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		Atheists know what it is like to be vilified, called evil, discriminated against, persecuted, and even killed for their beliefs.
		For an Atheist, discriminating against others for their religion, for their politics, for their sexuality, for their culture, or their handicap would be hypocritical.
		Atheists won't accept the absence of evidence as proof of the mysterious nature of the unknowable.
	homepage.mac.com /geoduck/writing/Atheism2.html (4064 words)

	Persecution of atheists - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Persecution may refer to unwarranted arrest, imprisonment, beating, torture, or execution.
		In the European Middle Ages people were persecuted for heresy, especially in countries where the Inquisition was active.
		During the Cold War, the United States often characterized its opponents as "Godless Communists", which tended to reinforce the view that atheists were unreliable and unpatriotic (an example of the fallacy known as affirming the consequent).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Persecution_of_Atheists (953 words)

	[No title]
		An atheist is a person who does not believe in the existence of a god, i.e., in the existence of a supernatural being.
		The atheist need not "prove" the nonexistence of a god, just as one who does not believe in magic elves, fairies, and gremlins does not have to prove their nonexistence.
		Atheists have claimed for a long time that the addition of these words is in violation of the Constitution under the separation of church and state.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Ithaca/9959/discrim.htm (1866 words)

	Persecution - Then & Now! Sure Word Ministries!
		Persecution is on the rise because of Communism, the expansion of Islamic and Hindu extremism, and because of the anti-Christ spirit that is prevalent throughout the world.
		At that time a great persecution arose against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
		John was in the midst of being persecuted for his faith when God gave him this awesome revelation.
	sureword.faithweb.com /persecution.html (1247 words)

	Religious Movements Homepage: Atheism
		Organizations like American Atheists and Atheists United are engaged in debate about atheist and theological issues, and they seek to promote the rights and beliefs of atheists.
		Some atheists, such as Freud, believe that belief in a god is a result of a common psychologicaldependancy upon a figure who monitors and protects people at all times, much like a parent does with a child.
		Atheists United is national organization founded in 1982 "to promote atheism, especially through education, and to maintain seperation of church and state." It holds monthly meetings that are informative and allow atheists to exchange views.
	religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu /nrms/atheism.html (2667 words)

	EPM Resource - The Persecution of Christians Today
		The main reason Christians are being persecuted today is the simple fact that Christianity is growing fastest in countries where human rights are being violated or do not exist.
		They are being subjected to persecution and suffering, the extent of which we can hardly begin to comprehend, because of their faith.
		Persecution can arise from the state, the police or military, extreme organizations, mobs, paramilitary groups, or representatives of other religions.
	www.epm.org /articles/Persecution_Today.html (1273 words)

	Not All Atheists Mind the Pledge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In fact, I think it is wrong for atheists to be hypervigilant against every suggestion of religion in the public sphere.
		Atheists know that the vast majority of Americans believe in a divine power of some kind.
		What is important is that atheists are allowed to believe and say what they wish without fear of government reprisal, and that the government is not attempting to influence people to become religious or join a particular religion.
	home.earthlink.net /~jmarkels/politics/7-8-2002.html (763 words)

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		I assert that being an atheist allows for more tolerance, moral flexibility, is more attuned to the real human state of things, and ultimately is no worse (and maybe even better) than other religions in its drive to improve the quality of the human condition and the planet we live on.
		Atheists are free to choose for themselves, and this choice potentially leads to a much greater tolerance among people.
		Atheists have done as much for society and the human condition as any other religious group, and may perhaps hold a stronger motivation for doing so.
	vclass.mtsac.edu:940 /pobrien/ath7.htm (5552 words)

	The Roman Persecution of Christians
		Even though this persecution was legal and, from the perspective of a typical Roman official, necessary to the survival of the Roman state, it was completely immoral.
		Concerning this persecution, Michael Grant remarks: "As never before, the motive of the Great Persecution which began in 303 was the total extirpation of Christianity: it was a struggle to the death between the old and new orders" (Grant, p.
		Christians who are persecuted in foreign countries today are persecuted for some of the same reasons as in Roman days, such as preserving the state.
	patriot.net /~carey/afa/latinclub/persecution.htm (3354 words)

	Secular Web Kiosk and Bookstore
		n atheist friend of mine was worried that his children would turn out to be religious.[1] He suggested--I am not sure how seriously--that the way to assure their ultimate acceptance of atheism was to subject them to strict religious training.
		Atheists need factual knowledge about the history of freethought but they also need knowledge that is useful in defending their position: for instance, knowledge of the criticisms of standard arguments for the existence of God.
		Atheists can acquire the knowledge and skill that are relevant to atheism and yet not develop a tendency to apply this knowledge and skill in their lives.
	www.secweb.org /index.aspx?action=viewAsset&id=45 (3672 words)

