A legitimate question - my definition of atheist in this case is anyone with a political opposition to traditional religious practice in the U.S. such as, but not limited to;
*The words "In God We Trust" on our money
*The few tax advantages that churches receive
*Public Ten Commandments displays
*Most importantly, "endowed by our CREATOR with certain unalienable rights". I realize that the word "creator" and "God" are nowhere to be found in the constitution, but that phrase is in the declaration, and the liberty and limited government that the constitution is about followed it. So by the time this thread is over, there should be a much better understanding of why science really is saturated with politics ...
Well, not all that saturated. I did a search of PubMed. The phrase "In God We Trust" gets no hits. "Endowed by our CREATOR with certain unalienable rights", no hits. "Ten Commandments displays", no hits. "Tax advantages" and churches, no hits.
Whereas for phrases that actually have something to do with science in some way ... biochemistry, 712775 hits, evolution, 323160 hits, genetics, 2387746 hits.
It seems that science is not in fact saturated with political discussion of church-state separation. For some reason science seems much more saturated with science. Strange yet true.
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As the word "atheist" already has a meaning, namely someone who doesn't believe in God, I suggest you find some other term for someone who believes in the separation of church and state. How about "constitutionalist"? or maybe "foundingfatherist"?
Edited by Dr Adequate, : No reason given.