Atheists on the rise in America

[jlauro]

Scoobes said:

Kasz216 said:

Scoobes said:

Interesting. I remember watching a programme on TV about how there were more atheists than Jewish people in the US yet Jewish people had far more representation and allowances than atheists. It's actually kinda sad that they've had to form these groups as stated in the article to give themselves a voice.

Atheists don't really have anything they need allowances for that I can think of.  I mean there's no days of observence for atheism.

It's like complaining that people without diabities have less allowances then people with diabities.

As for representation... Jewish people tend to live more in the same districts, areas and states.

Atheists are fairly evenly spread.  Also, since atheism is the lack of a religious belief... I can't see that being a big motivator for elections like being part of a minority religious group that's been persecuted since it's existed.

I was thinking more on the discrimination side. Funny you should bring up diabetes:

In the TV show I was watching a small group of atheists in the bible belt wanted to protest against a preacher who would tell people with diabetes to forget modern medicine, stop taking their drugs, pray to god instead etc. They basically wanted to hand out medical leaflets outlining why this was a bad idea but were fearful that people would take exception to this and attack them.

In the show they said they went to the police and asked for legal protection, instead the police informed them that they were also going to rally/event and they would arrest them if they saw them there. I mean, wtf?

As for your last paragraph, that doesn't make it right and it's sad that a group who by all rights shouldn't have to form social groups are now doing so just to be heard in the public forums.

Somone having trouble telling reality from fiction and thinking sterotypes from hollywood is what relegious people are like.