Who lives in countries mainly composed of believers "not practicing" as is the case of Portugal, probably does not make any idea what happens in a certain country, it is not Iran, Saudi Arabia or Afghanistan, but the United States of America. A supposedly secular nation, which, unlike most European countries (all?), Religion is not even official, state ... and yet, religion - mostly Protestant Christians, but there is everything - is the highest among countries of "1st world", and survey after survey continues to show that atheists - about 10% of the country - are the most hated minority, the more considered "anti-American" and no longer considered reliable. A candidate (admittedly) atheist to hold any political office is virtually ineligible, and atheists are discriminated against at school, at work and in their own neighborhoods - sometimes reaching vandalism and physical violence.
But do not go by what I say (after all, never been there, although read daily blogs and news from there), so will Mike Clawson ( blog ), a Christian (liberal, those who do not say that God hates gays and that all non-Christians will be tortured eternally after death, but Christian in it), wrote a thesis (link to Google Docs) that made for his seminar on the status of atheists in America. They are about 20 pages but the text is in bold relatively large and well spaced, so it is easily read in less than 5 minutes.
Seriously, it's worth.
Then think if you will, a little about the legitimacy to discriminate, ostracize, demonize, insult and abuse constantly - sometimes up to violence - a significant proportion of people simply do not have the same beliefs as them. And also think about what this says about the "higher" Christian morality.
The fact that he was a Christian to write it, and have done so after talking with atheists blog Friendly Atheist (typically, this is not - as he says in the text, believers say - even on TV - unpunished atrocities on atheists without having even one of those present to respond), it is nevertheless a refreshing relief: Christians can overcome their prejudices - and much of the "morality" of the Bible, too. It is a principle ...
(Via: Friendly Atheist )
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Atheists, in the history of mankind, have always been massacred, both physically and psychologically. However, in recent times atheists are growing worldwide, particularly in Europe, where countries like the Czech Republic and Sweden are the majority and with advances in education, most will be in the near future. And soon, the religions will do nothing more than decorate the history books.