{"id":7239,"date":"2010-01-28T16:54:40","date_gmt":"2010-01-28T21:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anglicansamizdat.wordpress.com\/?p=7239"},"modified":"2010-01-28T16:54:40","modified_gmt":"2010-01-28T21:54:40","slug":"atheists-against-postage-stamps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/atheists-against-postage-stamps\/","title":{"rendered":"Atheists against postage stamps"},"content":{"rendered":"

Atheists are running out of things to complain about<\/a>:<\/p>\n

An atheist organization is blasting the U.S. Postal Service for its plan to honor Mother Teresa with a commemorative stamp, saying it violates postal regulations against honoring “individuals whose principal achievements are associated with religious undertakings.”<\/p>\n

The Freedom from Religion Foundation is urging its supporters to boycott the stamp — and also to engage in a letter-writing campaign to spread the word about what it calls the “darker side” of Mother Teresa.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Atheists are keen to present the appearance of being better people than Christians; perhaps they feel they can\u2019t compete with Mother Teresa and having her photo on a stamp will make them look really bad; poor dears:<\/p>\n

He said the Foundation’s campaign stems from concern that the abundance of humanitarian work done by believers will overshadow that done by atheists.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Freedom From Religion Foundation<\/a> informs us:<\/p>\n

The history of Western civilization shows us that most social and moral progress has been brought about by persons free from religion. In modern times the first to speak out for prison reform, for humane treatment of the mentally ill, for abolition of capital punishment, for women’s right to vote, for death with dignity for the terminally ill, and for the right to choose contraception, sterilization and abortion have been freethinkers, just as they were the first to call for an end to slavery.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This curious concoction of meaningless pap is heartening, in that it reinforces my conviction that those who like to trumpet their freedom from religion are themselves slaves to ignorance and irrationality.<\/p>\n

What we really need is a Freedom From Illogical Atheism Foundation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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