	Persecution - A Double-Edged Sword
		And, ironically, Christians were denounced as "atheists." This accusation arose due to the lack of physical idols in their places of worship and their refusal to worship the gods of Rome (Ferguson).
		Persecution shows forth the hard and unpleasant truth of man's total depravity and rebellion against the God of the Bible.
		Examining the good or bad qualities of persecution is akin to the question of the merits of suffering in general.
	www.dtl.org /dtl/article/persecution.htm (3028 words)

	The Anger of the Atheists
		In one of them, Darwinist devotee Richard Dawkins declares that to be an atheist is a "brave and splendid" thing, and that to believe that there is Something to Whom we owe obeisance is a "pernicious" thought.
		Some atheists, no doubt, are not infuriated at all by the implications of their denial of a human calling higher than nature.
		More importantly, an atheist needn't feel compelled to formulate any such system, and could in fact just as properly apply the same "law of the jungle" that drives the rest of the living world to the human sphere.
	www.aish.com /spirituality/philosophy/The_Anger_of_the_Atheists.asp (3201 words)

	American Persecution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Persecution exists even in America, whether psychological, legal intimidation, or physical by means of arrest, torture, or death.
		Christians are persecuted by their neighbors and those they work with--in America, just like the rest of the world.
		Democracy is not an authority established by God, but one imposed by men upon other men so that they may enjoy the lusts of their hearts to their own content free of any authority but their own.
	home.earthlink.net /~xypher/socf/id6.html (7116 words)

	AFF's Brainwash :: Not All Atheists Mind the Pledge (Printable)
		However, much of the legal side of the church-state discussion assumes that all atheists are like Newdow, and in fact that we should be treated like him.
		Atheists know that the vast majority of Americans believe in a divine power of some kind.
		We atheists are not under religious assault every time we reach for our wallets.
	www.affbrainwash.com /archives/007491_print.php (765 words)

	AFF's Brainwash :: Not All Atheists Mind the Pledge
		In fact, I think it is wrong for atheists to be hypervigilant against every suggestion of religion in the public sphere.
		What is important is that atheists are allowed to believe and say what they wish without fear of government reprisal, and that the government is not attempting to influence people to become religious or join a particular religion.
		There are many instances of where the government has involved itself in religion, from chapels in the Capitol to chaplains in each house of Congress to the invocation of God to announce the beginning of each Supreme Court session.
	www.affbrainwash.com /archives/007491.php (1143 words)

	slacktivist: Persecution (cont'd.)
		Believing that you are persecuted, with an attitude to the evidence which is not so much defiant as wilfully ignorant, has been fundamental to some people's political identities through the ages.
		This basically required that england's holy resolve be defended from the various catholic conspiracies that threatened to weaken the country's holy resolve and to kill catholics and any rulers seen as supporting catholics (by not ordering the mass slaughter of the irish and stealing all their land for instance).
		Persecution is an absolute necessity if you ascribe to the rather shaky doctrine promoted by the left behind folks among others.
	slacktivist.typepad.com /slacktivist/2005/05/persecution_con.html (4434 words)

	Digg - The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
		Just because they were atheists didn't mean that they killed in the name of it.
		Agreed that an atheist must certainly adhere to the laws of moral relativism in their writing.
		The problem that the atheist exposes is none other than the problem of dogma itself--of which every religion has more than its fair share.
	digg.com /general_sciences/The_God_Delusion_by_Richard_Dawkins (4951 words)

	Atheistic Education
		Educating someone to be an atheist will, in turn, encompass education in the understanding and appreciation of atheism as a cultural and intellectual movement, but will involve more than this.
		Thus, atheists need to be educated in intellectual defense and also develop character traits that further the growth of atheistic cooperation and community.
		In sum, although atheists may be pleased that such a book is now available for their children, they will be disappointed that a better one was not written.
	www.infidels.org /library/modern/michael_martin/education.html (5208 words)

	Inquisitive Atheists - Rant: Christian Persecution in America?
		I don’t care who you are, you’ll be persecuted for something at some point.
		If by persecution they mean not given 100% the special treatment they want, history changed to suit their wanting, their religion forced upon every child in America through the public education system, then yeah, they’re being persecuted.
		They’re being persecuted for an attempt at theocratic tyranny.
	www.geocities.com /inquisitive79/rant2 (373 words)

	Documents on the Persecution of the Early Church
		And those esteemed our shepherds, casting aside the bond of piety, were excited to conflicts with one another, and did nothing else than heap up strifes and threats and jealousy and enmity and hatred toward each other, like tyrants eagerly endeavoring to assert their power.
		Hence we shall not mention those who were shaken by the persecution, nor those who in everything pertaining to salvation were shipwrecked, and by their own will were sunk in the depths of the flood.
		A Libellus of the Decian Persecution (A.D. To those in charge of the sacrifices of the village Theadelphia, from Aurelia Bellias, daughter of Peteres, and her daughter, Kapinis.
	www.bible-researcher.com /persecution.html (3433 words)

