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We should all always remember this and this is why we will never and should never have any anti-blasphemy laws in this country. This whole controversy has been a tragedy with so many lives lost but that does not mean that we should surrender our freedom of speech, our freedom to criticize, and our freedom to blaspheme.
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So is wanting to be the most powerful man in the entire country, but that hasn’t stopped Mitt Romney from trying.
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I actually agree with this message. If you’re gullible enough to believe prayer can affect the election, you probably don’t pay enough attention to understand the impact of your vote as it is.
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Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns into universal, rather than religion-specific, values. It requires that their proposals be subject to argument, and amenable to reason. I may be opposed to abortion for religious reasons, but if I seek to pass a law banning the practice, I cannot simply point to the teachings of my church or evoke God’s will. I have to explain why abortion violates some principle that is accessible to people of all faiths, including those with no faith at all. Now this is going to be difficult for some who believe in the inerrancy of the Bible, as many evangelicals do. But in a pluralistic democracy, we have no choice. Politics depends on our ability to persuade each other of common aims based on a common reality. It involves the compromise, the art of what’s possible. At some fundamental level, religion does not allow for compromise. It’s the art of the impossible. If God has spoken, then followers are expected to live up to God’s edicts, regardless of the consequences. To base one’s life on such uncompromising commitments may be sublime, but to base our policy making on such commitments would be a dangerous thing.
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Majority in U.S. say Bin Laden in hell →
Yet, we would like the rest of the world to believe we’re a country full of reasonable, logical, and responsible adults, we just insist on hoping that people are tortured for eternity after their death. Just because people would like to believe some sort of justice system outside of this life exists does not mean it’s true. They write off a large percent of people who say “I don’t know” as being part of people who don’t believe in hell. Personally if asked I would of said no, there is absolutely no reason for me to think that such a place even exists. People have a hard time letting go of their wishful thinking, even when it is macabre. It is honestly embarrassing that a majority of our country believes such things.
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Obama’s Easter Prayer Breakfast Featured Two Anti-LGBT Pastors →
This morning, President Obama hosted his second annual Easter prayer breakfast, welcoming more than 100 attendees from various Christian congregations. Two of the event’s chosen speakers were religious leaders who take very public anti-LGBT positions.
- BISHOP T. D. JAKES: Head of the Potter’s House black megachurch in Dallas that has more than 30,000 members, he has said he would not hire a gay person, calling homosexuality “brokenness.” Jakes also apparently showed his son “correction” and “restorative grace” after he was arrested for soliciting gay sex in a public park in 2009.
- PASTOR TIM KELLER: Founder of Redeemer Presbyterian Church, Keller has insisted his church “allows for political diversity,” but he also takes the traditional Christian point of view that homosexuality is a sin. In a 2009 profile, he admitted “you can’t teach what we teach—that you must be born again through belief in Jesus Christ—without saying most of the world is wrong.”
How disgusting. Can’t believe that the president would actually invite these vile people into the White House to be speakers. I know that Obama certainly doesn’t support that stance, why would he possibly invite these moronic mouth breathers to come speak at an important event?
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The guy holding this sign looks really familiar for some reason. I have no idea why but I feel like I’ve seen him someplace before.
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Obama’s Speech
I figured I’d throw out a few words on the subject since it seems to be a hot topic of discussion among Atheists already.
First off, I do think there was far too many references to God and the bible. However I am not going to get on his case about it too much because he often takes so much crap from the right about how he doesn’t reference God enough. Obama wants to be a peace maker, he wants to try and stomp out some of the fires and not fan the flames any more. I think so many obvious references was a bit telling that he wanted to make it an obvious point. The last thing he wants right after is Fox news going out there again and talking about how he was so “disrespectful” to the families for not talking about God.
If this was George Bush, yes I would get on his case about it. The reason being that Obama has done a lot of positives in referencing Atheists and non-religious individuals. Many in the past either completely ignore it or even worse (Bush) make derogatory statements. As I said I didn’t like the number of references but I do still think Obama has been very supportive of freedom of religion (or non) and expression. I personally could of done with out any of the references myself but I understand why he did it. Small steps, and Obama is at least going the right direction overall.
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