keeping the faith

The BBC reports that the while the US is one of the most religious countries in the west, it is undergoing a period of doubt.

It may be daring to say it but America seems to be experiencing an atheist moment. Although “In God We Trust” was declared the national motto by an act of Congress more than 50 years ago and has been stamped on the currency for longer than that, some considerable doubt has developed of late.

More than anything, people without faith hate the description of them as empty or soulless. They have long been singled out for a special kind of hell.

The constitution of the state of Texas, for example, allows discrimination against atheists in employment or jury duty – provisions that have been nullified by federal laws.

And even my mother used to lower her voice in the kind of whisper reserved for people with terminal brain cancer when she described a neighbour as…. an atheist.

Non-believers say they have also been aided by the revulsion of fair-minded Americans to the religious zealotry behind the September 11 attacks and the subsequent violence on behalf of radical Islam.

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202 Responses to “keeping the faith”

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  1. 101 - Noodly0ne - Oct 30th, 2007

    I am supposed to be doing maths.

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  2. 102 - PacificPam (IF) - Oct 30th, 2007

    You should have put that as one o his vows!

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  3. 103 - Starbuckaneer - Oct 30th, 2007

    We really do know how to get sidetracked huh? No more distractions for me, though! Time to punch out!

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  4. 104 - PacificPam (IF) - Oct 30th, 2007

    Dude…what kind of maths…we can help, right Star?

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  5. 105 - Starbuckaneer - Oct 30th, 2007

    It was supposed to be there already: OBEY!

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  6. 106 - PacificPam (IF) - Oct 30th, 2007

    Star,…don’t leave me here doing math with NoodlyOne…Help

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  7. 107 - Noodly0ne - Oct 30th, 2007

    Algebra 2. Equations w/ matrixes.

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  8. 108 - PacificPam (IF) - Oct 30th, 2007

    hahahahaahaha, they you should file a complain!

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  9. 109 - Noodly0ne - Oct 30th, 2007

    It sucks. It blows goats, even.

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  10. 110 - PacificPam (IF) - Oct 30th, 2007

    I mean *then* not *they*

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  11. 111 - Noodly0ne - Oct 30th, 2007

    THe office won’t listen.

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  12. 112 - PacificPam (IF) - Oct 30th, 2007

    Fuck…I cannot help

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  13. 113 - PacificPam (IF) - Oct 30th, 2007

    Why not?…tell them they are discriminating you because you are a woman!

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  14. 114 - Noodly0ne - Oct 30th, 2007

    That’s OK.

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  15. 115 - PacificPam (IF) - Oct 30th, 2007

    Tell him victoria’s secret is having a sale…3x$28.00

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  16. 116 - Noodly0ne - Oct 30th, 2007

    I’m a guy.

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  17. 117 - PacificPam (IF) - Oct 30th, 2007

    Can you teach me?

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  18. 118 - Noodly0ne - Oct 30th, 2007

    Teach you what?

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  19. 119 - PacificPam (IF) - Oct 30th, 2007

    I know NoodlyONe..I am talking to Star…you see, her husband doesn’t want to buy her presents and he should because we are women and women deserve presents…specially if you are married woman

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  20. 120 - PacificPam (IF) - Oct 30th, 2007

    matrixes…Is that the cool movie where keanu reeves is jumping and flying?

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  21. 121 - Noodly0ne - Oct 30th, 2007

    My bad.

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  22. 122 - PacificPam (IF) - Oct 30th, 2007

    I am sorry if I am being too random…I am just very bored!
    hahahahahaahahahaahahahahahahahahaha
    I just processed the victoria’s secret part! hahahahahahaahahaha

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  23. 123 - Noodly0ne - Oct 30th, 2007

    No it is numbers in brackets. We do get some good jokes in, though.

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  24. 124 - Keep the baby, Faith - Oct 30th, 2007

    Speaking of canaries, I had one once that was sensitive to bullshit instead of methane. It was dead in its cage long ago. And speaking of Mormons, I was born one, but not raised one. I understand that every time a virgin walks past the Temple in Salt Lake City, the gold statue of the archangel Moroni blows his horn. Could we arrange a parade of Pastafarian Wenches there, some time????

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  25. 125 - PacificPam (IF) - Oct 30th, 2007

    I know…it’s been a while since I learned them…you don’t get to use them, though.

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  26. 126 - Noodly0ne - Oct 30th, 2007

    Mormons have funny hats.

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  27. 127 - Noodly0ne - Oct 30th, 2007

    You don’t use them ever???!!!

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  28. 128 - Noodly0ne - Oct 30th, 2007

    There goes 3 weeks of my life. Wasted in maths class.

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  29. 129 - PacificPam (IF) - Oct 30th, 2007

    @Keep the baby, Faith. We killed your canary? I am sorry. I will get you one that is deaf. Or blind in this case.

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  30. 130 - PacificPam (IF) - Oct 30th, 2007

    No, and they are so fucking confusing!

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  31. 131 - Noodly0ne - Oct 30th, 2007

    One unsensitive to bullshit.

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  32. 132 - Noodly0ne - Oct 30th, 2007

    All the bloody terms and numbers!

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  33. 133 - PacificPam (IF) - Oct 30th, 2007

    And to methane, I don’t want it to die when I go work at the mine digging gold.

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  34. 134 - PacificPam (IF) - Oct 30th, 2007

    I am sorry! Life can be a biaaaatch!

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  35. 135 - PacificPam (IF) - Oct 30th, 2007

    I was preety good with algebra…but matrixes…damn them

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  36. 136 - Noodly0ne - Oct 30th, 2007

    Damn straight.

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  37. 137 - Noodly0ne - Oct 30th, 2007

    136 comments!

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  38. 138 - PacificPam (IF) - Oct 30th, 2007

    Damn straight? Never heard that one before.

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  39. 139 - Noodly0ne - Oct 30th, 2007

    Yanks say it alot. It’s sorta like “Hell, yeah”.

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  40. 140 - Noodly0ne - Oct 30th, 2007

    Do you follow football?

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  41. 141 - Noodly0ne - Oct 30th, 2007

    AS in “futbol”.

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  42. 142 - PacificPam (IF) - Oct 30th, 2007

    Isn’t it “damn right”?

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  43. 143 - PacificPam (IF) - Oct 30th, 2007

    Are you talking about soccer?

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  44. 144 - Noodly0ne - Oct 30th, 2007

    It works either way. And, yes.

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  45. 145 - PacificPam (IF) - Oct 30th, 2007

    Ok, and yes!

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  46. 146 - Noodly0ne - Oct 30th, 2007

    I went to Costa Rica once, and they had to close the stadium ’cause of riots.

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  47. 147 - PacificPam (IF) - Oct 30th, 2007

    I haven’t…No Champions League right now

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  48. 148 - Noodly0ne - Oct 30th, 2007

    Who won? I only saw the Chelsea-Shalke match.

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  49. 149 - PacificPam (IF) - Oct 30th, 2007

    There is a lot of violence going on in Costa Rica right now. Too bad, they used to be better in that matter than Panama.

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  50. 150 - Noodly0ne - Oct 30th, 2007

    There is? Before it was football related.

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