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How do British Atheists view the American atheists’ crusade to remove religious symbolism from public venues?

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:28:12 +0000

Have any of you objected, with quite so much…fervor,…to having been made to God Save the Queen in school. Or having the Archbishop of Canerbury preside at coronations. And the "Dieu et mon Droit" bit…in FRENCH, no less….
I apologizzze for sp. errors. Past my b-time.
Yes, well, Anne, there was the bit of a tempest in a teapot about the Ten Commandments needing to be removed from More’s courthouse…and of course, the big to-do about taking the Under God out of the pledge of allegiance….and the prayers and all other references to God out of public school…

Not being whiney m’dear, I too believe there are FAR more important things than symbolism to worry about, and was wondering if British atheists felt the same way.

But How is it that I was aware of all these movements WITHOUT having watched Fox news (whose neoconservative shills I despise?) Where are YOU hearing about current events, that you missed all the reporting on these?
Hardtack: I’m not fond of neocons, but on the other hand a Jew, (Jonas Salk) was behind the invention of the polio vaccine, too. Not to mention half of the talent behind the creation of the Rogers and Hammerstein musicals.
One frustrated thumbs up goes out to THAT answer, Ichi.

As a British Atheist I actually LOVE religious symbolism here in Britain….but I do not connect the religious elements of it to anything other than mans’ fantastic ability to shape his own landscape ingeniously..

I refer of course to the the 1000 year old churches, cathedrals, palaces and castles that are all steeped in amazing artworks, architechure, history, pomp and grandeur that humbles me from a purely philosophical, intellectual (and artistic) point of view…I love them all, and regularly go on trips to study them around the country….Stonehenge, The Great pyramids of Egypt…again massive symbolism but more importantly, great historic structures…that is more important to me..

I genuinely do not give a crap about the reasons behind it all and don’t believe anything myself…but I love the feeling of standing in the midst of such history, mystery and beauty…I love it…and it is nothing to do with the religious pilgramage thing that others go there for!

God Save The Queen…Couldn’t give a crap, Jerusalem (by Blake) is more of a British anthem anyway, and that is just as steeped in mythical religious shiznit.

Archbishop of Cantebury presiding over things, fills me once again with the sense of history, I know this has been the case since Henry the VIII and the great scism between the Church of England and the Catholic Popes and I like that idea of preservation of culture…somethings stay the same as ceremonial testimony to history rather than any great religious thing…

I think I take a bit of a different view of things that atheists do usually…but that is MY personal atheism and it works for me!!

The Boring – Golems and leviathans – Live Stunt Area Illkirch

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:06:18 +0000

15 janvier 2010
concert au Stunt Area d’Illkirch (strasbourg)
organisé par l’association DISCHORDS
avec Dead Pop Club + Escape + the Boring

Duration : 0:1:20

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Old Bugatti for the Centenary’s Parade at Molsheim

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:06:17 +0000

Old Bugatti for the Centenary’s Parade at Molsheim

Duration : 0:0:36

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MANAU – Mais qui est la belette? (Live Obernai)

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:06:16 +0000

02 aout 2008

Duration : 0:3:42

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The Danny J Show – Basketball With Margaret Neudorf

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:06:15 +0000

This is a show I recorded back in July for Wheelwolf Productions. I decided it was so good It deserved
a place on my channel. Happy Re-Viewing

Wheelwolf Productions on Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/thewheelwolfshow

Duration : 0:6:36

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snatch whiplash saverne

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:06:14 +0000

yeaihhh

Duration : 0:3:51

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Nancy Skinner on MSNBC talking Obama’s Healthcare’s Final Push.mpg

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:06:13 +0000

Nancy Skinner on MSNBC with David Schuster and conservative radio host Jerry Doyle. Nancy says doing the right thing on healthcare will be good politics for Democrats too in November. Lead on good policy and the polls will follow.

Duration : 0:3:42

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Le Marché de Noël de La Ferté Bernard (Sarthe)

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:06:12 +0000

Plus sur http://wizdeo.com/s/lemanstv .
Direction La Ferté Bernard , dans la Sarthe, pour bien préparer les fêtes de fin d’année avec le marché de Noël, en commençant par un petit tour de patinoire, attraction phare du marché proposée par les commerçants et la municipalité. (Droits réservés. Pour toute exploitation commerciale, veuillez nous contacter http://wizdeo.com/s/contact )

Duration : 0:11:46

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Drunken Shrimps 醉蝦 Chinese Painting Improvised by Prof Gao and Calligraphy Inscription

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:06:11 +0000

Chinese painting improvised by Prof. Gao with inscription in Chinese calligraphy semi-cursive style “drunken shrimps 醉蝦.” The guest painter, Dr. Gao, is a Chinese brush and oil painter and a retired professor in biology. Recorded on August 1, 2009 during a Chinese music concert at the Elite Performing Arts Center, Plano, Texas.

對蝦 (a couple or a pair of shrimps) – 諧音 (close pronunciation) – 醉蝦 (drunken shrimps)
對 pair (Pinyin: dui4)
醉 drunk (Pinyin: zui4)

兩個字讀音相同或相近，稱為「諧音」。以諧音字表達意思，往往有含蓄委婉或幽默的效果。古人創作詩詞、對聯或歇後語時，就經常使用諧音字。一般來說，諧音是利用音同或音近的字或詞來加強語言的表達效果的一種修辭方法。
http://www.keyschinese.com.hk/weekly/031124.htm

Ref#23465

Duration : 0:8:10

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Jean Baptiste Maunier French Show

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:06:09 +0000

Cool. anybody knows the name of this song?

Duration : 0:5:52

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