I'm doing a project on my Facebook page: The Atheist Meme of the Day. Every weekday, I'm going to post a short, pithy, Facebook-ready atheist meme... in the hopes that people will spread them, and that eventually, the ideas will get through. If you want to play, please feel free to pass these on through your own Facebook page, or whatever forum or social networking site you like. Or if you don't like mine, edit them as you see fit, or make some of your own.
Today's Atheist Meme of the Day:
There is real discrimination against atheists, in the U.S. and around the world. Atheists have been fired, denied custody of their kids, threatened and denied promotion in the military, vandalized by neighbors, expelled from school, and more... because of their atheism. And in some countries, atheism is against the law, punishable by death. Pass it on: if we say it enough times to enough people, it may get across.
Although I don't think it's right for people to be non-consensually punished in any way for their religious beliefs or lack thereof, do you think given my masochistic proclivities it's a plausible fantasy for me to imagine getting rewarded with punishment spankings if I were to claim I'd converted to Atheism?
Posted by: Sissy Panty Buns | October 20, 2009 at 01:33 PM
How many comments do you expect to receive denying this?
Posted by: Valhar2000 | October 20, 2009 at 04:59 PM
I didn't get any of those. What I got was "Atheists can be discriminatory jerks, too" and "Other religious affiliations are discriminated against worse." Sigh.
Posted by: Greta Christina | October 20, 2009 at 10:40 PM
Posted by: Buy Prozac Online | October 20, 2009 at 11:59 PM
Huh? When it comes to any honest dialogue at least two sides have certain points they want to prove and won't stop proving it to you.
Why should we treat religion any differently?
Posted by: Bruce Gorton | October 21, 2009 at 01:58 AM
It was a spam comment, Bruce. It's been deleted.
Posted by: Greta Christina | October 21, 2009 at 02:22 AM
Posted by: Greta Christina | October 21, 2009 at 02:22 AM
Could you delete my comment too then? No real sense removing the one and not the other.
Thanks hey.
Posted by: Bruce Gorton | October 21, 2009 at 06:16 AM
I see. Did you get very many of those?
Posted by: Valhar2000 | October 21, 2009 at 09:24 AM
What I got was "Atheists can be discriminatory jerks, too"...
Gotta wonder if these people think that "Christians can be discriminatory jerks too," would be an adequate response to someone highlighting persecution of Christians in some part of the world.
Posted by: JL | October 21, 2009 at 11:00 AM