Troy writes:
(sometime in the near future hopefully), saying the word "god" in ever other sentence in your speech will be considered a political suicide in the future.
One can only hope.
Troy writes:
...the overwhelming majority of the people still do not trust non-religious people
I believe this to be currently true in the USA and probably in many Islamic theocracies.
However, it would probably not be the case in other devoloped countries such as Canada or France that have a more secular society and government.
I would prefer to see us emulate these societies to a greater degree, but its not going to happen any time soon.
This is because of the inter-generational persistence of religion.
Those of faith are typically very focussed on making sure their kids are programed to believe exactly as they do.
Troy writes:
I want to see religion as a right for people to have but not something so mainstream that you absolutely have to follow it to have a chance at taking a public office.
Unfortunately, the latter seems to be the case in the US right now.
Both presidential candidates took every opportunity to demonstrate that they were 'men of faith'.
I found this disturbing, personally.
I don't care what they believe, but they shouldn't feel compelled to advertise it to be considered eligible leaders by the populace.
You can see how this might be expected to raise some animosity among atheists toward the religious right.
These people mis-trust others for the wrong reasons, and fail to mis-trust a lot of people that they should mistrust, simply because of stated religious beliefs.
This message has been edited by EZscience, 05-11-2005 05:30 AM
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