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This is me, but personally, I suspect that a good many people who claim to 
believe in god, don't. Not really. Church-goers do not necessarily believe 
what they are hearing. Evidence of this is right in front of us, in our shiny 
new president. He, obviously, did not believe the black liberation theology 
stuff being preached to him for 20 years...

Ray


-----Original Message-----
From: Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>
To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 8:36 am
Subject: Re: [Homestead] A thought



> An atheist couldn't get elected.  This country is too busy playing 
> pretend.
>

There is an interesting article on Alternet about all the "God stuff" in the 
inauguration...everything we have, we are, and we want is attributed to God, 
so where does that leave people who don't believe?:

An Atheist's Perspective on the Inauguration: Enough With all the God Stuff
http://www.alternet.org/rights/121833/an_atheist%27s_perspective_on_the_inauguration%3A_enough_with_all_the_god_stuff/

I was watching the Inauguration, with pride and hope and history and joy and 
relief. And the message I kept hearing was, "We are one country. This 
country belongs to everybody in it. Everybody has a voice. Everybody has a 
part to play. Everybody's experience matters.
"Everybody -- except you.

"Everybody except you and the roughly 15% of Americans who don't believe in 
God.

"Not you. You're not part of this. This isn't for you."



Lynn Wigglesworth



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