There’s an interesting article on The Politico website today about atheists’ reaction to President Obama. An excerpt:
While the atheist community appreciates the shout-outs, George W. Bush offered similar acknowledgements of nonbelievers during his presidency. And like Bush, Obama has repeatedly invoked religion in his speeches. The latest dose came Thursday in Cairo, in his speech to the Muslim world, during which Obama talked of the “Holy Quran” and invoked this Quranic supplication: “Be conscious of God, and speak always the truth.”
But while atheist advocates railed against Bush, they seem willing to give Obama a pass on his God talk — at least for now.
Nathan Bupp, director of communications for the Center for Inquiry, says that many nonbelievers view Obama’s invocations of faith as nothing more than a “symbolic gesture” used to aid his quest for social justice.
“There is a sense where secularists are politically savvy enough to do this,” says Bupp. “They realize [Obama] is not doing what he’s doing for Pat Robertson-type reasons.”
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2 jairomejiagomez // Jul 30, 2009 at 10:04 am
Atheists out there: an honest question; please give me your opinion
Several years ago I realized that atheists were right when they do not accept the God of the Bible; I do not believe in that “god” either. However, in order to come to a reasonable explanation of what is, I came to the conclusion that God isn’t other than the Existence itself, “All-That-Is;” and, if something is there, that is God. I wrote an essay on this subject, and I ask you if this makes sense for you? (Please click here.) It was written for Christians, so please disregard the religious connotation. The essay was published in the book “Christianity Reformed From ist Roots – A life centered in God.”
Jairo Mejia, M. Psych., University of Santa Clara
Episcopal Priest, Retired
Carmel Valley, California US
If you’d like you might see Christian views of the book at:
http://www.mbay.net/~jmejia/Grudzen.htm and http://www.mbay.net/~jmejia/Churcher.htm
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