Comments on: Prez-elect wants to hear from Atheists http://atheists.org/blog/2008/11/08/prez_elect_wants_to_hear_from_atheists A Blog of Atheist Thought Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:05:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: castletonsnob http://atheists.org/blog/2008/11/08/prez_elect_wants_to_hear_from_atheists/comment-page-1#comment-91573 castletonsnob Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-91573 I don't think there's reason to believe that he wants to hear from atheists in particular, so I think your post title is a <i>bit</i> optimistic. I don’t think there’s reason to believe that he wants to hear from atheists in particular, so I think your post title is a bit optimistic.

]]> By: TimeToStandUp http://atheists.org/blog/2008/11/08/prez_elect_wants_to_hear_from_atheists/comment-page-1#comment-91578 TimeToStandUp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-91578 Aside from Obama's mother being an atheist, I do believe that he has leanings in that direction. If not, I would like to refer him and other blacks to atheist, Robert Engersoll who wrote these words in 1867:<br /> <br /> (google this)<br /> "An Address to the Colored People"<br /> by Robert G. Ingersoll<br /> 1867<br /> An address delivered to the colored people at Galesburg, Illinois, 1867. Aside from Obama’s mother being an atheist, I do believe that he has leanings in that direction. If not, I would like to refer him and other blacks to atheist, Robert Engersoll who wrote these words in 1867:

(google this)
“An Address to the Colored People”
by Robert G. Ingersoll
1867
An address delivered to the colored people at Galesburg, Illinois, 1867.

]]> By: Tuen http://atheists.org/blog/2008/11/08/prez_elect_wants_to_hear_from_atheists/comment-page-1#comment-91584 Tuen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-91584 Giving Obama the benefit of the doubt, I think he'll support atheists, but very discreetly.<br /> <br /> O knows he must treat American parochialism with kid gloves. Yes, it's too bad religious pathology is so ubiquitous. But that's the way it is. I think it would be wise for him to take a more prudent tack when dealing with the handicapped.<br /> <br /> He'll use general terms that imply inclusion for all people, avoiding the specificity both atheists and theists long to hear, but for completely different reasons.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Giving Obama the benefit of the doubt, I think he’ll support atheists, but very discreetly.

O knows he must treat American parochialism with kid gloves. Yes, it’s too bad religious pathology is so ubiquitous. But that’s the way it is. I think it would be wise for him to take a more prudent tack when dealing with the handicapped.

He’ll use general terms that imply inclusion for all people, avoiding the specificity both atheists and theists long to hear, but for completely different reasons.

]]> By: Physics101 http://atheists.org/blog/2008/11/08/prez_elect_wants_to_hear_from_atheists/comment-page-1#comment-91604 Physics101 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-91604 I wrote my suggestions down and sent them in. It doesn't hurt to mention that there are atheists out there. We can't go overboard with an agenda and expect a warm reception. I'll settle for just acknowledging we exist as a first step. I noticed he mentioned gays in his speech election night. Is that a first by a President Elect? I think it is.<br /> <br /> That's a start. Gays are ahead of us in a sense, as I believe atheists will be the last group one can openly discriminate against without fear of raising eyebrows.<br /> <br /> My suggestions were the same ones I make over and over - eliminate the budget deficit through spending cuts and consumption taxes, pass a balanced budget amendment, and keep religion out of all aspects of government.<br /> <br /> I wrote my suggestions down and sent them in. It doesn’t hurt to mention that there are atheists out there. We can’t go overboard with an agenda and expect a warm reception. I’ll settle for just acknowledging we exist as a first step. I noticed he mentioned gays in his speech election night. Is that a first by a President Elect? I think it is.

That’s a start. Gays are ahead of us in a sense, as I believe atheists will be the last group one can openly discriminate against without fear of raising eyebrows.

My suggestions were the same ones I make over and over – eliminate the budget deficit through spending cuts and consumption taxes, pass a balanced budget amendment, and keep religion out of all aspects of government.

]]> By: quantum_flux http://atheists.org/blog/2008/11/08/prez_elect_wants_to_hear_from_atheists/comment-page-1#comment-91606 quantum_flux Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-91606 I'm going to throw everything I got concerning my vision of the future at it! I’m going to throw everything I got concerning my vision of the future at it!

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