Comments on: Texas rally goes great http://atheists.org/blog/2007/09/11/texas_rally_goes_great A Blog of Atheist Thought Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:40:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mxracer652 http://atheists.org/blog/2007/09/11/texas_rally_goes_great/comment-page-1#comment-66008 mxracer652 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-66008 I wouldn't call that going great.<br /> <br /> Sure they made some noise, but nothing will change, it's Texas!<br /> <br /> Maybe in 100 years.<br /> <br /> I wouldn’t call that going great.

Sure they made some noise, but nothing will change, it’s Texas!

Maybe in 100 years.

]]> By: http://atheists.org/blog/2007/09/11/texas_rally_goes_great/comment-page-1#comment-66009 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-66009 Comment from: mxracer652 <br /> <br /> <blockquote>I wouldn't call that going great.</blockquote><br /> <br /> Agreed...close up pics. Used often by those who wish to fool others into believing the event was larger then it was...<br /> <br /> <blockquote>A group of roughly 100 people, led by the American Atheists Texas State Director Joe Zamecki, called for the removal of the newly included phrase "under God" in the Texas Pledge of Allegiance.</blockquote> <br /> <br /> Wow...we had more then that at our free outdoor movie...<br /> <br /> It's the lack of participation at events like this that question the idea that there are 30 million non-believers in this nation...or that the atheist movement is tkaing over...simply propagting another myth...this was (another) dismal failure...<br /> <br /> Hey...weren't there about 4 more people at the protest against the AIG museum...?<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Comment from: mxracer652

I wouldn’t call that going great.

Agreed…close up pics. Used often by those who wish to fool others into believing the event was larger then it was…

A group of roughly 100 people, led by the American Atheists Texas State Director Joe Zamecki, called for the removal of the newly included phrase “under God” in the Texas Pledge of Allegiance.

Wow…we had more then that at our free outdoor movie…

It’s the lack of participation at events like this that question the idea that there are 30 million non-believers in this nation…or that the atheist movement is tkaing over…simply propagting another myth…this was (another) dismal failure…

Hey…weren’t there about 4 more people at the protest against the AIG museum…?

]]> By: Rusty Shackleford http://atheists.org/blog/2007/09/11/texas_rally_goes_great/comment-page-1#comment-66010 Rusty Shackleford Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-66010 I walked by a church on Sunday and there were hardly any people there...<br /> <br /> Must not be many christians in America...<br /> <br /> Sad... I walked by a church on Sunday and there were hardly any people there…

Must not be many christians in America…

Sad…

]]> By: Jaydave http://atheists.org/blog/2007/09/11/texas_rally_goes_great/comment-page-1#comment-66015 Jaydave Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-66015 Ive had more people at my house for beer and football on sunday then the local church must be that the service was a dismal failure !!! LOL Ive had more people at my house for beer and football on sunday then the local church must be that the service was a dismal failure !!! LOL

]]> By: aajoeyjo http://atheists.org/blog/2007/09/11/texas_rally_goes_great/comment-page-1#comment-66018 aajoeyjo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-66018 I thought that a wider angle shot of the crowd would show it to be larger. The fact is, it was EXTREMELY hot, and there is very little shade in that area, so most of our people bunched up under the trees there, for shade. That tended to conceal some of them for most of the photos. I would've said "Hey let's not hide our numbers, please spread out a bit, so everyone can be seen," but I knew the heat was the issue, and it was a hot issue!<br /> <br /> The old joke used to be "Atheists held a picket today, at which all 12 Atheists in America attended." Well that number has had to be upped a little bit many times in the last few decades. It still takes a lot of guts to go public with this perspective, and obviously it's easy and safe to say you're a Christian... Not so impressive.<br /> <br /> We Atheists are coming of age in American society, and I'm glad it's all being done through safe and peaceful means, with an inclusive and positive goal. Peace for all through VOLUNTARY secularism. :o)<br /> <br /> Joe Zamecki<br /> Texas State Director<br /> American Atheists<br /> www.atheists.org/tx I thought that a wider angle shot of the crowd would show it to be larger. The fact is, it was EXTREMELY hot, and there is very little shade in that area, so most of our people bunched up under the trees there, for shade. That tended to conceal some of them for most of the photos. I would’ve said “Hey let’s not hide our numbers, please spread out a bit, so everyone can be seen,” but I knew the heat was the issue, and it was a hot issue!

The old joke used to be “Atheists held a picket today, at which all 12 Atheists in America attended.” Well that number has had to be upped a little bit many times in the last few decades. It still takes a lot of guts to go public with this perspective, and obviously it’s easy and safe to say you’re a Christian… Not so impressive.

We Atheists are coming of age in American society, and I’m glad it’s all being done through safe and peaceful means, with an inclusive and positive goal. Peace for all through VOLUNTARY secularism. :o )

Joe Zamecki
Texas State Director
American Atheists
http://www.atheists.org/tx

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