Comments on: When stupid ignorant people elect stupid ignorant congressmen http://atheists.org/blog/2007/02/25/when_stupid_ignorant_people_elect_stupid A Blog of Atheist Thought Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:05:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Celebrant Prince http://atheists.org/blog/2007/02/25/when_stupid_ignorant_people_elect_stupid/comment-page-1#comment-54771 Celebrant Prince Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-54771 Get 'em while they're young, and you own their minds forever.<br /> <br /> With a couple of exceptions, of course, little 'ol me being one of them.<br /> <br /> Yeah, my little school house was full of occasional religious clap-trap that wouldn't stand the light of the 1st amendment today, and for a while I bought it, but "they" made a "mistake" -- they also taught me to think for myself.<br /> <br /> Now THAT one made sense to me. Yesterday's xtian is today's Freethinker.<br /> <br /> Plant the seed of doubt, of critical thinking, of judicious skepticism, and folks, there just might be a chance the world will survive. Get ‘em while they’re young, and you own their minds forever.

With a couple of exceptions, of course, little ‘ol me being one of them.

Yeah, my little school house was full of occasional religious clap-trap that wouldn’t stand the light of the 1st amendment today, and for a while I bought it, but “they” made a “mistake” — they also taught me to think for myself.

Now THAT one made sense to me. Yesterday’s xtian is today’s Freethinker.

Plant the seed of doubt, of critical thinking, of judicious skepticism, and folks, there just might be a chance the world will survive.

]]> By: maddogstu http://atheists.org/blog/2007/02/25/when_stupid_ignorant_people_elect_stupid/comment-page-1#comment-54774 maddogstu Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-54774 I wonder how the Discovery channel goes over in these households? <br /> Maybe they want to outlaw TV, make the kids memorize the bible, and prey five times a day. I wonder how the Discovery channel goes over in these households?
Maybe they want to outlaw TV, make the kids memorize the bible, and prey five times a day.

]]> By: evilatheistconquerer http://atheists.org/blog/2007/02/25/when_stupid_ignorant_people_elect_stupid/comment-page-1#comment-54775 evilatheistconquerer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-54775 Celebrant,<br /> That's what started me on my path to atheism. They would teach us all the crap about America being the greatest country in the world, all the crap about god, but then they told us about the Socratic Method. That's the only thing that ever stuck with me. Celebrant,
That’s what started me on my path to atheism. They would teach us all the crap about America being the greatest country in the world, all the crap about god, but then they told us about the Socratic Method. That’s the only thing that ever stuck with me.

]]> By: hominid http://atheists.org/blog/2007/02/25/when_stupid_ignorant_people_elect_stupid/comment-page-1#comment-54780 hominid Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-54780 "a deception that is causing incalculable harm to every student and every truth loving citizen"? That's just too much isn't it? Where would we be without folks previewing every iota of info we receive for our own good? I repeat, that's just too much isn't it? “a deception that is causing incalculable harm to every student and every truth loving citizen”? That’s just too much isn’t it? Where would we be without folks previewing every iota of info we receive for our own good? I repeat, that’s just too much isn’t it?

]]> By: what http://atheists.org/blog/2007/02/25/when_stupid_ignorant_people_elect_stupid/comment-page-1#comment-54782 what Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-54782 Maybe we should all give Rep. Burn Bridges a call Monday. Maybe we should all give Rep. Burn Bridges a call Monday.

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