Comments on: The Contributions of Freethinkers: Ann Dunham http://www.daylightatheism.org/2009/02/the-contributions-of-freethinkers-v.html NIGHTTIME IS FOR DREAMING. DAYLIGHT IS FOR ACTION. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:09:52 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: old&inalabama http://www.daylightatheism.org/2009/02/the-contributions-of-freethinkers-v.html#comment-44824 old&inalabama Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:31:49 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/?p=964#comment-44824 In "Dreams from my Father", he says his mother had "a faith that rational, thoughtful people could shape their own destiny. ...she was a lonely witness for secular humanism..." [speaking of her experience in Indonesia], p. 50, Three Rivers Press paperback edition, 2004. In "Dreams from my Father", he says his mother had "a faith that rational, thoughtful people could shape their own destiny. ...she was a lonely witness for secular humanism..." [speaking of her experience in Indonesia], p. 50, Three Rivers Press paperback edition, 2004.

]]> By: Prof.V.N.K.Kumar (India) http://www.daylightatheism.org/2009/02/the-contributions-of-freethinkers-v.html#comment-44731 Prof.V.N.K.Kumar (India) Sat, 28 Feb 2009 02:43:25 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/?p=964#comment-44731 He is going to be one of the great Presidents of USA, if not the greatest. No option for him. He has to prove to all those doubting Thomases who didn't vote for him, that a person like him of mixed races can also be as effective as a pure white bloke. Also he cannot shatter the dreams of all the black people, who now have gained some self-esteem and feel that anyone can become anybody if he has the right qualifications for the job notwithstanding the skin colour. The theistic fundamentalists of USA know about the atheistic temperaments of his father and mother and suspect that Obama is professing a belief in Christianity just to be politically correct and get into the good books of the majority population whereas his true inclinations might be secular and atheistic. A lot of people are waiting to see him fail. True that obama attends church because his maternal grandparents expect him to, but he has a good heart and a lot of empathy and compassion which you do not find in many so called religious people like the ex-President Bush. Obama has inherited a collapsed internal economy, and chaos in Iraq, Afghanistan and Gaza. It will indeed be very difficult for Obama and his advisors to set right all these immediately but we, as his well-wishers should wish him the best. He is going to be one of the great Presidents of USA, if not the greatest. No option for him. He has to prove to all those doubting Thomases who didn't vote for him, that a person like him of mixed races can also be as effective as a pure white bloke. Also he cannot shatter the dreams of all the black people, who now have gained some self-esteem and feel that anyone can become anybody if he has the right qualifications for the job notwithstanding the skin colour. The theistic fundamentalists of USA know about the atheistic temperaments of his father and mother and suspect that Obama is professing a belief in Christianity just to be politically correct and get into the good books of the majority population whereas his true inclinations might be secular and atheistic.

A lot of people are waiting to see him fail. True that obama attends church because his maternal grandparents expect him to, but he has a good heart and a lot of empathy and compassion which you do not find in many so called religious people like the ex-President Bush. Obama has inherited a collapsed internal economy, and chaos in Iraq, Afghanistan and Gaza. It will indeed be very difficult for Obama and his advisors to set right all these immediately but we, as his well-wishers should wish him the best.

]]> By: MissCherryPi http://www.daylightatheism.org/2009/02/the-contributions-of-freethinkers-v.html#comment-44730 MissCherryPi Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:03:17 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/?p=964#comment-44730 <blockquote cite="">What I want to know is, what was Barack Obama doing writing autobiographies before he was even president? Before he was president who was he? No one. </blockquote> He got offered a book deal because he was the first Black president of the Harvard Law Review.

What I want to know is, what was Barack Obama doing writing autobiographies before he was even president? Before he was president who was he? No one.

He got offered a book deal because he was the first Black president of the Harvard Law Review.

]]> By: Leum http://www.daylightatheism.org/2009/02/the-contributions-of-freethinkers-v.html#comment-44691 Leum Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:26:39 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/?p=964#comment-44691 I agree with Teleprompter. Assuming otherwise is rude to both Barack Obama and to the communities of moral, rational theists I agree with Teleprompter. Assuming otherwise is rude to both Barack Obama and to the communities of moral, rational theists

]]> By: Teleprompter http://www.daylightatheism.org/2009/02/the-contributions-of-freethinkers-v.html#comment-44684 Teleprompter Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:23:26 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/?p=964#comment-44684 If I hear one more "Barack Obama is someone I suspect to be an atheist" comment... Maybe I am too naive, but why can't we just take him at his word and respect his personal beliefs? If I hear one more "Barack Obama is someone I suspect to be an atheist" comment...

