Reply #10: I Am Truely Frightened of Bubba (and religion) [View All]

[bobd]

This is a very interesting topic and I'm surprised that there hasn't been more posts on it ...

As I said in the subject line I am quite afraid of Bubba and perhaps even more afraid of religion. One of the subtexts in Bubba's conservatism is the fact that liberals, liberal atheists especially (a la yours truely), have no right to their views or even, in some cases, to exist at all! Sometimes I get the distinct feeling that some Bubbas would just as soon see folks like me dead. Embracing Bubba on his/her turf (e.g., the churches and the military) runs the risk of eventually embracing such anti-liberal views, in my opinion. That said, we DO need to find a way to speak to Bubba's concerns.

For those of you DUers who are religious, I beg of you, once Bubba and his conservative religion has been brought back into the Democratic fold, to let us atheists exist and fully participate in society (e.g., hold public office, teach, etc.) We are not the monsters that religion makes us out to be.

Anyway - just my two (pretty worthless) cents.

Bob D.