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2012/03/26 17:52:40
Subject: Atheists holding Reason Rally in Washington, D.C., this weekend
Atheists holding Reason Rally in Washington, D.C., this weekend
By Eric Pfeiffer
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Richard Dawkins (AP/Manish Swarup)An organized group of atheists and some of the biggest voices from their movement will hold Reason Rally on The National Mall this weekend to raise awareness for their cause and to encourage members of Congress to respect their views.
"We need to stress to the theists that we are here," David Silverman, chairman of the rally committee and president of the American Atheists, told CNN's Belief Blog. "Atheism is growing in all 50 states. What people don't seem to understand is all we demand at American Atheists is equality."
Oxford Professor Richard Dawkins, arguably the most famous living atheist in the world, will headline the Reason Rally. Dawkins says he hopes the event will pressure members of Congress to respect the views of nonbelievers in America.
"The nonbelieving constituency has not been vocal enough, and it therefore has been politic for them to be ignored by their congressmen, by their senators," Dawkins said.
The event is advertised as the largest gathering of atheists in history, but reports of a gloomy weather forecast could significantly reduce the rally's participants. The National Parks Service says it is prepared for up to 30,000 participants, but Silverman told CNN that rain could cut that number down to 5,000.
Todd Stiefel, Founder of the Stiefel Freethought Foundation, is helping to cover about half of the event's estimated $300,000 in expenses.
And while there are plenty of critics of atheism, CNN reports the only group to have officially registered for a competing spot of land to protest the rally is the Westboro Baptist Church, a group infamous for its picketing of funerals of American servicemen and servicewomen.
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2012/03/26 18:07:12
Subject: Atheists holding Reason Rally in Washington, D.C., this weekend
If we have theistic rallies, it only makes sense that we'd have atheistic ones.
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2012/03/26 18:09:56
Subject: Atheists holding Reason Rally in Washington, D.C., this weekend
Melissia wrote:If we have theistic rallies, it only makes sense that we'd have atheistic ones.
I just want a royalty if they use my slogan. Reason, is reason for the Season!
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
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2012/03/26 18:48:37
Subject: Atheists holding Reason Rally in Washington, D.C., this weekend
Unfortunately I didn't make it. It rained for most of it. Some of the videos are starting to trickle out onto youtube where you can see the athiest evangelicals picking on Christians that showed up.
GG
2012/03/26 21:04:33
Subject: Re:Atheists holding Reason Rally in Washington, D.C., this weekend
Mr Hyena wrote:So...whats the purpose of the rally?
Sancitfy their unbelief?
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
2012/03/26 21:13:18
Subject: Atheists holding Reason Rally in Washington, D.C., this weekend
Mr Hyena wrote:So...whats the purpose of the rally?
The same purpose to pretty much every publicly held event.
The spectacle. It's all about the spectacle.
generalgrog wrote:Unfortunately I didn't make it. It rained for most of it. Some of the videos are starting to trickle out onto youtube where you can see the athiest evangelicals picking on Christians that showed up.
Do you have a link/source for that?
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2012/03/26 21:21:35
Subject: Re:Atheists holding Reason Rally in Washington, D.C., this weekend
Mr Hyena wrote:So...whats the purpose of the rally?
The same purpose to pretty much every publicly held event.
The spectacle. It's all about the chicks.
generalgrog wrote:Unfortunately I didn't make it. It rained for most of it. Some of the videos are starting to trickle out onto youtube where you can see the athiest evangelicals picking on Christians that showed up.
Do you have a link/source for that?
Corrected your typo.
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-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
2012/03/26 21:22:58
Subject: Re:Atheists holding Reason Rally in Washington, D.C., this weekend
generalgrog wrote:Unfortunately I didn't make it. It rained for most of it. Some of the videos are starting to trickle out onto youtube where you can see the athiest evangelicals picking on Christians that showed up.
GG
Why would Christians have attended a rally for Atheists?
You don't suppose it was to troll the unbelievers now, do you???
2012/03/26 21:23:14
Subject: Re:Atheists holding Reason Rally in Washington, D.C., this weekend
I doubt I would've gone even if I hadn't had to work. Doesn't seem to be much point. Atheism doesn't need to involve itself in movement politics. That way lies madness and stupid-ass organizational names.
2012/03/26 21:23:46
Subject: Re:Atheists holding Reason Rally in Washington, D.C., this weekend
Mr Hyena wrote:So...whats the purpose of the rally?
The same purpose to pretty much every publicly held event.
The spectacle. It's all about the spectacle.
generalgrog wrote:Unfortunately I didn't make it. It rained for most of it. Some of the videos are starting to trickle out onto youtube where you can see the athiest evangelicals picking on Christians that showed up.
Do you have a link/source for that?
just do a youtube search for "athiest rally in DC" or reason rally.
GG
2012/03/26 21:38:27
Subject: Re:Atheists holding Reason Rally in Washington, D.C., this weekend
generalgrog wrote:
just do a youtube search for "athiest rally in DC" or reason rally.
GG
This doesn't prove much other than some people are jerks. If I can find a video of a christian being mean to a non-believer, do all believers inherently suck? I'd like to think not. FWIW, the martyr card is rarely successful so you should probably stay away from it.
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2012/03/26 21:40:26
Subject: Atheists holding Reason Rally in Washington, D.C., this weekend
generalgrog wrote:
just do a youtube search for "athiest rally in DC" or reason rally.
GG
This doesn't prove much other than some people are jerks. If I can find a video of a christian being mean to a non-believer, do all believers inherently suck? I'd like to think not. FWIW, the martyr card is rarely successful so you should probably stay away from it.
So where did I say that "all" athiests are mean?
GG
2012/03/26 21:45:32
Subject: Atheists holding Reason Rally in Washington, D.C., this weekend
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
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2012/03/26 21:55:32
Subject: Re:Atheists holding Reason Rally in Washington, D.C., this weekend
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Hmm, An organized group seeking to convert others to their thinking?
Now what did i just describe there?
Really This is ridiculous. I dont hate atheists. I hate their Hypocrisy that seem to accompany many(note, NOT ALL) who follow that religion(face it, it sometimes is)
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2012/03/27 00:40:17
Subject: Atheists holding Reason Rally in Washington, D.C., this weekend
Most of the guys who are loud are the ones who've felt hurt or persecuted by religion or religious figures. It's like the cycle of abuse, only instead of child abuse it's a cycle of being a jerk.
If you genuinely believe that you've got the truth, and other people are laboring under a delusion, it can be a noble impulse to try to shed light and lead them out of darkness. Alternately, it can be a self-aggrandizing way to hold yourself superior and be an arrogant dick. Note that this entire paragraph applies equally to religious prosyletizers, atheist crusaders, and fanatical followers of any political philosophy you are to name,
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Y'know something? I'm going to start using 'Athy' as an adjective.
Athy VS. Faithy!
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2012/03/27 01:16:36
Subject: Atheists holding Reason Rally in Washington, D.C., this weekend
MeanGreenStompa wrote:
Why would Christians have attended a rally for Atheists?
You don't suppose it was to troll the unbelievers now, do you???
From what I've seen on Youtube, yeah, that's pretty much it. And, seemingly they were successful:
Personally, I've dealt with people very much like both of them, and they're both generally terrible. The atheist is the sort of person you chuckle at smugly, and the Christian dude is best handled via being better at trolling.
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