The Atheists Conundrum

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56. In the very first place you mistook my purpose in the OP

It wasn't meant as an attack at all but rather as an explanation of why some of us might feel at least somewhat excluded by large displays of religion in an ostensibly secular ceremony near the heart of our system of government.

The very legitimacy of that emotion has been called into question time after time over the last couple of days and once again in this thread.

Yes, I feel somewhat excluded when I see large numbers of people doing religion as a group, I know that's not the intent but nevertheless that's how it makes me feel.

Can you not allow me to own my emotions, do they have to be the emotions that you feel appropriate?

It took Tony Blair to so much as mention people of all faiths and no faith at all after 9/11/2001, after the first few days I started specifically listening for any reference to those who lack religion and Blair was the first politician who actually had the self awareness to realize that the non religious were hurting too.

That experience really sensitized me to being excluded in public displays of religion, it's like when you get a new to you car and all of a sudden you start seeing them everywhere on the street.

We see what we look for unfortunately.

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