Estheria Quintessimo
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So now we are going to MAKE an Attheist country
Define your ground rules of law.
Define your ground rules of law.
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Make an Atheist Country.
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he_who_is_nobody
Well-Known Member
Estheria Quintessimo said:
I think you mean secular country. Those already exist.
I would keep the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
Prolescum
New Member
1) No asphalt.
2) No histamines.
3) All men must wear green.
3.1) Electricity is for the weak.
3a) Road and city building must follow that which is laid out during the most recent Settlers of Catan game held on-site.
3+) No free noodles.
4) All theists must be designated drivers.
5) Murder will now be pronounced 'moider'.
6) That sort of cheesy vomit smell from new cardboard boxes will be banned.
7) No talking if someone somewhere is watching cartoons.
2) No histamines.
3) All men must wear green.
3.1) Electricity is for the weak.
3a) Road and city building must follow that which is laid out during the most recent Settlers of Catan game held on-site.
3+) No free noodles.
4) All theists must be designated drivers.
5) Murder will now be pronounced 'moider'.
6) That sort of cheesy vomit smell from new cardboard boxes will be banned.
7) No talking if someone somewhere is watching cartoons.
australopithecus
Active Member
All copies of Batman and Robin, Wolverine, Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, and Crystal Skull are to be destroyed on sight.
Kizzume
New Member
No noisy mufflers on Honda Civics from the 90s.
No aspartame.
No artificial scents strong enough to cover up the smell of raw sewage, cat piss, or cigarette stink.
No plastic-framed glasses larger than a certain size.
Clothing optional, always.
No shaving one's face, legs, or armpits without being a medical necessity. (let's see who gets pissed off at that one)
No government-supported sports.
No aspartame.
No artificial scents strong enough to cover up the smell of raw sewage, cat piss, or cigarette stink.
No plastic-framed glasses larger than a certain size.
Clothing optional, always.
No shaving one's face, legs, or armpits without being a medical necessity. (let's see who gets pissed off at that one)
No government-supported sports.
Topless fridays.
School and work starts at noon.
Everybody must spend one week a month doing some menial work (clearing streets, planting, picking fruits, painting over graffity etc...) this will be paid work of course (lets see that minimum wage now).
Again since this is integral, topless fridays.
Mass is mandatory at 7:00 am sundays (so people keep having a reason to hate religion).
Public transportation only. (cabs, metro, trains, buss, airplanes, ships).
School will be extended well into the 30´s (we are living 90 + years now, what's the rush?), it will be more comprehensive and taught at a slower pace so that we dont rush on important topics suhs as evolution or civism.
1 hour excercise daily mandatory at either work or school.
Just so we do not forget, topless fridays.
A maximum of 2 children per person (so that at most we will have neutral population growth, the children are counted for both parents of course).
Marriage is a 5 year contract (10 in the case of having children), after wich it becomes null, if the parties want to get married again they may.
Soldiers may refuse invading a country, may not refuse defending our country.
Assignment of resources will be done through machines (checks will be implemented to insure no corruption of the system)
No politicians.
Fridays will be topless.
School and work starts at noon.
Everybody must spend one week a month doing some menial work (clearing streets, planting, picking fruits, painting over graffity etc...) this will be paid work of course (lets see that minimum wage now).
Again since this is integral, topless fridays.
Mass is mandatory at 7:00 am sundays (so people keep having a reason to hate religion).
Public transportation only. (cabs, metro, trains, buss, airplanes, ships).
School will be extended well into the 30´s (we are living 90 + years now, what's the rush?), it will be more comprehensive and taught at a slower pace so that we dont rush on important topics suhs as evolution or civism.
1 hour excercise daily mandatory at either work or school.
Just so we do not forget, topless fridays.
A maximum of 2 children per person (so that at most we will have neutral population growth, the children are counted for both parents of course).
Marriage is a 5 year contract (10 in the case of having children), after wich it becomes null, if the parties want to get married again they may.
Soldiers may refuse invading a country, may not refuse defending our country.
Assignment of resources will be done through machines (checks will be implemented to insure no corruption of the system)
No politicians.
Fridays will be topless.
malicious_bloke
New Member
Me, my dog, a machine that makes meat and cider.
Humans are overrated.
Humans are overrated.
Estheria Quintessimo
New Member
he_who_is_nobody said:
No I said Atheist Country.
A secular person is not the same as an atheist person. A secular person will write you a 'Happy Christmas' card. An Atheist person will take a shit below your Catholic Christmas Tree.
theyounghistorian77
New Member
Estheria Quintessimo said:
Ideally, a country whose inhabitants are wholly Atheist should develop by it's own will rather than Atheism being oppressively forced onto a pre-existing religious population by the State above. Nonetheless if i were to draw up a constitution reflecting that my country is a democratic, liberal and tolerant one whilst simultaneously reflecting that the relevant organs of the State are Atheist, the clause on Religion/Atheism may resemble something like this:
australopithecus
Active Member
Estheria Quintessimo said:
Er, no. An atheist (not a proper noun, seriously) won't "do" anything. I'm an atheist, and I've never shit near my Christmas trees. Your angry teenager brand of atheism is increasingly boring.
theyounghistorian77
New Member
Inferno said:
+1. As all the countries thus far that have practiced "State Atheism" have been dictatorships. Not a style of govt any of us here on this thread believe in i suspect.
I have just listened to a great podcast with Stephen Law in which he argues (pretty convincingly) that the battle isn't between religious vs non-religious values, but rather liberal vs authoritarian values.
In other words, as TYH has pointed out, atheist dictatorships have happened, theocratic dictatorships have happened, what is needed to combat this is a liberal philosophy which can be enjoyed by theists and atheists alike.
So, my society, is a liberal secular society which gives people the freedom to live their lives as they see fit, so long as it doesn't infringe on anyone else's freedoms.
It seems just as bigoted to me for a society to tell people they cannot hold a belief or a religion, as it is for a society to tell people they must hold a specific religion.
Freedom, should be for everyone.
In other words, as TYH has pointed out, atheist dictatorships have happened, theocratic dictatorships have happened, what is needed to combat this is a liberal philosophy which can be enjoyed by theists and atheists alike.
So, my society, is a liberal secular society which gives people the freedom to live their lives as they see fit, so long as it doesn't infringe on anyone else's freedoms.
It seems just as bigoted to me for a society to tell people they cannot hold a belief or a religion, as it is for a society to tell people they must hold a specific religion.
Freedom, should be for everyone.