Wednesday, April 05, 2006

God Article...

I just read an article entitled God and Founders. It is decently written although it gives little to no mention of the advancements and contributions athiests and freethinkers have made to society. I don't have a whole lot of time to type right now, but to give a history of the conflict over religion in America while not even mentioning thomas Paine, Robert Ingersoll, Lucretia Mott or Elizabeth Cady Stanton while giving to religion a primary role in the abolition, womens rights and the civil rights movement (while mentioning in one line that religion also played a role in keeping those going) is to tell only half a history. (man that was a long sentence). Those people, all avowed athiests, had just as much influence as any of the other people mentioned, but quite often their contributions are ignored because of their religious beliefs.

3 Comments:

Blogger Wannabeleader said...

rah!

1:35 PM  
Blogger Michael said...

Well, with a title like: "God and the Founders," I think it would make sense that it wouldn't mention the atheists - the whole point of it is to say how religion impacted the founding of America and continues to affect the nation and its leaders. Plus, with the volume of work out there that does deal with atheists (without having to explicitly state: "hey, I'm writing about an atheist here"), I for one am not too concerned about it.

2:40 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

you're welcome

8:50 PM  

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