Did you know that today was Athiest Solidarity Day?
Have you ever heard of this before?

I hadn't...

A facebook holiday with 10 members. Nice holiday.

Ohh, I didnt even know it was on fb... but when I searched it on there I saw one with 2 900ish members??

http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=126491450722324 ?

Theres a lot of other ones with only like 2 members though.

A facebook holiday with 10 members. Nice holiday.

'I like'

Well, I think it's only good for us atheist to celebrate \o lol

And if any religious person comes in here saying we're wrong they're banned :P Atheists only ;p

A facebook holiday with 10 members. Nice holiday.

:lol2:

Did you know that today was Athiest Solidarity Day?
Have you ever heard of this before?

I hadn't...
Indeed, I had not heard of it either, until you posted here and brought my attention to it.

I'm opposed to the persecution of people regardless of whether they choose to believe or not to believe in something, and reading here (http://www.atheistnexus.org/group/atheistsolidarity), it seems that what the day's supporters are striving for is similar. To quote, "It's a day of celebration for those who have the freedom to be open about their beliefs while at the same time raising awareness about those who don't have that freedom."

I am a theist (specifically a Christian), but I fully support the universal human right of all people to be free from persecution, regardless of what one chooses to believe or disbelieve.


On a side note: Let's try to keep this thread civil if we can (saying this as a precautionary statement to both theists and atheists). Politics and religion and such generally make for delicate thread topics, so let's try to remember to be respectful towards one another as human beings. Generally, I'd rather not participate or post in these types of topics, but in this particular case I feel that there's a benefit in my saying something (as opposed to the "flag" thread that I chose not to participate in).

To quote the FAQ (http://forums.ichigos.com/faq.php?faq=faq_post#faq_new_faq_item): "Constructive arguments about subjects such as religion are fine, anything that digresses into personal attacks is not."

So let's try to keep this thread constructive. =) *steps off soapbox*

:)

It seems like a newer 'holiday.' I was really just wondering if anyone else had heard of it before... I'm feel like I'm always the last one to hear about these things.




I am a theist (specifically a Christian), but I fully support the universal human right of all people to be free from persecution, regardless of what one chooses to believe or disbelieve.



Thats refreshing! I've run into soo many people who are the opposite of that. It can be frustrating.

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Thats refreshing! I've run into soo many people who are the opposite of that. It can be frustrating.

An atheist that is for persecution? ahahahaha
I'm an atheist. I enjoy being an atheist, and it's something that makes up quite a lot of who I am (I do philosophy as a hobby). It's nice that atheism would be celebrated :)

An atheist that is for persecution? ahahahaha


LOL. No, not athiests. I was referring to some religious people I've had conversations with.

An atheist that is for persecution? ahahahaha
I think you'd be surprised, actually (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_atheism) (Communist Albania is particularly notable for their previous persecution).

There are, and have been, atheists who want to outlaw religion, just as there are, and have been, religious types who want to outlaw atheism. Luckily, both types are a minority, and most atheists (at least the ones that I've known) aren't like this. Nevertheless, persecution does still happen in certain countries, as you can see from that link in my first sentence.

In any case, as I sort of hinted at in my previous post, I think having faith or lacking faith is a very personal thing and I frown upon anyone trying to interfere in another person's choice of disbelief or belief. I hope humans can grow in kindness and cease persecuting each other.

In any case, as I sort of hinted at in my previous post, I think having faith or lacking faith is a very personal thing and I frown upon anyone trying to interfere in another person's choice of disbelief or belief. I hope humans can grow in kindness and cease persecuting each other.

It has to do with people's inability and refusal to see a simple fact: Nobody chose their religion.

If grew up in a Christian environment, you'll probably become Christian, and in an athiest environment, an atheist. Now that's changing real fast because of the free access to information kids have to the internet. Now instead of going "Daddy, where do babies come from?", they'll go "Daddy, why are you Christian when you could be Buddhist?"

But nobody has any real choice in any of it. By the time you have "concious choice", whatever choice you make are already shaped by pre-natal conditions - whether your biological mother was a drinker, whether she was around people who smoked, whether people argued and thus projected all kinds of energies to the infant, what kinds of things they say to the infants over and over (eg. "I love you" or "God loves us all") - that by the time you're even aware of "concious choice", it's all already conditioned. And everything from there on are all conditioned responses. Even a person's choice to convert from a religion is the result of all the conditioning that occurred before that choice, as well as the environment, and thus conditioning, of that very moment.

To the extent that you realize this and discover something that transcends all conditioning, the human drama of things like religion and politics (which nobody really wants to care about) will keep on happening.