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.
Indonesian Schoolchildren Hate You
My daughter-in-law is from Indonesia, so this is interesting to me. To put this into proper context, atheism is a crime in Indonesia. Their national ideological statement is called "Pancasila" ( a sanskrit word meaning "Five Principles"). Its number one principle is, "Ketuhanan yang Maha Esa", or "Belief in the one and only God". This principle is also enshrined in the 1945 Indonesian constitution.
Governor of North Sumatra, Syamsul Arifin, said on 8th October at an occasion marking Pancasila Day that all elements of the nation must continually fight against and eradicate atheist beliefs among the people.
Atheism, which seeks to erase Pancasila and which once threatened the nation in the guise of the Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI), and still does, has to be guarded against, particularly because it still finds support among sections of the poor.
Syamsul said children should be taught from primary school through to university to hate atheism, so that the creed could as far as possible be obliterated.
Yikes! Looks like us humans have a long, long way to go before we grow up and become adults.
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Who is the more militant?
And here you have been venting your annoyance mostly at Christians, while around the world it is usually the muslims that make atheism (and Christianity) a potentially life-or-death choice.
"I believe in preaching to the converted; for I have generally found that the converted do not understand their own religion." -G.K. Chesterton
Six of one, half-dozen of the other
There are plenty of "militant" Christians in this country. They may not be as violent (though that's more because they don't yet have official backing of the government), but they are every bit as aggressive in trying to force their agendas and beliefs on everyone else. You can't swing a dead cat without someone telling you that swinging a dead cat is against their religion, so you can't do it either.
Not that I think you're that way, richg. I'm sure you're more evolved than that. It's just unfortunate that there are so many who are like that, and so many like you who enable them because "at least they aren't directly threatening to kill you."
Rob Miles
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There are only 10 types of people in the world;
those who understand binary and those who don't.
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