Notice something interesting about the aftermath of the Virginia Tech shootings? Atheists are nowhere to be found. Every time there is a public gathering there is talk of God and divine mercy and spiritual healing. Even secular people like the poet Nikki Giovanni use language that is heavily drenched with religious symbolism and meaning.
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Hint: Most atheists do not care about your beliefs. They are not going to walk on over to a funneral procession and begin preaching about critical thinking. It's not that intresting anyways so people arn't going to give a damn even if they did.
Most of us realize that the comfort people are trying to offer as a result of the Virginia Tech shootings is not the place for the "Does God exist?" question.
Also, maybe because "Every time there is a large gathering..." where "...there is talk of God and divine mercy and spiritual healing" atheists are a little frightened of the bat-shit insanity that seems to pass for thinking; therefore, instead of speaking out against the majority of people, who could, theoretically, lash out at us in pain, we'd simply just keep quiet and not run the risk of a lynching.
Notice something interesting about the aftermath of the Virginia Tech shootings? Actually, no. Then again, I like to think that I, unlike Distort D'Nouza, don't filter information to support my dogmas.
Is it because they aren't present? Or could it be because they, unlike you, don't feel it is appropriate to use a tragedy as an opportunity to sell their beliefs?
Poets have always used symbolism from all kinds of sources, and many of the symbols you associate with Xianity are actually older than that anyway. They're called archetypes, moron. Using them doesn't mean you're a fake atheist.
Well, the whole article just is a standard example of theist "reasoning".
@Dinesh D'Souza
Every time there is a public gathering there is talk of God and divine mercy and spiritual healing. everything , whether it's the aftermath of a massacre, a Presidential campaign, a sporting event like the Super Bowl, or whatever. I'm sure that had this massacre occurred in any other Western country, the only time God would be mentioned would be in the occasional obligatory token interviews with clergy. God would otherwise be entirely absent.
While walking back from the convocation held on Tuesday, just outside of Lane Stadium, I over heard a group of 7-10 students discussing how much religion was involved in the speeches and how it wasn't appropriate. They are around, they just don't get media time. Go figure.http://www.vt.edu/tragedy/giovanni_transcript.php
- VT Student
Well, just off the top of my head,
and notice how Koreans are claimiing to be "ashamed and their country is disgraced" due to the shooter's birth location, even though he's lived in the US since he was 8 years old, and yet no americans are the least bit ashamed of their culture.
Because tragedy is not an apropriate time to go on tv and say, "This was god's will, their in a better place, etc.."
Unlike a few people who like to disrupt weddings or funerals with "God hates fags" posters, the rest, including atheists, are generally more reasonable...
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