Atheism The Undiscovered Bias
I’m going to show everyone a quote and I want you to guess who said it. Then after, I want you to decide for yourselves how our country thinks of atheists. (And I’m sure every atheist has read this quote; this is for everyone else).
“No, I don’t know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. This is one nation under God.”
Any guesses? I’ll let you ponder for a bit.
Well that was our wonderful and intellectual president George Bush Sr during an interview with Robert Sherman, a reporter for the American Atheist news journal.
Now, you can’t compare atheists to other minorities or sexes that get truly discriminated against; homosexuals being a prime example but that’s for another article. But it’s true that atheists are very much looked down upon in this country. That is why when you hear something like “He is a man of faith.” it is said with reverence and approval.
Well I feel for you, brothers of atheism, and I hope that one day we can see an atheist in the highest offices of our government. Every single president thus far has been an older white male of Christian belief. There will very likely be a female or African American president before an atheist.
This all seems sort of funny to me in a way but at the same time I think it’s a shame. Everyday science and reason take another step towards absolute knowledge. Everyday we get closer at solving the riddles of our universe, closing the gap of dogma and superstition. And hopefully, one day, we will finally be able to move forward as a society and put away the ghosts of our primitive pasts and move into an era where reason and fact hold more true than ancient myth.

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