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To: Cincinatus' Wife
I'm an atheist - so what?

By ROBYN E. BLUMNER Published August 8, 2004

"What is it," asked German philosopher Friedrich Neitzche, "

Though I was brought up in a religious faith, it was at a very young age - preteen - that I realized I had no belief in God and no amount of indoctrination was going to change that. This sense of nonbelief has been so strong and abiding throughout my life that I find it virtually impossib

Robyn Blumner

Blumner is a graduate of Cornell University and NYU School of Law. After working as a labor lawyer in New York, she became executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Utah. In 1989, she took over the directorship of the ACLU of Florida, where she worked until joining the staff of the Times.

32 posted on 08/14/2012 8:40:05 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: KeyLargo

Ah, a “humanist”, someone that believes in the full autonomy (unaccountability) of humans, that “reason” can discover truth, and that mankind is perfectible if only the right environment is imposed on them.

When you start out with your feet dangling in mid-air on a false worldview, you’re going to reach obviously flawed conclusions such as she has.


38 posted on 08/14/2012 8:50:30 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working fors)
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