The only mention the Founding Fathers make of any sort of god is in the Declaration of Independence; our money actually said "E Pluribus Unum" til certain fanatical theists decided that changing the phrase to "In God We Trust" would somehow put a thorn in the side of those goddamned commie atheists that were taking over the world and infiltrating the US. Because, you know, we have powers of coercion on par with Satan Himself, and it takes rote recitations on a daily basis to combat the threat.
That said, Michael Newdow is exactly the irrational, phlegmatic, self-righteous, foaming-at-the-mouth variety of atheist that sets the stereotype the rest of us try to avoid...
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Date: 2006-05-11 02:07 pm (UTC)The only mention the Founding Fathers make of any sort of god is in the Declaration of Independence; our money actually said "E Pluribus Unum" til certain fanatical theists decided that changing the phrase to "In God We Trust" would somehow put a thorn in the side of those goddamned commie atheists that were taking over the world and infiltrating the US. Because, you know, we have powers of coercion on par with Satan Himself, and it takes rote recitations on a daily basis to combat the threat.
That said, Michael Newdow is exactly the irrational, phlegmatic, self-righteous, foaming-at-the-mouth variety of atheist that sets the stereotype the rest of us try to avoid...
(cannoli!)