re: How about this Auburn controversy

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I have rejected Christianity, but I find these anti Christian types so annoying. They selectively seem concerned with snuffing out one religion, Christianity, but not Judaism, and Islam.

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I’m an atheist and personally believe religion to be ultimately harmful, but if someone wants to believe in myths, they are free to do so. Same as the people who believe in ghosts, Bigfoot, Nessie, etc..

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I don’t understand why people have an issue with something that they themselves deem as being fake

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We could go into the ways that belief in religion is harmful to society as a whole but like another poster said, this probably isn’t the place to have that conversation.

I have only met very few atheist that I would call anti-theists. Most of us really don’t give a damn what crazy crap people personally believe in. We just don’t want our tax money going towards those beliefs or want our lawmakers making laws based on those beliefs. That’s how you end up like Saudi Arabia.

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quote: I have rejected Christianity, but I find these anti Christian types so annoying. They selectively seem concerned with snuffing out one religion, Christianity, but not Judaism, and Islam.

This isn't some mysterious twist. The reason Christianity gets singled out a lot is because it is by far the most dominant religion in the country and it is the one that makes the most attempts to bring their religion into the government/state sphere. Put it this way -- if a school decided to start broadcasting Islamic morning prayers and the courts banned them from doing so, do you seriously think the most people general population would complain? Do you think there would be a 10 page thread on why those opposing bringing Islam in to public government institutions are wrong? Seeing an "anti-Christian" effect in exclusion to other religions is just selection and environmental bias.

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Is Christianity really the most dominant religion? Sure, the majority of believers in this nation are Christian, but it does not receive the subsidies that Judaism receives. We give Israel billions every year. We have even gone to war for Israel (see Iraq War) and intervene in the ME against friends of Iran, for Israel, not for any real threat risk from Iran. Jewish synagogues have received more govt money for security than churches. Yes, there was a recent shooting at a synagogue, but there have been many more shootings at churches. And again, every Hanukkah, there is a huge Menorah at the White House.

It isn't Christianity that dominates media, academics, finance, foreign policy, and one is simply not allowed to call out the Jewish establishment as one is the Church. We are now seeing calls for end to free speech to protect this one group.