Atheists gather to ‘push back’
San Francisco gathering aims to counter fundamentalism
The Associated Press
Updated: 6:04 a.m. ET May 23, 2005
SAN FRANCISCO - To the uninformed, the gathering here may have seemed like a church revival, full of zeal and fervor. But worshipping God was most decidedly not part of the agenda.
The attendees of the “All Atheists Weekend” came together to discuss what they call the rise of fundamentalism in the U.S. and the blurring of lines between church and state.
Who says you have to believe in God to be “religious”? These folks are very “religious” in their non-beliefs almost to the point that I don’t believe that they don’t believe.
It almost makes one wonder why they bother with rallies and get-togethers. I mean, if you don’t believe in God, then it’s no big deal, is it? He isn’t the “man upstairs” since there is no “upstairs” (heaven) or “down below” (hell). He’s a figment of other people’s imaginations but, of course, not yours.
Atheists should be the most sane, self-assured, peaceful people on the planet. With no one to be accountable to (there is no God, remember?) they are free to do their own thing and act without impunity. They shouldn’t worry about what others think about their lack of belief in God and they, in turn, shouldn’t even give a care about the fact that the vast majority on the planet say that they do believe in God.
In short, why should atheists gather together to push their agenda? It sounds oddly like an "organized religion" to me.
Or is it more like a classic case of insecurity? Perhaps atheists are secretly worried that there may actually be someone upstairs that they are held accountable to—and they have to prove the strength of their unbelief to the so-called Deity.
Remember, even St. Paul commended the Athenians on their religiosity when he spotted their idol dedicated to an “unknown god”. Modern day atheists, by protesting their unbelief, sound like they’ve rediscovered this idol for themselves.
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