Ground Rules

And when scientists found natural causes for rainbows, rather than God making them by magic, was that atheism?When they maintain, in the face of some people's religious beliefs, that the world is round, is that atheism?If, tomorrow, someone started a religious sect that said that there was no gravity and God sends angels to make things fall, would a belief in the theory of gravity suddenly become atheistic?Edited by Dr Adequate, : No reason given.

The First Amendment does prevent atheism from being preached. That's one of the many reasons why the government doesn't put signs up saying: "There is no God".But, as I intimated in my previous post, the fact that a statement conflicts with some person's religious beliefs doesn't make it atheism. This is why, despite the beliefs of devout flat-Earthers, public school teachers are still allowed to teach that the Earth isn't flat, and the USGS are still allowed to produce maps based on a round Earth. That's not a religious point of view, it's a scientific point of view.It may conflict with some people's religions, but that's their problem: it shouldn't have to be a problem for scientists.