Comments | wishingfordaisy: Something I've been thinking about.

wishingfordaisy

Something I've been thinking about.

Nov 07, 2007 17:46

This post is sort of being inspired by the tv show 30 Days. For those who haven't heard of it, it's a tv show by Morgan Spurlock, the guy who did Super Size Me. The premise of the show is that someone is placed into a setting that they are unfamiliar with for 30 days, hoping of course they will come out with a new knowledge on that issues. For ( Read more... )

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wishingfordaisy November 8 2007, 05:37:19 UTC

I realize what's going on around the world, but that's not the point I'm making. I also realize that reality TV... in all it's different forms isn't a scholarly source by any means and is more than likely highly dramatized, but it CAN be used to see different points of view and broaden one's horizons instead of staying in the same box that someone is comfortable and familiar with.

So because Atheists aren't being brutally killed by the American Government, it doesn't mean they are being oppressed? Are they not considered people by your standards? Are they less important in your eyes? Is there a scale, or some oppression meter that I'm not aware of? When did doing it at all become OK with society?

I would love to know where you're coming from.

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wishingfordaisy November 8 2007, 17:21:59 UTC

Even if "reality TV" is not necessarily reality, it still portrays a point of view of SOMEONE.. whether it's the producers' or writers' or whatever, it still has a point that it makes... the same with anything created by man ( ... )

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wishingfordaisy November 8 2007, 18:14:15 UTC

I looked up the definition of "church," and it comes down to being a religious service.. well, Atheism is a religion (definition: a specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by a number of persons or sects).. just because they don't have a god or gods, doesn't mean they don't discuss their beliefs. So the idea that the Government won't fund them because they don't believe in a high power is ridiculous. Perhaps "Free Thought" isn't a religion, but Atheism certainly is. If the Government is willing to fund other religious organization, they should fund Atheist organizations. If they won't, then in all fairness they shouldn't fund any of them ( ... )