To me, secular Jew means "agnostic who really likes Christmas Carols and Waspy Episcopal churches and feels really guilty about that". Like me, for example.
If a politician (even an appointed one) openly admitted to a lack of interest or belief in any sort of religious practice, the last sad cluster of right-wing nutbars in this country would probably be energized into a fresh creepy frenzy. Most of the worst people in the world are also the most godly.
It's so sad that in a country priding itself on religious freedom, being an atheist is the last acceptable form of discrimination. Well, that and being a Palestinian, but you know, they're foreigners so it doesn't count.
Sadly, my favorite part of Obama's inauguration speech was the brief shout-out to "non-believers." It's kind of pathetic that the mere fact that an elected official in this country acknowledged my existence is some kind of remarkable thing.
@jenalicious: Me too!!!! But I had to celebrate privately because I was at work with my church-going co-workers (small town).
If it cheers you, I believe it is really is a linear progression. Like, I believe there will always be more and more nonbelievers and less and less religious people, and we'll never go backwards.
@Scullery_Maid: Unfortunately, history doesn't support your thesis. There's been major periods of time when non-belief was the norm, heh. It's conveniently overlooked but our founding fathers were men of the Enlightenment, and as such, most were fairly agnostic/atheistic/non-practicing at all.
This reminds me of the dyslexic, agnostic, insomniac, paranoid-schizophrenic who would like in bed at night not sure if he should wonder why dog had better things to do than talk to him privately.
The true test for Kaufman is pickeled herring. There is no one that has tasted pickled herring that doubts the existence of god.
Our Prime Minister is a secular Jew. But mostly an atheist. I do not like his political views, but I love that he (and his far more awesome predecessor) were unashamed to profess to an absence of belief.
But...but...how can we pretend crooked politicians won't eventually pay for their sins in the afterlife if they don't even believe in said imaginary afterlife?
Now they'll be exempt from divine posthumous judgment in addition to, you know, those pesky "laws" everyone's always talking about.
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There are lots of us here. In Delaware.
And we f*cking rule.
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Just be yourself, John.
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If it cheers you, I believe it is really is a linear progression. Like, I believe there will always be more and more nonbelievers and less and less religious people, and we'll never go backwards.
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The true test for Kaufman is pickeled herring. There is no one that has tasted pickled herring that doubts the existence of god.
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Now they'll be exempt from divine posthumous judgment in addition to, you know, those pesky "laws" everyone's always talking about.
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