register for atheists?

[denuseri]

Well frankly I don't see at all how one idiot who claims to have an "online" church making a ludicrous proposal can be taken seriously or is in any way shape or form even close to the persecution of the Jewish people before and during WW2 by Nazi Germany.

[Thorne]

Well frankly I don't see at all how one idiot who claims to have an "online" church making a ludicrous proposal can be taken seriously or is in any way shape or form even close to the persecution of the Jewish people before and during WW2 by Nazi Germany.

Fortunately, in this case, he was NOT taken seriously. But just listen to some of the rhetoric coming out of the Republican far right wing and tell me that such seeds won't eventually find fertile ground. Some very important religious and political people have been making comments which aren't too far removed from this ridiculous proposal, whether about Atheists, or Muslims, Mexicans or climatologists. (Rick Perry, Michele Bachman and Pat Robertson come to mind.)

[lucy]

(Rick Perry, Michele Bachman and Pat Robertson come to mind.)

There you go. First it was just one idiot, now it's already three more...
Anyway, where can I sign up for this register?

[thir]

Fortunately, in this case, he was NOT taken seriously. But just listen to some of the rhetoric coming out of the Republican far right wing and tell me that such seeds won't eventually find fertile ground. Some very important religious and political people have been making comments which aren't too far removed from this ridiculous proposal, whether about Atheists, or Muslims, Mexicans or climatologists. (Rick Perry, Michele Bachman and Pat Robertson come to mind.)

Well, I guess that is why I was a little spooked. In the right (wrong) political climate such things can take off. I don't know, maybe I am paranoid but sometimes it seems that that mentality (in whatever form) is always there, and you always have to guard your freedom. Some day it won't be there if you don't.