Your tired, your poor, your godless masses
by CarolineI do not believe in God or any other personal deity of organized religion. I really, absolutely do not. At the same time, I very strongly believe in everyone’s duty to keep their business to themselves in a free nation.
The fact that President Obama directly addresses believers, disbelievers, and nonbelievers together makes me happy. More than that, it does not make me angry, which probably means more in the long run. Believers and nonbelievers have to stop excluding each other.
Everyday life makes it clear that people can act morally without religion. Richard Dawkins, arguably the most annoying, axe-to-grind atheist on the planet, has not killed anyone yet and I doubt he ever will.
one responseSend these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me:
I lift my lamp beside the golden door.
A lot of what’s been done lately in the name of religion is really all about power.
When judges hang religious texts on their courtrooms walls or cities build monuments to their particular sect, it’s not faith that moved them; it’s the secular joy of forcing others to submit.
Ironic, huh?