Observations and inanities by a second-shift assistant supervisor in the Puppy-Grinding division of the Evil Atheist Conspiracy® (our motto: "Sure it's cruel, but think of the jobs!"), your host, Brent Rasmussen.
"Under God"/"In God We Trust" petition
A petition has sprung out of The Pledge Project by Alonzo Fyfe, the Atheist Ethicist.
[link] Congress undermined American unity in 1954 when it added "Under God" to our Pledge of Allegiance and again in 1956 when it replaced our 175 year old national motto, E Pluribus Unum ("Out Of Many, One"), with "In God We Trust", thus demoting to an implied outsider status the agnostics, atheists, deists, polytheists and other citizens who do not ascribe to this theology. Ideological contention is a necessary and desired result of the freedoms that are the real source of our unity and strength. These laws, by claiming that our unity rests on disregarding the reality of such sincere individual disagreement, are self-defeating.
I urge you to click the link and sign the petition. It won't change anything, but it might make you feel better.
The Pledge Project got me thinking about much the same sort of thing last week. But instead of starting a petition, I created a venn diagram. (Because that's what I do.) I was going to do something with it, but then remembered how lazy I was, so I just saved it on my hard drive to never be opened again. But I dug it out, finished it and I present it now, for your enjoyment. (It may not seem like much, but that says a great deal about how interested, engaged and excited I am by the whole Pledge Project thing.)
By sporkyy
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This is not a parody
In case anybody thought I was over exaggerating:
(I've added emphasis for my goldfish readership whose attention spans couldn't make it though the whole article.)
I can only assume that the mayor will be meeting with non-Muslim, non-Jewish and non-Christian residents at a later date when they are able to schedule hizonner in between strangling puppies with American flags and baking American pies (chief ingredient: Jewish-American, Muslim-American and Christian-American babies).
Yay Georgia.
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"Ponies are atheists, you know, technically."
- Me
At first I thought it was a given . . .
I signed the petition, leaving this comment:
"Please pay attention to the ease of freedom, bestowed from one to another without insistance of uniformity. E Pluribus Unum. What could be plainer?"
Spelling error and all, but, HEY! I understood the concept as a child in the 50s! My mind goes into spasms when I try to accommodate certain other points of view.
A very good design.
Sporkyy, that is an excellent design - my compliments!
Jim Downey
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I signed the petition. This
I signed the petition. This is important! The venn diagram is beautiful. It should be attached to the petition. Signed: Bruce Campbell
Nicely Done!
The diagram makes it very visceral, doesn't it?