At 11:29 PM 10/19/2006, Pim van Meurs wrote:
>Interesting article. Somehow [B---'s] policies may have done a lot
>of damage to the religious cause. Not only have religious people
>been drawn into uncomfortable and unfortunate positions but
>[B----']s policies may also have helped undermine religious faith. .." ~ Pim
@ Hardly. Read on. ~ Janice
"Atheism is a religion.
Remember a federal judge has ruled that ENVIRONMENTALISM is a
religion. (a federal parks worker admitted to skewing data because of
environmental beliefs)
the ACLU are priests of Atheism. Just as islam imposes islam at the
point of a sword, Atheists impost atheism at the point of a court order."
<http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1721916/posts?page=111#111>111
posted on 10/19/2006 8:34:02 AM EDT by
<http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1721916//~longtermmemmory/>longtermmemmory
[screen name of an attorney]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1721916/posts?page=111#111
<http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1722230/posts>Is God
dead? Atheism finds a market in U.S
<http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1722230//^http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061018/lf_nm/religion_atheism_dc>Reuters
^ | 10/18/06
Posted on 10/19/2006 10:39:10 AM EDT by presidio9
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1722230/posts
A fresh wave of atheistic books has hit the market this autumn, some
climbing onto best-seller lists in what proponents see as a backlash
against the way religion is entwined in [-----]. ... [snip]
The Rev. James Halstead, chairman of the Department of Religious
Studies at Chicago's DePaul University, says the phenomenon is really
"a ripple caused by the book publishing industry."
"These books cause no new thought or moral commitment. The arguments
are centuries old," he told Reuters. Some believers, he added, "are
no better. Their conception of God, the Divine-Human-World
relationship are much too simplistic and materialistic."
Too often, he said, the concept "God" is misused "to legitimate the
self and to beat up other people ... to rehash that same old theistic
and atheistic arguments is a waste of time, energy and paper."
Dr. Timothy Larsen, professor of theology at Wheaton College in
Illinois, says any growth in interest in atheism is a reflection of
the strength of religion -- the former being a parasite that feeds
off the latter.
That happened late in the 19th century America when an era of intense
religious conviction gave rise to voices like famed agnostic Robert
Ingersoll, he said.
For Christianity, he said, "It's very important for people of faith
to realize how unsettling and threatening their posture and rhetoric
and practice can feel to others. ...." [snip]
*
Also posted the day before, here - with different comments:
<http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1721916/posts>Is God dead?
Atheism finds a market in U.S
<http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1721916//^http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=inDepthNews&storyid=2006-10-18T124713Z_01_N10351822_RTRUKOC_0_US-RELIGION-ATHEISM.xml&WTmodLoc=NewsArt-R2-Today-11>Reuters
^ | 10/18/06 | Michael Conlon
Posted on 10/18/2006 8:25:05 PM EDT by
<http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1721916//~wagglebee/>wagglebee
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1721916/posts
>----- Original Message ----
>From: Janice Matchett <janmatch@earthlink.net>
>At 10:14 PM 10/19/2006, David Opderbeck wrote:
>
>>BTW, there's a fascinating and frightening article in the current
>>issue of Wired on the "new atheism" that reinforces, I think,
>>Greg's point. It's not online yet, but pick it up on the news
>>stand. All of us who believe there is something beyond mere
>>matter are held in utter contempt by the intellectual vanguard of
>>contemporary Darwinism, whether we accept common descent or
>>not. We should spend more energy on thoughtful, unified responses
>>to the fallacies of materialism than we do on sniping at other
>>people of faith who question evolution, however defined.
>
>@ Is this it? ~ Janice
>
><http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1705602/posts>Believers
>say atheism no longer a 'dirty word'
><http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1705602//%5Ehttp://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/15571253.htm>Contra
>Costa Times ^ | 9/21/6 | Rebecca Rosen Lum
>Posted on 09/21/2006 10:50:09 AM EDT by
><http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1705602//%7Esmithl/>SmithL
>http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1705602/posts
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