Comments on: Atheism’s Absurd Claim http://www.minthegap.com/2009/12/03/atheisms-absurd-claim/ Standing in the Gap in a Society that's Warring with God. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:17:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Simon Gardner http://www.minthegap.com/2009/12/03/atheisms-absurd-claim/comment-page-1/#comment-85760 Simon Gardner Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:16:06 +0000 http://www.minthegap.com/2009/12/03/atheisms-absurd-claim/#comment-85760 You are quite right that the problem with your christians is they do indeed cleave to the supernatural - with no evidence whatsoever. But to pick up on your last throwaway point. The problem with your “In God we Trust” is that is quite obviously contrary to the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the US Constitution. The fact that so far the courts have been too spineless to deal with it doesn’t alter the fact that it is unconstitutional. Ditto the recently added ‘godding’ in the pledge - particularly said in public schools. These are not “free speech” issues. These are matters of constitutional law. You are quite right that the problem with your christians is they do indeed cleave to the supernatural – with no evidence whatsoever.

But to pick up on your last throwaway point. The problem with your “In God we Trust” is that is quite obviously contrary to the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the US Constitution. The fact that so far the courts have been too spineless to deal with it doesn’t alter the fact that it is unconstitutional. Ditto the recently added ‘godding’ in the pledge – particularly said in public schools.

These are not “free speech” issues. These are matters of constitutional law.

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