tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post83650224360508351..comments2023-11-27T23:30:40.341-05:00Comments on Anything But Theist: Two CulturesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02504734487692109101noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post-18445470021972536032010-04-29T22:20:21.424-04:002010-04-29T22:20:21.424-04:00"With all the university budget cuts, profess..."With all the university budget cuts, professors being denied tenure, and academic hiring freezes, there will be a glut of educated individuals with lots of time on their hands. Finding an intellectual with time to shoot the shit will be a lot easier."<br /><br />And that's why I'm delaying my foray into academia in order to get a vocational skill. :-) Also, the timing just isn't right for me personally.<br /><br />Anyways, I have a blog back up and going - and I'm waiting for my favorite skeptic (well, after Lee from Strawmen Cometh) to come and raise heck.Samuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06102533726798834757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post-77557790623755100052010-04-28T07:34:15.297-04:002010-04-28T07:34:15.297-04:00In the 80's, there was a strong push by a move...In the 80's, there was a strong push by a movement called the "Religious Right." It was an uneasy alliance between Republicans (who were traditionally business-friendly, classical liberals) and religious movements that have grown in the US. <br /><br />Opposition to abortion, gay rights, women's rights, and other issues that most rationalists support comes primarily from this union. There is also a strong push by the Religious Right to rewrite history, to claim there is no seperation of church and state, and that the founding fathers created a Christian nation (both resoundingly false).<br /><br />More people in America believe in angels than evolution. What more proof does one need that religion is running amok?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02504734487692109101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post-57605807680030192412010-04-28T06:26:14.716-04:002010-04-28T06:26:14.716-04:00It is interesting how atheists and intellectual fe...It is interesting how atheists and intellectual feel persecuted in the US.<br /><br />I am from Europe and I have the impression that most European countries are governed by a consensus of rationalism - indifference to religion.<br /><br />Sometimes, the churches put on a fight when they feel that their former privileges are taken away or when society evolves towards a direction they do not like (gay marriage, work on sunday), but in general we do not feel they are the ones who are in command.<br /><br />This, however, was done following the example of the american declaration of independence. So I wonder why it is that non-religions Americans feel so prosecuted by religion. I always thought that the american religious bodies have even less influence than in Europe.<br /><br />Or is it just a question of evolution: in the past, the churches had a lot of power in Europe, but it was taken away from them in the course of the 19th and 20th century. So we feel "liberated".<br />As opposed to this, the churches never had much power in the US, but they start organising lobbies, etc, so the US citizens feel they gain influence and feel oppressed? <br />It would be interesting to quantify the objective influence of religious institutions in both continents as opposed to the "felt influence"...europeannoreply@blogger.com