Comments on: Dan Barker’s response to the FFRF Winter Solstice Capitol Sign http://www.seattleatheists.org/2008/12/12/dan-barkers-response-to-the-ffrf-winter-solstice-capitol-sign/ A 501(c)3 serving the atheist community since 2003 Sat, 03 Jul 2010 21:15:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: J242 http://www.seattleatheists.org/2008/12/12/dan-barkers-response-to-the-ffrf-winter-solstice-capitol-sign/comment-page-1/#comment-472 J242 Sun, 22 Mar 2009 03:31:46 +0000 http://seattleatheists.org/wordpress/2008/12/12/dan-barkers-response-to-the-ffrf-winter-solstice-capitol-sign/#comment-472 Personally I feel it isn't enough and for a few reasons. The religious groups have gone and massacred our ancestors, robbed us of our true heritages, intentionally kept the masses deaf, dumb and blind to their crimes and yet they still feel assaulted when all the rational non-believers do is put up a sign as designated to be their right by the government? I say we should have more signs, more ads and more information shared. Let's educate people on the various holidays like "Christmas" and the tradition of the "Yule log" as what it is, a pagan ritual to celebrate the passing of year with the hopes for a better one to follow. Halloween? Sawain, the feast of the fall from the druids, celts, and most northern european pagan groups. Christmas? Don't even get me started... No need to seem like complete jerks and rob children of their happy fantasies, only the brainwashed adults that gave birth to them. What do we need to do to educate the majority on these issues? The bible is not a historic record to base one's life on, it's a mish-mash of tales and myths from multiple cultures bonded together by the poster child of "Jesus" and can be rationally (and EVER so easily) explained without the paranormal, superstitious, power hungry extra additives. Personally I feel it isn’t enough and for a few reasons. The religious groups have gone and massacred our ancestors, robbed us of our true heritages, intentionally kept the masses deaf, dumb and blind to their crimes and yet they still feel assaulted when all the rational non-believers do is put up a sign as designated to be their right by the government? I say we should have more signs, more ads and more information shared. Let’s educate people on the various holidays like “Christmas” and the tradition of the “Yule log” as what it is, a pagan ritual to celebrate the passing of year with the hopes for a better one to follow. Halloween? Sawain, the feast of the fall from the druids, celts, and most northern european pagan groups. Christmas? Don’t even get me started… No need to seem like complete jerks and rob children of their happy fantasies, only the brainwashed adults that gave birth to them.

What do we need to do to educate the majority on these issues? The bible is not a historic record to base one’s life on, it’s a mish-mash of tales and myths from multiple cultures bonded together by the poster child of “Jesus” and can be rationally (and EVER so easily) explained without the paranormal, superstitious, power hungry extra additives.

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