mike whitney : let's let atheists back into politics.



whitney is right. the religious are making religion into the only force in u.s. politics. they're trying to do the same here in the u.k.



we atheists need to stand up and shout about the fact that we don't want their religions rammed down our throats; that we'd prefer to make decisions based on scientifically verifiable data; that we do not wish to become part of some unhinged theocracy; that we don't believe in their silly gods; we don't want the silly rules they invent to control others using fear of their gods as a means of social control.



i have argued with 'people of faith' for decades about the fact that people like the pope, the archbishop of canterbury etc are, in truth, politicians not just religious leaders. that truth needs to be recognised and acted on by us unbelievers.