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The opinions expressed herein are my own personal opinions and do not represent anyone else's view in any way, including those of my employer.
© Copyright 2010
According to sociologist Gary Bouma atheists are fuelling sectarian conflict. According to Bouma’s logic, if atheists just would shut up, religions would hold hands, sing ‘Kumbaya” and there would be no more sad histories like 911, the Irish troubles, the mess in Iraq etc.
What Bouma is actually trying to do is deny atheists the right of a voice. What atheists (well most of us anyway) want is a right to be heard and for the privilege religion has in society to be critically examined and questioned. This is confronting to some as they prefer atheists to be quiet and confine their discussions behind closed doors.
Too bad and too late. Religious freedom and freedom of speech are not just for the devout.
Elsewhere: Russell Blackford takes down Bouma.
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11:47 am - March 6th, 2010
It’s blatant mendacity.
No. That’s not it at all.
What has created problems is the refusal of certain traditionally privileged religious groups to acknowledge that groups that hold differing views on religion have just as much right as they do to promulgate those views.
Even if those views promulgate the idea that religions are cultural constucts that ought to be demolished.
11:36 am - March 7th, 2010
Atheists just want a level playing field between themselves and mono-theist and multi-theist religions. So long as it is made clear to children that there is a wide range of opinions from those religions, like the Aztecs which believed in human sacrifice to those who believe that gods are like Father Christmas and don’t exist then that is OK by me.