Re: I KNEW you' Merkans knew how to fix stuff:

On 4/22/2011 3:41 PM, David Paste said this:
On Apr 22, 3:26 am, Tim Daneliuk <tun...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I am reasonably certain that had this been an expression of atheism -
a different kind of religion - the ACLU would have been strangely silent...

Atheism isn't a religion.

Oh yes it is. It is the denial of a deity without confirmable
proof. Like any religion, it:

1) Starts from an unprovable starting point
2) Develops a system of epistemology and ethics thereby
3) Defines all other religions with which it disagrees as being wrong

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