Maybe I am too naive, but why can't we just take him at his word and respect his personal beliefs?

]]> By: SuperHappyJen http://www.daylightatheism.org/2009/02/the-contributions-of-freethinkers-v.html#comment-44683 SuperHappyJen Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:59:00 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/?p=964#comment-44683 What I want to know is, what was Barack Obama doing writing autobiographies before he was even president? Before he was president who was he? No one. BTW: As others have mentioned. I suspect Barack to be an atheist. I don't blame him at all if he's only pretending to be Christian. What I want to know is, what was Barack Obama doing writing autobiographies before he was even president? Before he was president who was he? No one.

BTW: As others have mentioned. I suspect Barack to be an atheist. I don't blame him at all if he's only pretending to be Christian.

]]> By: Ebonmuse http://www.daylightatheism.org/2009/02/the-contributions-of-freethinkers-v.html#comment-44682 Ebonmuse Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:27:52 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/?p=964#comment-44682 Some states still do have clauses in their constitutions that ban atheists from office, but those are unenforceable. They were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1961 in <i>Torcaso v. Watkins</i>. Some states still do have clauses in their constitutions that ban atheists from office, but those are unenforceable. They were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1961 in Torcaso v. Watkins.

]]> By: Leum http://www.daylightatheism.org/2009/02/the-contributions-of-freethinkers-v.html#comment-44680 Leum Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:52:03 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/?p=964#comment-44680 On the plus side, a Supreme Court case a few decades (or was it only years, I think decades) back made such provisions unconstitutional and irrelevant. On the plus side, a Supreme Court case a few decades (or was it only years, I think decades) back made such provisions unconstitutional and irrelevant.

]]> By: OMGF http://www.daylightatheism.org/2009/02/the-contributions-of-freethinkers-v.html#comment-44679 OMGF Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:49:25 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/?p=964#comment-44679 There are still a few states that have these laws on the books. See <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/02/arkansas_might_let_atheists_ru.php" rel="nofollow">here</a>. There are still a few states that have these laws on the books. See here.

]]> By: Steve Bowen http://www.daylightatheism.org/2009/02/the-contributions-of-freethinkers-v.html#comment-44677 Steve Bowen Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:39:00 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/?p=964#comment-44677 Goyo <blockquote>in my state constitution(Texas), it is illegal to hold a political office if you don't profess belief in "a god"? In other words, atheists need not apply.</blockquote> F**k! (have you ever noticed how redundant those asterisks are?...however) F**K!!! really? that is so outrageous I almost don't believe it. Goyo

in my state constitution(Texas), it is illegal to hold a political office if you don't profess belief in "a god"? In other words, atheists need not apply.

F**k! (have you ever noticed how redundant those asterisks are?...however) F**K!!! really? that is so outrageous I almost don't believe it.

]]> By: AnnaZed http://www.daylightatheism.org/2009/02/the-contributions-of-freethinkers-v.html#comment-44676 AnnaZed Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:12:28 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/?p=964#comment-44676 Wow, Goyo, I was born in Texas. Is that true (though I believe it) if so; where is that written in law. Surely someone should challenge that. Wow, Goyo, I was born in Texas. Is that true (though I believe it) if so; where is that written in law. Surely someone should challenge that.

]]> By: blackskeptic http://www.daylightatheism.org/2009/02/the-contributions-of-freethinkers-v.html#comment-44674 blackskeptic Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:38:25 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/?p=964#comment-44674 I'm wondering if Obama's mother was a nonbeliever. And by nonbeliever, I mean atheist. She might have been nonreligious. Perhaps a theist, but not a religious theist. But I also understand that you might have termed her an unbeliever meaning someone that does not believe in conventional (religious) dogma. Sometimes I worry that we're too quick to put people under our umbrella b/c we want to believe more people are atheists than really are. I'm wondering if Obama's mother was a nonbeliever. And by nonbeliever, I mean atheist. She might have been nonreligious. Perhaps a theist, but not a religious theist. But I also understand that you might have termed her an unbeliever meaning someone that does not believe in conventional (religious) dogma.

Sometimes I worry that we're too quick to put people under our umbrella b/c we want to believe more people are atheists than really are.

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