Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Godless in Akron


















Spotted down town, this ghastly spectacle of a vehicle. I will defend their right to free speech, but I'll be damned if I can defend their right to park by a fire hydrant. There was no adult in the vehicle, just a bored kid hanging out by himself while daddy stood on the corner spewing forth. He tried his rant on me and I politely informed him that there is no god, have a nice day.

Speaking of that, readers please note the graceful scarlet letter A in the column to the right. It is courtesy of Richard Dawkins and PZ Meyers of Pharyngula who are instigating a global wide coming out party for atheists and agnostics. We are the last of the oppressed still waiting for something approaching acceptance. Mostly we are told that we will burn in hell. In graphic detail usually involving boiling oil and flesh that never is consumed totally, rather magically remaining burnable for all eternity. Quite a trick that. But I guess Satan is all powerful, so they tell me.

Nevertheless, I am happy to "come out" as an atheist and join my godless comrades in this endeavor. The idea is to reveal ourselves as ordinary people who are your fellow workers, bosses, shop keepers, soldiers, even teachers! We are harmless, really. We believe in one less god than you monotheists. As for pantheists, well -- I have a soft spot in my heart for the ancient Greek gods. They were the first ones I came to know.

For the record, I had the incredible good luck of being born into a godless family. We didn't go to church on Sundays. We went to museums, concerts and theatre. We'd go on family outings to historical sites or on nature walks. Instead of religious indoctrination, we discussed philosophy, science, literature and the arts. We created our own family values with much thought and debate. We learned to be polite in the face of great pressure to conform as well as in the face of horrendous prejudice. I learned what it was like to be hated for something irrational, so I grew up identifying with blacks, Jews and other minorities.

Even though Bush 41 said that atheists should forfeit their citizenship because this is a Christian nation, we are still here and we vote. We tend to avoid voting for those who base all their decisions on a book of old myths from primitive cultures. For a list of celebrity atheists, agnostics and skeptics, look here. And check out my friend Kevin's blog entry in which he comes out as an atheist.

5 comments:

KevinBBG said...

Thanks for the plug the "Coming Out Godless" lady posted it on her blog too. You should email her and send yours as well.

I've got the atheist A too but it's further down on the right and I'm afraid people will miss it, been thinking of moving it up higher. I'm also on Atheist Blogroll.

microdot said...

Rare birds of a feather need to flock together!
There are more atheists than will ever admit it and more doubters than would ever have the courage to stand up and ask the question!

You should check out TheManWithTheMuckrake....

a blog from Toledo, you might recognize Mr. Muckrake. His style and viewpoint give him away immediately and he is another brave voice that has been around for a while.

mud_rake said...

I'll be checking the link to your cohorts in a-theism. I use that spelling because it usually throws the right-wing Christians for a loop.

There is a difference.

Village Green said...

Welcome Mud Rake! You are welcome to throw loops for the fundamentalist right wing whatever's here -- we don't discriminate,

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