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Atheists And The Spirit That Moves Them

Apr 13, 2017
by Caroline Miller
Atheists, Barrack Obama, Donald Trump, faiths of our founding fathers, Religious Freem Frank R. Wolf International Act, See's Candies
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The letter began, “Don’t you dare defend the Constitution because it was written by Christians for Christians.” (“Crank Mail,” FFRF Free Thought Today, Jan/Feb, 2017, pg. 27.)  The comment is kinder than most which the Freedom from Religion Foundation receives on a daily basis, but it is equally misinformed.  Not all of our founding fathers were Christians (Click).

Atheist are among the most hated groups worldwide (Click)  The feeling is understandable.  Deprive people of their immortality and it’s no laughing matter.  Even Congress frowns on the attempt. Only 2% of our elected officials are unaffiliated while among the general population the rate stands at 23%.  But Congress needn’t worry.  Atheists don’t believe in politics, either.  You’ll never see them carrying signs saying, “Atheists’ Lives matter.” They prefer to be unorganized and as individual as cats.

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If there is a place where a battle cry is heard, it’s in the courts.  Atheists  don’t protest the right of others to worship but object to being encouraged to shout “Amen,” while standing in line at the See’s Candy counter.  (Though I admit, only a god could have invented chocolate.)  Atheists want amen to be said in church, where it can be properly heard.  Yet for this simple belief, they receive verbal and, sometimes, physical abuse.  Frankly, we don’t enjoy it.

Because I stand proudly with the lowest of the low, I’m a little hesitant to point out a recent victory for none believers, courtesy of President Barrack Obama.   Himself a religious man, a few days before leaving office, he signed into law the Religious Freedom Frank R. Wolf International Act. (Dec. 16, 2015).  It redefines religious freedom to include protections for those “not professing a particular religion , or any religion.” (Ibid pg. 13.) And I say “amen” to that.

Whether or not our new president will repeal this act, as he has repealed others of a humanitarian nature, I cannot say. I suspect he is newly acquainted with God, politics being the instrument of his conversion, so the depth of his persuasion is difficult to predict.  Either way, I can honestly say, no act of his will prevent me from stopping by the nearest See’s candy counter when the spirit moves me.

 

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  1. Mark Fivecoat April 13, 2017 at 2:03 pm Reply
    I'm with you, Carrie, in every way including preferring to be unorganized and a individual as cats.
    • Caroline Miller April 13, 2017 at 4:45 pm Reply
      I say, "Amen" for cats!
  2. Anne Morin April 24, 2017 at 6:40 pm Reply
    Made me laugh - especially the last line! I don't call myself anything much these days; I'm all for one, one for all, either way.
    • Caroline Miller April 25, 2017 at 8:10 am Reply
      Glad you enjoyed the humor. I did as I wrote it. Agree with your policy of live and let live.

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Portland, Oregon author Caroline Miller had distinguished careers as an educator, union president, elected official and artist/advocate.

Her play, Woman on the Scarlet Beast, was performed at the Post5 Theatre, Portland, OR, January/February 2015

Caroline published a serialized novelette, Marie Eau-Claire, on the website, The Colored Lens.  She also published the story Gustav Pavel,  a parable about ordinary lives, choice and alternate potential, on the website Fixional.co.

Caroline has published four novels

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  • Trompe l’Oeil
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  • Heart Land

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