Re: ESTABLISHING THE RELIGION OF ATHEISM

On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 15:37:02 GMT, BlackWater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>nullus fides <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>And so upon Mon, 01 Dec 2003 22:46:42 +0000 didst BlackWater speak thusly:
>>
>>> It's not entirely unfair to claim that there's an
>>> attempt to "establish" atheism.
>>
>>It's utterly unfair. Utterly untrue also.
>>
>>But that doesn't stop people from saying it.
>
>   'Establishment' is what 'establishment' does. Having
>   the State push aside and repress all but ONE philosophy
>   about religion *is* 'establishment' - or at least 
>   close enough to worry about. 

The government is not supposed to have any philosophy about religion.
That is not establishment; that is freedom of religion.


>
>   Lots of people are worrying about it. One of these
>   days that's gonna cause the courts to re-define the
>   word 'establishment'. 
>
>   It's politically convenient to brush such things
>   aside in the panic to save us from our local
>   version of the Taliban, but it's *wrong*. In
>   the end, it only empowers the fundies. 



None of the Emperor's clothes had been so successful before.
"But he has got nothing on," said a little child.