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if people want to believe, then it is none of the atheist business, if people want to preach it, it is none of the atheist's business, if people want to use faith healing on their children, it is none of the atheist's business.
Your beliefs inform your actions. You actions have consequences on your surroundings. Your surroundings include atheists. So yes, in a very real sense, it fact IS your neighbours business what you believe.
If you preach your religion, it is very annoying for people who aren't part of your club. Also, what you preach might not be social or promote division, entice hatred,... So yes, what you preach is very much your fellow citizen's business.
If your children do not get the medical care that they require because you practice "faith healing", then that is VERY MUCH society's business. Neglect of children is a serious offence.
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if a family wants to go to church and have christian ideas taught in public school, then it is none of the atheist's business. if they do not like it, they can build their own schools and avoid the church buildings.
All citizens pay for public schools. YOU can build your own private schools if you want to teach your bullshit (eventhough I'ld regulate a curriculum for ALL schools, no matter if they are public or private, which reflects the secular society we live in). Public schools have been payed for with tax money from both theists (of all flavors) and atheists. Public schools are to be secular with no religion whatsoever, except perhaps an optional religious class.
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if they do not like what others do, too bad, they do not get a say in those family affairs especiallysince they refuse to allow the christian the same right of interference in their own families.
Do you also believe that if your muslim neighbours are teaching their children that all non-muslims are dogs that deserve to die and prepping them to become suicide bombers should be left to do what they are doing because you have no say in their family affairs?
If not, then where do you draw the line? And if yes: do you think that that is a wise thing to do?
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this obsession with the Bible, God and christians demonstrates that the ible is true
That's ridiculous. Atheists are just as much "obsessed" with the koran as with the bible. Does that make islam correct? In reality, off coure, no atheist is obsessed with any scripture. It's just that you happen to live in a country where christians are the majority. So christianity is the religion the atheists in that country are confronted with most. So it's only natural that they focus more on the bible then on other scripture when talking about religious stuff.
But off course, you allready know that.
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these same peopel do not attack any false religion or their writngs as they do the Holy Bible and christianity
That's a very arbitrary statement imo.
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what are they afraid of? If it is false then why are they so worried about it?
That their country turns into a fascist theocracy.
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if evolution were true then why are they afraid of creation being taught in schools?
That's such a weird statement...
If the earth is really round, why aren't we teaching in schools that it is flat?
Think for a second will ya?
EDIT: oeps, only noticed just now that this is a thread from 2010 and I'm replying to the OP.... A well.
Edited by ScientificBob, : No reason given.
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