Atheists Sue To Keep 'In God We Trust' Off Capitol Visitor Center

McClatchy:

A California Republican congressman wants to do a little writing on the walls of Washington's newest federal building. If Rep. Dan Lungren gets his way, Congress will spend nearly $100,000 to engrave the words "In God We Trust " and the Pledge of Allegiance in prominent spots at the Capitol Visitor Center.

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Comments

[gleeold]

The majority and the tradition should tell the atheists to get lost.


This is how our country established and appreciated. There is supernatural faith that we ought to have.
have faith in God, all people in this world including East and West...

Tell me, chicken first or egg first?
The atheists destroed the Rome empire, we should not allow this to happen.

[Disuberence]

Chicken first, obviously.

The correct question to ask would be what came before the chicken.

[DingoDave]

The correct answer is, something resembling a chicken.

Q - Why did the chicken cross the road?
A -To get away from the fundies; or for some other fowl reason.

[Tazru]

Wow, that is so wrong I don't know where to start.

You should read more, you have a warped view of history.

[RuinedSaint]

"The majority and the tradition should tell the atheists to get lost."

You folks said the same thing about slavery, women's rights, and the civil liberties movement.

That said, you and your impotant-god-on-a-stick can kiss my arse.

[BertrandRussell]

Wow, have you ever misunderstood history.

1) "The majority should tell..." exactly why our government is constituted the way that it is, to provide mechanisms to defray the tyranny of the majority. Google "tyranny of the majority" and learn all about it.

2) Faith in god(s) has been tried for thousands of years, with mixed results. It was, perhaps, useful in the past. But we have outgrown the need for childish things. We have found that reason and the scientific method yield much better results.

3) Chicken or egg? Easy one. Egg. Eggs have been around MUCH longer than chickens, or birds, or dinosaurs, etc.

4) Atheists most certainly did not destroy Rome. Pick up any history book and read all about it.

[Billy Hell]

Heck believers in "supernatural faith" don't need any help destroying America or haven't you noticed.

[HFR]

In God we Trust, is on the bank notes, because manipulative men put them there, just like manipulative men thought up and printed the words in the Bible. And if words are put on buildings they will be there because manipulative men wrote them on it!

[Tazru]

hallowed are the Ori

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeuRvmaswlw

Sound familiar?

[Disuberence]

Ah SG1. I loved that show.

[RuinedSaint]

Heresy is a victimless crime.

[Disuberence]

I like to mix Heresy's Syrup with milk. The result is delicious.

[Hirnlego]

Free speech is unfortunately a victim in many parts of the world. In Ireland blasphemy can lead to 25.000 Euro fine.

[helonias]

All congressmen and senators must where a pin (instead of a flag pin) that says the below.

"It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God." (Matthew 19:24)

[helonias]

How about these in the halls of congress

"What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul?"
-Matthew 16:26

Jesus answered, 'If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.'"
-Matthew 19:21

[Tazru]

How about giving us a break from those Buy-bull quotes?

[Disuberence]

Will you except a Star Wars break? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjhJcm-lpjc

[Disuberence]

WOW I mean accept, lol

[DingoDave]

- Sometime it's best to fight fire with fire.

Nothing produces more atheists than actually reading the Bible.

[Disuberence]

When picking a religion, make sure to look at these wonderful options:

Christianity:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8UPXGun5zI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Btg8o1SmrME

Judaism:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhVFJb1jFhI

LDS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nwEGsQM5CQ

Islam:
See Iran.

[georgefrancis]

Here's a great treatise on the creationism vs. evolution debate.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/2602037/Creation-or-Evolution

It's hi-larious to see the creationist worms struggle under the weight of real science.

[RuinedSaint]

Someone once described Creation Cultists as the slugs of ignorance writhing in the salt of knowledge.

[BertrandRussell]

It is amusing to see creationists struggle to explain away science, which is exactly what the link you provided shows, i.e. a creationist struggling to explain away reality. Same old tired B.S. in that paper. And absolutely ridiculous.

[VivaldiPickpocket]

Dan Dennet, in Breaking the Spell, sardonically comments on such studies generally:

"Needless to say, these results strike so hard at the standard claims of greater moral virtue among the religious that there has been a considerable surge of further research initiated by religious organizations attempting to refute them . . . one thing we can be sure of is that if there is a significant positive relationship between moral behaviour and religious affiliation, practice, or belief, it will soon be discovered, since so many religious organizations are eager to confirm their traditional beliefs about this scientifically. (They are quite impressed with the truth-finding power of science when it supports what they already believe.) Every month that passes without such a demonstration underlines the suspicion that it just isn't so."

[VivaldiPickpocket]

"Religion's power to console doesn't make it true. Even if we make a huge concession; even if it were conclusively demonstrated that belief in God's existence is completely essential to human psychological and emotional well-being; even if all atheists were despairing neurotics driven to suicide by relentless cosmic angst -- none of this would contribute the tiniest jot or tittle of evidence in favour of the desirability of convincing yourself that God exists, even if he doesn't." -- Richard Dawkins, THE GOD DELUSION

[darker]

Many people are pretty much FED UP with the "God stuff" all over the place on
gov't buildings and in speeches, etc.

Get God the hell out of government and put God BACK INTO THE HOUSES OF WORSHIP.
Political GOD-SCAM should go to hell.

[VivaldiPickpocket]

"But think about why it is impolite to ask such direct, factual questions of religious people today. It is because it is embarrassing! But it is the answer that is embarrassing, if it is yes. . . . The nineteenth-century is the last time when it was possible for an educated person to admit to believing in miracles like the virgin birth without embarrassment. When pressed, many educated Christians today are too loyal to deny the virgin birth and the resurrection. But it embarrasses them because their rational minds know it is absurd, so they would much rather not be asked. Hence, if somebody like me insists on asking the question, it is I who am accused of being 'nineteenth-century' . It is really quite funny, when you think about it." -- Richard Dawkins, THE GOD DELUSION

[lianmolive]

Now why on earth would anyone think of him as a freak!?

[Disuberence]

I wonder how many people would claim to be Christians once they found out Jesus the man was a Liberal and a Socialist.

[lianmolive]

or fictional

[Disuberence]

I said Jesus the man! That's already sacrilegious enough for one posting. =P

[VivaldiPickpocket]

"We have names for people who have many beliefs for which there is no rational justification. When their beliefs are extremely common, we call them 'religious'; otherwise, they are likely to be called 'mad', 'psychotic' or 'delusional' . . . Clearly there is sanity in numbers. And yet, it is merely an accident of history that it is considered normal in our society to believe that the Creator of the universe can hear your thoughts, while it is demonstrative of mental illness to believe that he is communicating with you by having the rain tap in Morse Code on your bedroom window. And so, while religious people are not generally mad, their core beliefs absolutely are." -- Richard Dawkins, THE GOD DELUSION

[helonias]

How about this one for adulterers

Luke 16:18
Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery. (So Says Jesus)

Lev 20:10
And the man that committeth adultery with [another] man's wife, [even he] that committeth adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

[lianmolive]

Stone them all!

[Oldtt]

Too medieval. Make them watch reruns of The View 24 hours a day.

[MajorKong]

I'm not sure why so many people require validation of their faith from the federal government.

[Oldtt]

Because the majority feels persecuted. Remember O'Reilly's defense of "Merry Christmas"?

[jweider]

The same reason alcoholics like to drink in bars rather than at home alone. It makes them believe that there is nothing wrong with them because everyone else that they know is just as mess up as they are.
Societal affirmation of their delusion makes them think they must be the ones who are right.