not the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end, we are but born of the breath of the divine upon the dust.

[Our man in washington]

I used to be an atheist, but I’m a Christian now.

One thing I noticed about atheists was there was no expectation of behavior. Some atheists were nice folks and some weren’t, but the ones that were nice had no easy means of calling out that ones that weren’t. Jerks were called out, but it led to accuastions of being judgmental and then people wanted to create legalistic rules of behavior and it ended up with a sense of unease between people.

It seems atheists should spend time figuring out what are their expectations of behavior. The problem is that codes for morality tend to come from religious sources and are thus automatically suspect to atheists. If you tried to put together a code of morality in America without using the Judeo-Christian traditions, it’s really difficult. You end up with “be nice to everyone and let’s make fun of religious people.”

In contrast, when I walk into my Christian church, certain behavior is expected of me and I can expect certain behavior of other people. While the occasional jerk still walks through the doors, others have a standard to call out bad behavior. The level of trust is far higher and it’s far more pleasant than hanging out with a group of atheists.