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A very long time ago Judaism was explained to me this way:
Jews are not evil people, but they do not believe in heaven or hell so they make every attempt to hoard all the money while they are here.Naturally, this made some sort of sense to my young mind and for years I actually believed Jews had all the money. Now as an adult, I find this explanation humorous to the point that I make a running joke of it. My jokes are not intended to insult Jews, rather the thinking behind the explanation - bizarre fear.
Anyway, Dan Barker and Bill Donohue recently duked it out on Fox News with Bill Donohue smugly telling Dan that Atheists should get their own federal holiday. This explanation seems strikingly similar to the one above, but my first thought was "How can we? Jews don't even get a federal holiday and they have all the money." Then I chuckled to myself.
Yeah, that's right - I am a nerd with no sense of humor. Now you know.
But really, how could Atheists 'get their own federal holiday'? The point Bill failed to grasp is that Christmas is not exclusively Christian anymore precisely because it is a federal holiday. It belongs to everyone.
But the truth of the matter is that no group should have displays (religious or otherwise) on federal property. Traditionally, the government has allowed religious displays this time of year as long as all religions who wished to participate were allowed. Technically, Atheism is not a religion so they would not be entitled to have a display. But if Atheists are allowed, would the KKK also be allowed? Donohue did have a point on that one. So, really it should be none. Naturally, many think it is appropriate that some displays are allowed since even federal buildings should be decorated for the holidays, right? Wrong. It is not appropriate nor should it be allowed. There is no shortage of places to puke out one group's particular holiday message so federal property need not be used for such expressions.
But the displays are there - christmas trees, wreaths, ornaments, menorrahs, kwanza stuff, lights and all sorts of sparkly things throughout the White House and in every federal building in the land. The question now remains as to how far we are willing to go to make our federal property resemble the redneck villiage the US has become?
H/T to Atheist Media Blog - click for video of Fox News clip
Related Posts: Why Do Atheists Need A Sign Next To A Manger Display - by BGH at Uniform Velocity
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3 comments:
This may sound heartless and/or cruel, but just like when Jerry Falwell died, I will be plenty happy when ol' Billy D finally kicks it and won't miss his hateful ignorant ramblings. Just like Jerry, for a "religious" person, they both seemed pretty full of hate and bitterness.
I don't hate them, I just don't(Jerry)/won't(Bill) miss them.
Try "secular," not "atheist." But most people aren't willing to explore the difference.
There was a Christmas display just like that one here in my area. Shiloh, IL I think. I drove past it fairly often, some nuts wrote into the paper complaining about it, I laughed..
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