Atheism isn’t an Absence in belief

On 9/1/2010 2:17 AM, Scout wrote:
> Jimbo wrote:
>> On Aug 31, 6:36 pm, DanielSan wrote:
>>> On 8/31/2010 3:30 PM, Scout wrote:
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>>>> Jimbo wrote:
>>>>> On Aug 30, 11:35 pm, “Scout”
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> Free Lunch wrote:
>>>>>>> On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:10:21 -0400, “Scout”
>>>>>>> wrote in alt.atheism:
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>>>>>>>> Mitchell Holman wrote:
>>>>>>>>> “Scout” wrote in
>>>>>>>>> news:i5ha8r$6kf$1 @&*$?%news.eternal-september.org:
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>>>>>>>>>> Colanth wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:56:45 -0400, “Scout”
>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>> “Mitchell Holman” wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>>>> news:Xns9DE3F1E1E595Bnomailcomcastnet @&*$?%216.196.121.131…
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>>>>>>>>>>>>> Who own courthouses – the judges that work
>>>>>>>>>>>>> there for a short period of time, or the public
>>>>>>>>>>>>> that built them and use them?
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>>>>>>>>>>>> Doesn’t matter.
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>>>>>>>>>>> Does matter – Alabama judges are employees – they’re not
>>>>>>>>>>> allowed to decorate courtrooms. (Nothing about religion
>>>>>>>>>>> there, unless your religion is decorating your workspace.)
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>>>>>>>>>> Ok, back that up and I will agree he acted wrongly.
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>>>>>>>>> Why did Moore have this thing installed in the
>>>>>>>>> dead of night?
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>>>>>>>> Probably because it was big, it was in a common area, and that
>>>>>>>> is normally when such things are done.
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>>>>>>>> That you read more into it is….telling.
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>>>>>>> Everyone knew that he was violating the Constitution. That’s why
>>>>>>> he got canned.
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>>>>>> Na, at worst he was violating policy,
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>>>>> The courts ruled that the edifice was a violation of the
>>>>> Constitution.
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>>>> So “free expression” is no longer part of the 1st Amendment?
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>>> No, it’s still part of the 1st Amendment. The government can’t do it,
>>> though.
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>> Exactly.
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> I wasn’t aware the government practices a religion. Every complaint I’ve
> heard of are about individuals…..

The federal government tries to teach that there is NO God. Neutral is
to do NOTHING, when they start suppressing belief in God they are
proactively engaging in the DEBATE.