Comments on: ATHEIST Congressman Announced! http://atheists.org/blog/2007/03/12/atheist_congressman_announced A Blog of Atheist Thought Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:30:55 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: TXatheist http://atheists.org/blog/2007/03/12/atheist_congressman_announced/comment-page-1#comment-55722 TXatheist Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-55722 I sent him a very polite note of gratitude for openly expressing his nontheistic stance. Not an easy thing to do when in public office. <br /> <br /> http://www.house.gov/stark/contact/index.htm I sent him a very polite note of gratitude for openly expressing his nontheistic stance. Not an easy thing to do when in public office.

http://www.house.gov/stark/contact/index.htm

]]> By: what http://atheists.org/blog/2007/03/12/atheist_congressman_announced/comment-page-1#comment-55723 what Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-55723 I just sent Pete a big thank you email. I will call him later. Yipee! I just sent Pete a big thank you email. I will call him later. Yipee!

]]> By: Celebrant Prince http://atheists.org/blog/2007/03/12/atheist_congressman_announced/comment-page-1#comment-55724 Celebrant Prince Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-55724 I have sent Pete Stark a letter of thanks and congratulations via his contact page.<br /> <br /> Will there now be more public office holders willing to "come out of the closet"?<br /> <br /> I can only hope so.<br /> <br /> Kudos also to the Secular Coalition for America, for conceiving and implementing the contest idea. It's way past time non-believers in this country stood up and demanded to be counted. I have sent Pete Stark a letter of thanks and congratulations via his contact page.

Will there now be more public office holders willing to “come out of the closet”?

I can only hope so.

Kudos also to the Secular Coalition for America, for conceiving and implementing the contest idea. It’s way past time non-believers in this country stood up and demanded to be counted.

]]> By: fathead http://atheists.org/blog/2007/03/12/atheist_congressman_announced/comment-page-1#comment-55726 fathead Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-55726 After reading Suzanne Fields editorial in today's Washington Times,<br /> (Ref.: http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20070311-091129-5746r.htm<br /> <br /> I was quite ticked off by her atheists need not apply, and they better suck up to the theists if they want to run for office views.<br /> <br /> Congressman Stark demonstrably proves she is full of shit. After reading Suzanne Fields editorial in today’s Washington Times,
(Ref.: http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20070311-091129-5746r.htm

I was quite ticked off by her atheists need not apply, and they better suck up to the theists if they want to run for office views.

Congressman Stark demonstrably proves she is full of shit.

]]> By: tarma http://atheists.org/blog/2007/03/12/atheist_congressman_announced/comment-page-1#comment-55727 tarma Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-55727 This announcement is a step in the right direction. Looking at the biography section of Pete Stark's website, however, I am interested in the fact that he was a member of the Board of Trustees for the Starr King School for the Ministry. I don't know the timeframe when he was a board member, and perhaps his views have changed since then?<br /> <br /> The school's online catalog states that it "educates people for religious leadership through: ... loving God, others and self" and that it accomplishes this purpose through, among other things: "praying in common within various worship services"<br /> <br /> So....I wouldn't exactly call this guy a hard-core atheist if this is the sort of organization he supports(?)<br /> <br /> Still, I must say that it is exceedingly positive for a Congressman to have "acknowledged his nontheism." This announcement is a step in the right direction. Looking at the biography section of Pete Stark’s website, however, I am interested in the fact that he was a member of the Board of Trustees for the Starr King School for the Ministry. I don’t know the timeframe when he was a board member, and perhaps his views have changed since then?

The school’s online catalog states that it “educates people for religious leadership through: … loving God, others and self” and that it accomplishes this purpose through, among other things: “praying in common within various worship services”

So….I wouldn’t exactly call this guy a hard-core atheist if this is the sort of organization he supports(?)

Still, I must say that it is exceedingly positive for a Congressman to have “acknowledged his nontheism.”

]]> By: DuKnit http://atheists.org/blog/2007/03/12/atheist_congressman_announced/comment-page-1#comment-55728 DuKnit Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-55728 Good for him! It will be interesting to see where the people go with this. I have lost several very close "friends" since I lost my Christian faith. I am an atheist now. Good for him! It will be interesting to see where the people go with this. I have lost several very close “friends” since I lost my Christian faith. I am an atheist now.

]]> By: DNAunion http://atheists.org/blog/2007/03/12/atheist_congressman_announced/comment-page-1#comment-55729 DNAunion Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-55729 I just sent him a short e-mail praising his honesty and courage. I just sent him a short e-mail praising his honesty and courage.

]]> By: alexatheist http://atheists.org/blog/2007/03/12/atheist_congressman_announced/comment-page-1#comment-55730 alexatheist Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-55730 His homepage has no mention of his coming out as an atheist. Maybe I'm just not seeing it. <br /> Good news though. His homepage has no mention of his coming out as an atheist. Maybe I’m just not seeing it.
Good news though.

]]> By: Zac Hunter http://atheists.org/blog/2007/03/12/atheist_congressman_announced/comment-page-1#comment-55734 Zac Hunter Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-55734 Wow, he is only one district away from me. Interesting. Wow, he is only one district away from me. Interesting.

]]> By: Simone de Beauvoir http://atheists.org/blog/2007/03/12/atheist_congressman_announced/comment-page-1#comment-55735 Simone de Beauvoir Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-55735 "Coming out" as an Atheist is hard.<br /> <br /> How many times has someone said "You're going to Hell!" in response to finding out that you're an Atheist? Even if he's not screaming it from the roof tops, this is still a very positive step for American Atheists, because, the more people who know us and are able to see that we aren't evil people, the less likely we are to be the unknown villian.<br /> <br /> Kudos Congressman! “Coming out” as an Atheist is hard.

How many times has someone said “You’re going to Hell!” in response to finding out that you’re an Atheist? Even if he’s not screaming it from the roof tops, this is still a very positive step for American Atheists, because, the more people who know us and are able to see that we aren’t evil people, the less likely we are to be the unknown villian.

Kudos Congressman!

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