Friday, January 01, 2010

A small call to action

I read these small editorial posts on Atheism all the time. I’ve come to the belief that they must be confronted. Ignorance this blatant is thinly masked hatred and contempt. Marvin Loney is telling me I am not welcome. He feels that he has the moral high ground too. After all, we can just stay home. His position is as inane as it is ignorant.

No true atheist should be upset about prayers being offered at a city council meeting. If there is no God, no accountability nor morality, no such person should be disturbed or distressed by such activity so long as he or she is not forced to participate. No one is forced to go or participate. They can ignore the activity, stay home or trim their finger nails.

Why attend if nothing can be done to change the course of events, why bother?

Such a position is a contradiction. If it does bother them, then it has become a religious belief, a credo.

Marvin Loney

Lompoc mayor (1986-1990)

My call to action is simple. Log in to the Lompoc Record and tell this man what you think. Let’s start 2010 by fighting each battle, no matter how small.

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2 replies · active 799 weeks ago
you have to wait for a 30 seconds or so to have the comments box appear.
well.. just typed four paragraphs... posted it.. it appeared as orange highlighted box without my name and with no paragraph separations, and now is gone. shit.
THANK YOU! I live in Lompoc and this is just heinous. They voted in an "In God We Trust" plaque last year and just couldn't understand why this was not okay. I'm not surprised people are having trouble with the website though. Sadness. Thank you for trying!
1 reply · active 799 weeks ago
Wow. A local atheist. You are the closest to me that I've seen on any blog. I am just up the highway in Templeton.
Except of course for Chick-fil-A. We can't fight that battle because some people like their chicken too much. Sorry, but I couldn't resist.
2 replies · active 799 weeks ago
Touche! But I will have you know that boycotting Chick-fil-A is one of my 2010 resolutions.
Hopefully you will do better than last week. I am lucky that there are no Chick-fil-A's in San Luis Obispo county.
I do not know how I missed this as Lompoc is usually covered in the local paper, The Tribune - http://www.sanluisobispo.com

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