	Famous Dead Nontheists
		Not an atheist, but a "heretic" who was in conflict with the church over his cosmological theories.
		Sidney Hook was an outspoken humanist and atheist.
		I've been an atheist for years and years, but somehow I felt it was intellectually unrespectable to say that one is an atheist, because it assumed knowledge that one didn't have.
	www.jmarkgilbert.com /atheists.html (13073 words)

	CGR Community - American Atheists Inc.
		This is about my claim that Atheists are persecuted by Christians, and your claim that persecution of Christians represents the vast majority of persecution.
		You start with "No Christians persecute Atheists" and move back to something like "No mainstreem organizations that I accept as Christian have put on record something you can point to as persecution" (assuming you even manage to win that point) and then declare victory on your original topic.
		Virtually anyone, atheist and Christian alike, knows that such a notion is utterly absurd and renders all laws arbitrary and leaves everything permissable as long as you have the power to do it.
	www.christianguitar.org /forums/archive/index.php/t-52906 (19828 words)

	Christianity being proved 'true' by the persecution of Christians
		The early Mormons were persecuted by the "orthodox" Christian majority, and the founder of Mormonism was killed by a mob.
		And what about agnostics, atheists, "heretical" Christians and "heretical" Muslims, all of whom have suffered at the hands of "orthodox" Christians and "orthodox" Muslims for daring to speak and publish their "blasphemous" or "heretical" ideas?
		Persecution of Christians and other religions: Martyrdom, human beings have suffered at each other's hands for as long as human beings have had hands.
	www.edwardtbabinski.us /history/persecutions.html (854 words)

	Celebrity Atheists \| MetaFilter
		The reason why atheists haven't been good at self-promotion is that most of the time they figure it's safer to keep their heads down and stay quiet about it.
		Most atheists that I know (a large percentage of the people that I know, but that says more about me than society) are cool with making unpopular choices, so the fact that we really are nominally persecuted in the US never seems like a big deal.
		Yes, we are all made of some independent bits of matter (the atheist positition wins here!), but where an atheist is bound by their position that the whole of identity is bound to that matter, the theist is freed from that sticky position.
	www.metafilter.com /26570/Celebrity-Atheists (15962 words)

	Apologetics research resources on religious cults and sects - Relativism, Renewal, Revival, Religious Movements, Etc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Atheists use these laws in their legal attacks on the display of crosses (even those at graveyards or ones erected in memory of war heroes).
		Designed to allow students and faculty to pray or meditate to the deity of choice (or, alternatively, to daydream, try and remember the lyrics of some love song, worry about an upcoming test, or just go blank), because, it claims, ''this law has had state-sanctioned prayer written all over it.
		God permits persecution for the training of his remnant in the proper methods of spiritual warfare.
	www.countercult.com /r00.html (4458 words)

	Every religion suffers persecution : Opinion : Evansville Courier Press
		James Hartley states that Christians are not persecuted he contradicts himself by saying the idea is laughable.
		The definition of persecution is to be harassed persistently, especially because of race, religion or beliefs.
		This persecution in the early days of Christianity has left such an indelible mark upon the adherents of this religion they seem to feel it even today, when they suffer no persecution at all.
	www.courierpress.com /news/2007/mar/10/every-religion-suffers-persecution (925 words)

	Christian Persecution
		In a Special Edition Persecution and Prayer Alert on May 25, we reported on the imminent closure of a Christian school in Islamabad (for more information, see http://www.persecution.net/pnp3_se.htm).
		According to an update from Peace Worldwide on May 27, the school was not yet closed, though officials were attempting to remove their signs until some students' parents protested.
		Gospel for Asia is requesting urgent prayer for one of its missionaries kidnapped, threatened, and held for ransom in Bangladesh.
	www.help-for-you.com /persecution/persTue03Jun2003.html (2029 words)

	Carnival of the Godless #37 \| Neural Gourmet
		However Neural Gourmet's varkam pointed out that theist and atheist alike are succumbing to a common bias in their interpretations of the results of this study in A Hypothesis Accepted.
		The University of Minnesota survey that concluded atheists are the most distrusted group in America generated the largest number of entries to this edition of Carnival of the Godless.
		For some reason atheists have a reputation for being gruff and grumpy, dissatisfied creatures but nothing could be further from the truth as the bumper crop of humorous posts crafted for CotG 37 amply demonstrates.
	www.neuralgourmet.com /cotg37 (1476 words)

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