djones@megatest.UUCP (Dave Jones) (01/26/89)
I've been tuned out of talk.religion.misc for a few months. Just popped
back in for a quick looksee. Not much has changed. I see that Joe A. is
still arguing that atheism is a religion. It's really kind of funny.
There was one new issue that grabbed my attention, though:
There was a reference to a call for votes for an atheist-issues
group.
How'd it go? If the matter is still open, I would like to vote in favor.
I think there is plenty for us atheists to talk about, including
1. How to make separation of church and state a reality, in the
area of taxation, for example;
2. How to deal with the "creation science" issue in public schools;
3. How to make atheism more respectable, particularly in politics;
And of course there would be debates with interloping religious
folk, just as there are debates with atheists in talk.religion.misc,
but that could not be helped. We could encourage followups_to:
talk.religion.misc, to keep cross-posting down.
If talk.atheism is too specific, how about talk.skeptics?
We could discuss all manner of superstition and urban myth: ancient
astronauts, the living Elvis, ESP, UFOS, lie-detector tests, crystal
healing, astrology. Maybe you don't think one or more of the above
is bogus. We could discuss it. It could be great fun, and potentially
quite constructive.