Freedom of expression?
The churches built all over europe, as an example... are.. a form of freedom of expression by the believers?
i have rarely seen an atheist build some kind of... church or some such large protruding building.
because that would be "shoving our point of view into the face of the people living around you"
nor are there courses on how to become a good atheist at school... that young ones have to attend, no questions asked, no options given.
That would be "shoving our POV in the face of others".
church, religion, believers do that.
nor do nonbelievers have a head of nonbelievers, leading the pack.
nor do the nonbelievers have some sort of guidance book and a set of rules to follow
lest ye rot in hell, scumbag!
That would be "shoving our POV in the face of others".
see the media coverage of the new Pope...
...shoved in my face for days without end, and barely a way to avoid it.
like a sickness that only time, and a focus on other things can cure.
nor do nonbelievers shove their nonbeliefs all over the globe by killiing believers for the good of their cause.
...i bet religious people still do that, all over the globe.
far as i can tell, nonbelievers see believers and simply do not care.
because nonbelievers mostly gave up believing for a reason, and therefor have made some sort of choice.
Religion... is the absence of choice. It gets in my face and on my nerves like Propaganda gets in the face of a North Korean Farmer.
has gotten in my face as a kid... religion based education, religion-based lifestyle, religion based rites, habits and whatnot.
religion has had its fair share of "Freedom of expression" with me.
...largely overstepping boundaries in a quite agressive fashion.
But news is good!
At least in the domain of building "(Christian) religion-in-our-face" churches... we are making progress.
A church not far from me was torn down because it was old, ground moved, and could not be repaired, it was simply not worth the hassle.
http://www.lessentiel.lu/fr/news/story/19402102
Mare Norstum...
http://www.heise.de/open/artikel/Mar...he-221951.html
a Christian Church re-used to support the new church of bits and bytes... google says hello.
still a church (from one malheur to another), but no bellringing, no propaganda except for students that are interested in visiting the place.
Belgium...
unused church converted to a shop for expensive stuff...
http://www.zonebattler.net/2008/08/2...und-zurueck-3/
freedom of expression is one thing - getting on the nerves and into the lives of people is another don't you think.