CommentsDisplaying SteveTurner's 10 most recent comments.

• Victory Vid: Teen Atheist Behind Prayer Mural Ban Instructs Fellow Students How to Do the Same

  January 21, 2012 at 12:16pm

  In reply to kilbasa88.

  And his arguments are as well-formulated and intelligent as ever.
  LEFT WING MARXISM COMMUNIST LIBERALS TRYING TO DESTROY FREEDOM OF RELIGION.
  Derp.

• Victory Vid: Teen Atheist Behind Prayer Mural Ban Instructs Fellow Students How to Do the Same

  January 21, 2012 at 3:22am

  In reply to MELISSA_ANN.

  An important distinction: Billboards (whether they endorse a belief in god, a non-belief in gods, or a local car dealership) are privately owned and NOT funded by taxpayers–so their content is not governed or regulated by the Constitution. Schools, city halls, etc, are publicly owned, so anything that is displayed in these areas ARE subject to Constitutional restrictions with regard to church-state separation. The issue here isn’t whether an opinion or idea is visible to the public (as is the case with billboards or other advertisements paid for by private citizens or by corporations)–the issue is whether the religious or anti-religious message is being displayed in location that is funded by taxpayer dollars and owned by the government (and by extension, by the taxpayers). Nobody’s trying to ban religious billboards (although I’ve seen quite a few attempts on the part of religious groups to get atheist billboards taken down).
  Seriously, folks, knock it off with the straw-man arguments. They’re pathetic.
  Huge difference.

• Victory Vid: Teen Atheist Behind Prayer Mural Ban Instructs Fellow Students How to Do the Same

  January 21, 2012 at 3:02am

  In reply to RationalMan.

  Oh wow, I didn’t know that was from Aristotle. Cool! Ya learn something new every day!

• Victory Vid: Teen Atheist Behind Prayer Mural Ban Instructs Fellow Students How to Do the Same

  January 21, 2012 at 2:56am

  In reply to Vulcan322.

  Dammit, no million dollars. I guess it just hasn’t posted yet.

• Victory Vid: Teen Atheist Behind Prayer Mural Ban Instructs Fellow Students How to Do the Same

  January 21, 2012 at 2:55am

  In reply to Vulcan322.

  I love that logic.
  OK, then, I don’t believe that a million dollars exists in my bank account.

• Victory Vid: Teen Atheist Behind Prayer Mural Ban Instructs Fellow Students How to Do the Same

  January 20, 2012 at 7:01pm

  In reply to DivineIntervention.

  When you consider that Jesus and his disciples seemed to approve of slavery (they certainly didn’t oppose it), the morality of Jesus isn’t exactly something to aspire to.

• Victory Vid: Teen Atheist Behind Prayer Mural Ban Instructs Fellow Students How to Do the Same

  January 20, 2012 at 6:43pm

  In reply to a_reasoned_voice.

  I would oppose it. Declarations of atheism have no place in a public building any more than declarations of religious belief.

• Victory Vid: Teen Atheist Behind Prayer Mural Ban Instructs Fellow Students How to Do the Same

  January 20, 2012 at 6:29pm

  In reply to DivineIntervention.

  Interesting that you quote Rush. Neil Peart, who wrote that lyric, is an atheist.

• Victory Vid: Teen Atheist Behind Prayer Mural Ban Instructs Fellow Students How to Do the Same

  January 20, 2012 at 3:38am

  In reply to RationalMan.

  Depending on your interpretation of the phrase and idea of origin, John Locke or Thomas Jefferson?

• Victory Vid: Teen Atheist Behind Prayer Mural Ban Instructs Fellow Students How to Do the Same

  January 20, 2012 at 3:25am

  In reply to Kaneakua.

  Well-said, Third Archon. I can’t add anything to that. Aside from my amoral latent Marxism, that is…