Meanwhile: Brights Of The World, Stand And Be Counted (Atheists, Godless To March On Washington)

International Herald Tribune ^ | 7/15/03 | Daniel C. Dennett

[Libloather]

From Rush Limbaugh .com -

Brights To March On Washington
July 24, 2003

Wait until you hear this story out of Sacramento about a couple, atheists, who plan to attend a national march in Washington for nonreligious people. The title of this group was Godless Americans March on Washington. But they didn't like that name, so they've come up with another one.

Just as homosexuals call themselves gay, the nonreligious, the atheists have come up with a new word for themselves. They are "bright." Yes, that's right, folks. They think they're more intelligent than those who believe in God, so they call themselves brights. They have a website and everything.

You can hear me read the details of this story in the audio link below. The big question however, is this: will the mainstream media pick this up, and use the word bright instead of atheists, much in the same way they have adopted gay, instead of homosexual? The odds are better than 50-50. I bet they're 75-25. Mark my words on this, folks.

[onedoug]

"...because they don't trust God to save humanity from its follies.

Well, what believer believes this?

[Capriole]

As my then-three-year-old daughter said complacently to her atheist scientist father, "Well, you'll find out you're wrong after you're dead, Daddy."

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Brights isn't a good name, reminds me of gremlins or something. They may be trying to redefine their image, but the name is just strange.

[apackof2]

For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned."
Matt. 12:37

[Billthedrill]

Last year they tried to use the name "retards" but nobody would come to the march...

[kms61]

Do you object to citizens petitioning their government?

[dfwgator]

These guys could use some advice from Blaise Pascal.

[Dr Warmoose]

We are, in fact, the moral backbone of the nation: Brights take their civic duties seriously precisely because they don't trust God to save humanity from its follies.

How appropriate. The "brights" prove that they are the "moral backbone" by lying about people they hate and know nothing about but pretend they do.

Exactly how can anyone be "a moral backbone" when they are amoral and define themselves by insulting others?

Let's see, what other atheist governments have there been? China, Soviet Union, Cuba, Bulgaria, Hitler's Germany, Ceausescu's Romania... And proof is the body count of these atheists with this "moral backbone" and their "civic duty" to slaughter over 250,000,000 people who disagreed with them.

So who is supposed to "save humanity from their follies"? The moral backbone of the ACLU?

[Libloather]

Do you object to citizens petitioning their government?

Even if I did, I would be free to do so - no?

[Physicist]

The time has come for us brights to come out of the closet. What is a bright? A bright is a person with a naturalist as opposed to a supernaturalist world view. We brights don't believe in ghosts or elves or the Easter Bunny - or God.

Well, gosh. As a Deist, I'm still left out.

No matter. I don't believe in labels, either.

[ThinkDifferent]

These people are nuts. Please don't take them as representative of all nonbelievers.

Let's see, what other atheist governments have there been? China, Soviet Union, Cuba, Bulgaria, Hitler's Germany, Ceausescu's Romania

Any religion, or lack thereof, imposed by government force leads to abuses.

[caisson71]

What is a bright? A Dimwit.

[kms61]

You would be free to do so...I'm just curious whether you do in fact object to athiests exercising their rights as free citizens and if so, on what basis. Maybe I misread the tone of your original post. If so, I apologize.

[xzins]

We brights don't believe

And that says it all.

We're talking about someone's "belief" system. In this case, beliefs are the topic of conversation.

That makes it a religion.

[Dr Warmoose]

These people are nuts. Please don't take them as representative of all nonbelievers.

As one of the reviled "believers", I can respect agnostics. :)
(John 10:26)

[Paul Atreides]

A lot of atheists think they are God's gift to humanity.

[ZviTheWise]

"Bright" = Clever use of propaganda.

[Paul Atreides]

Is this the same as when liberal morphed into "progressives?"

[jpl]

Whether we brights are a minority or, as I am inclined to believe, a silent majority

Dennett is of course as entitled to his spiritual beliefs as much as anyone else, but if he really believes this he's utterly delusional. Polls in America over the years have consistently shown that 90 percent of Americans believe in some kind of higher being.