2009-01-16, 04:49 PM
Did you read the article in the first post?
What it's saying is not that Atheists are being oppressed, but that they have a bad public image and as a result a hard time being elected into office.
More Americans would vote against an Atheist candidate for President than would reject a woman, an ethnic minority, a Jew, or a homosexual. Presumably, they would also not want an Atheist as an employee (or boss), teacher, or business associate.
Too many people think that if you have no God, you have no conscience, and are therefore much more evil than someone who believes in the "wrong" god.
This image is what needs to be changed, according to the author of the article.
What it's saying is not that Atheists are being oppressed, but that they have a bad public image and as a result a hard time being elected into office.
More Americans would vote against an Atheist candidate for President than would reject a woman, an ethnic minority, a Jew, or a homosexual. Presumably, they would also not want an Atheist as an employee (or boss), teacher, or business associate.
Too many people think that if you have no God, you have no conscience, and are therefore much more evil than someone who believes in the "wrong" god.
This image is what needs to be changed, according to the author of the article.