On Monday, Dec. 2, Dan Barker, Co-President of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. (FFRF) placed a sign in the Olympia Capitol rotunda adjacent to a nativity scene, which reads: “At this season of the Winter Solstice may reason prevail. There are no gods, no devils, no angels, no heaven or hell. There is only our natural world. Religion is but myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds.”
We at Seattle Atheists feel that the sentiments expressed in the sign are unfortunate. We cannot endorse the language or sentiments expressed on this sign. We feel it was divisive, hostile, and does not represent a good-faith attempt to promote the separation of church and state. In fact, we feel it has done damage to the public perception of atheism. READ MORE
on Dec 7th, 2008 at 12:25 am
[...] I honestly don’t care about the Christians who object to the sign as much as I object to the New-Agey, pop-culture Atheists who apologize for it. Granted, as stated before, Atheism is inherently pluralistic. If there is no god, then except [...]
on Dec 11th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
http://churchvstate.blogspot.com/2008/12/seattle-atheists-speak-out.html