What do Atheists actually want?

[Foghorn]

Can anyone please "enlighten me" (the atheists will get this) as to what Atheists actually want from Irish Society. I certainly have no idea despite the fact that there quite a few knockin around these parts. You know who you are ..... yes you do.......that a smile........yes it is!

Make a wish list -

1. World domination
2. Re-runs of "Glenroe"
3. Independence for Leitrim
4. Jackie Healy Rae for EU President

So what do Atheists actually want? Bullet points only. No touchy feely stuff.

[FortyCoats]

The destruction of the Catholic Church.

[willoughby]

The destruction of the Catholic Church.

Oh, just the catholic church???

[The Caped Cod]

What kind of muppety thread is this?

1. World domination
2. Re-runs of "Glenroe"
3. Independence for Leitrim
4. Jackie Healy Rae for EU President

What do you want Sharia law, and a child in evey bed?

[Foghorn]

The destruction of the Catholic Church.

You're like an Exocet missile. I only posted and suddenly there was a billow of smoke across the sky, a loud bang and carnage.

Please please please!

[Foghorn]

What kind of muppety thread is this?


What do you want Sharia law, and a child in evey bed?

Ahh now, that's only "cod"-ology!

[Chancey Gardener]

Atheists only care about the truth.

[Cato]

I cannot answer generally, as their is no general answer, atheism being, aside from asserting the non-existence of god, is content free.

[The Caped Cod]

Ahh now, that's only "cod"-ology!

If you want to pose a serious question then by all means do. You posted drivel as bullet points because you don't want to know. This is a troll thread, so expect trollish behaviour.

Hey Foghorn, did you know that according to the Vaticans own research

According to the Vatican statement, "we now know that in the last 50 years somewhere between 1.5 percent and 5 percent of the Catholic clergy has been involved in sexual abuse cases."

CNS STORY: Vatican envoy to UN defends church's response to sex abuse

Forty Coats does

[oscartango]

We want to be loved. It's not fair, I'm tellin' me ma !

Atheists feel left out, finds faith surveys

PATSY McGARRY Religious AffairsCorrespondent

IRELAND’S ATHEISTS feel discriminated against and left out of conversations with religious people, as well from the public sphere, according to new all-island faith surveys.

They have also found that 67 per cent of lay Irish people view ecumenism positively, but some complained it was too “politically correct” or was something they thought of only in the context of Father Ted .

Launched last April, the surveys of faith leaders and laypeople about issues such as immigration and diversity, reconciliation, and ecumenism were conducted by the Irish School of Ecumenics (ISE) and are the first of their kind in Ireland. More than 700 faith leaders and some 900 laypeople have taken part.

In the lay survey, 12 per cent of respondents identified themselves as atheist or of no religion, which is disproportionate to their number in the general population. They felt that while they were talking “no one is listening”.

Almost 75 per cent of lay people reported that their faith communities included some immigrants or ethnic minorities, but it was found that 44 per cent of faith leaders had not done anything to accommodate immigrants or ethnic minorities or to address their unique needs. On the other hand, 54 per cent of faith leaders said they had preached or taught on immigration topics in the previous 12 months.

The surveys are part of a three-year research project funded by the Government through the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences.

Principal investigator for the project is Prof Linda Hogan, head of the ISE, with lecturer Dr Gladys Ganiel overseeing research.

Reports on the surveys will be launched at the ISE’s Belfast campus on the Antrim Road today and are available at www. ecumenics.ie

This article appears in the print edition of the Irish Times


Atheists feel left out, finds faith surveys - The Irish Times - Tue, Oct 20, 2009