Cultural War.

As much as many will claim up and down that I am just engaging in hyperbole, there is in fact a cultural war being waged in America. It is manifested in the fact that homosexuals are having to fight tooth and nail for basic rights, women are being denied basic choices about their own bodies, and everywhere we look the religious are screaming persecution without understanding the first thing about persecution.

This cultural war is usually manifested most directly in the so called "war on religion." This is where us mean old atheist are busy attempting to get christianity outlawed because we are fearful of it and can't be nice and allow others to have their beliefs. This is just, wrong. There is no easier way of saying it. First off, atheism is not a religion. "But wait, if you say you don't believe in something then that must mean you do, because otherwise why would you have to say you don't believe in it?", they cry. Fantastic, convoluted logic is convoluted. Those that use this arguement you do realize that it is the exact same as if you had a roommate that made up an imaginary friend and all these rules that went along with it and expected you to follow those rules. You'd say "Fuck off, I don't believe in Sweven the homosexual unicorn." He would say, "Well you must, because you said you don't believe in him, so that means you must because otherwise you wouldn't have to say you don't believe in him" At this points you would call the men with the butterfly nets out. You understand that just because it is christianity it makes it no different than any other thing that is intangible and imaginary yes?

Now for my other little favorite argument, "Why can't you mean old Atheist just keep your beliefs to yourself and not comment on our various religious posting etc." The answer to that is simple, as soon as you get your various gods and supernatural trinkets out of public life and stop posting your comments about how this country is falling apart because of the lack of jesus all over the place. To sit there posting about how people who don't believe in god are ruining this country and then cry foul when we comment defending our viewpoints is just unfair. I'm sorry your arguments are shown to be hollow when held against the keen light of logic and reason. This is no reason to attempt to get that light put out.