(on learning that the Boy Scouts are going to be allowing atheists)
This is an absolute disgrace. To allow the enemies of all that is good and right into the scouts, destroys the purpose of the organisation.
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(on peepin' dat tha Boy Scoutz is goin ta be allowin atheists)
This be a absolute disgrace. To allow tha enemiez of all dat is phat n' muthafuckin right tha fuck into tha scouts, destroys tha purpose of tha organisation.
"To allow the enemies of all that is good and right into the scouts, destroys the purpose of the organisation."
But, Christians have ALWAYS been allowed in.
Um...okay. Atheists are not "enemies of all that is good and right". I don't know what the Scout's official policy is on this, but if being a Christian isn't a requirement, then I don't see a problem.
Maybe they did that because they realized how stupid it was to become a fundamentalist organization (No state funding, constantly shunned, atrocious morales)
Did you think about that one condate ?
"To allow the enemies of all that is good and right into the scouts, destroys the purpose of the organisation"
That's why we're going to get rid of the fundies.
"This is an absolute disgrace. To allow the enemies of all that is good and right into the scouts, destroys the purpose of the organisation"
Fact (as per a Republican Party insider in "Time Magazine" a week or so ago): As the older generations - with their old attitudes - are dying out, the new generations replacing them are becoming more tolerant, and less religious. If - like the Scout Movement in the US - you want the same here in the UK to continue to exist, you've got to realise that harsh but undeniable truth:
Adapt or die .
You don't want left -wing Atheists to join? Fine. But then - in the ultimate act of cutting your own head off to spite your face - the purpose of the organisation is destroyed .
Damn, all this time I thought the BSA was to teach self-reliance, leadership, honesty, teamwork and the like. I must have missed the part where their purpose was to foment hatred of atheists.
I'm personally not at all involved in this but from my experience as a schoolgirl I've heard scouts swearing allegiance to God on World Scouting Day or something.
A quick scan of Wikipedia, furthermore, claims that "A Scout should be spiritual but Scouting is open to all religions. Scouting deals with religions in the practical way: by nature study (to see what God is) and helping others (which is what God asks for). (...) Today religious practice is not a duty any more, as long as the Scout follows the Scout law and promise."
Leading on, the Scout promise:
I can get where all this is coming from that the irreligious, according to some, wouldn't embody this 'spirituality' but to declare atheists (and agnostics, apparently says the BSA) as "the enemies of all that is good and right" would be too farfetched a claim.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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