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There is, however, one glaring exception: systematic discrimination against atheists. Most Americans (54 percent) have an “unfavorable impression” of atheists, regarding then as godless loose cannons without any grounded sense of morality. (Even in 2002, the Pew Center found that the corresponding number for Muslims was only 29 percent.) This prejudice lets politicians like Mitt Romney say, “We need a person of faith to run this country” and not receive even a mummer of criticism for establishing a theism litmus test. In fact, his statement is almost necessarily true, because...
...believed that Jesus was a great moral thinker--rather like Jefferson himself, only better. He assembled his own version of the Gospels, slicing out everything miraculous with a razor. Jefferson kept his Gospels private while he lived, but his views were suspected; archenemy Alexander Hamilton bluntly called him an "Atheist." Andrew Jackson had a more public problem: he married his wife Rachel before her divorce from her first husband had gone through. In later years, Jackson said he had not known at the time that Rachel was technically unavailable. But historian Andrew Burstein argues that Jackson did know and that...
...debate between atheist biologist Richard Dawkins and Christian geneticist Francis Collins was gripping [Nov. 13]. Regarding the idea of a supernatural cause of the universe, Dawkins said, "If there is a God, it's going to be a whole lot bigger and a whole lot more incomprehensible than anything that any theologian of any religion has ever proposed." What qualifies Dawkins to decide these matters? For someone who gets so exercised about the impossibility of God's existence, Dawkins seems to have a fairly clear conception of what God must be like...
...theories of evolution coexist with theological ideals revered for centuries? Discussion between Oxford atheist Richard Dawkins and Christian genome pioneer Francis Collins provided a platform for opposing views. Many readers believed there's room for both ideas and lauded such an open talk...
...countries where politics and religion intertwine have 100% compliance with such antiquated notions as compulsory wearing of the veil. The indoctrination of children into male-dominated religions will cause a persistence of sexist attitudes, moderated only by rational secular influence, as evidenced by Australian culture. David Nicholls, President Atheist Foundation of Australia Inc. Maitland, Australia The familiar adage "your freedom ends where my nose begins" is one of the foundations of modern civilization and liberal democracy. I would certainly like Islam's freedom (and that of every other religion and every political party) to end where my nose begins...