hopefulLandlord:


can you elucidate on that " insane" part?

last time I checked, saying "god told me to do it" like Joshua, David, Moses would make mental asylum your permanent home in developed countries

ichommy:




Yes, But will FG approve it?

sugarwiz:
Were dey unprotected before?
I just don't get it.... how will he protect religious people from terrorist attacks?

emerged01:

Psalm 14 vs 1

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

Immorttal:
For the first time, atheists and other nonreligious persons are explicitly named as a class protected by the law.

President Barack Obama has signed into law the Frank Wolf International Religious Freedom Act. The new law protects atheists, humanists, and other freethinkers around the world from religious persecution.

Congress passed the international religious freedom bill protecting atheists, humanists, and other non-theists last week with overwhelming bipartisan support, and Obama signed the legislation into law last Friday, Dec. 16.
The new law explicitly protects atheists, humanists, and other non-theists, and upgrades the 1998 International Religious Freedom Act. In particular, the new law states:

The freedom of thought, conscience, and religion is understood to protect theistic and non-theistic beliefs as well as the right not to profess or practice any religion

The Act also condemns “specific targeting of non-theists, humanists, and atheists because of their beliefs” and attempts to forcibly compel “non-believers or non-theists to recant their beliefs or to convert.”

Commenting on the new law, Caroline Mala Corbin, professor of law at the University of Miami, said:

The new law has some really interesting language in it. It takes an expansive view of religious liberty, saying freedom of religion is not just about the right to practice religion. It is also about the right to have your own views about religion including being agnostic and atheistic

Religious News Service reports Corbin also links the president’s signing of this act to another first:

President Obama was the first president to explicitly acknowledge nonbelievers in his inaugural address, so this seems to fit into his legacy vis-a-vis nonbelievers

The American Humanist Association is celebrating the new law. In a press release the group explains the importance of the new, updated legislation:

The persecution of openly humanist and atheist writers has become an area of increasing concern especially after the string of murders of secular bloggers and publishers by religious extremists in Bangladesh. The American Humanist Association, along with other international advocates for religious freedom, have also been critical of the flogging of secular writers in Saudi Arabia, as well as a Saudi law that equates atheism with terrorism

In a statement, Roy Speckhardt, executive director of the American Humanist Association, said:

The American Humanist Association is proud to see this historic legislation signed into law and looks forward to working with the US Department of State to ensure religious liberty for non-theists and religious minorities abroad. That non-theists are now recognized as a protected class is a significant step toward full acceptance and inclusion for non-religious individuals, who are still far too often stigmatized and persecuted around the world

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2016/12/obama-signs-new-law-giving-protection-atheists

goldiam:
Christians don't have issues with atheist,rather atheists are the ones always looking for ways to make people think like them.Always coming up with unnecessary arguments against Christians and their belief.Simple rules of life live and let's live.
And that was how one came online few days ago eating and tearing the Bible as if it will change anything.
Abeggi make dem go sit down for shit like my momma use to say.

kevoh:
Obama is the anti_christ! How can he agree to sign such demonic law of freedom? Doesn't he know that atheism is dying everywhere due to the spread of internet use?

NubiLove:
It goes both ways... Christians and Atheists do the same thing... both sides have their militants that argue and ridicule the other side.

emerged01:

Psalm 14 vs 1

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

lakesider:


I want to disagree a bit .
no one has killed anyone in the name of atheism
but 100s of millions of lives have been lost to Christianity
#christianiyisviolence

lakesider:


I want to disagree a bit .
no one has killed anyone in the name of atheism
but 100s of millions of lives have been lost to Christianity
#christianiyisviolence

randomperson:

Like bill gates, zuckerberg and the rest of them?

LightandDarkness:

Yes they were and that has nothing to do with proteting religious people from terror attacks....not like isis discriminates?

Ovamboland:


But Christians are commanded to make every one else think like them by presenting the salvation argument. Why will a true Christian feel bad or threatened by another person or group presenting their own argument?
If you are sure of the truth and superiority of your own argument, you can never feel threatened by alternative views.

sonofluc1fer:

Good one. Let's all be sane and believe the bastard of a Jewish baby mama died for my sins over 2000 years ago. That is sanity.

jusRadical:

JESUS CHRIST is the saviour of the world: He is the way, the truth and the life

lakesider:


Christianity and Islam came in same way aethism is coming in . this is a new world . we can't continue the old way

sonofluc1fer:

Good one. Let's all be sane and believe the bastard of a Jewish baby mama died for my sins over 2000 years ago. That is sanity.

sonofluc1fer:

Good one. Let's all be sane and believe the bastard of a Jewish baby mama died for my sins over 2000 years ago. That is sanity.

LightandDarkness:


Lol don't be delusional. Majority of religious Americans are Christians, Muslims are having a harder time now than you are. Also not every atheist wants to wipe out religion.

jusRadical:




Ha!ha!ha!

I laugh at you. By the time satan finishes with you, it will be too late for you. You are not even up to the toilet roll of lucifer. You open you mouth to type rubbish, I pity you. Continue with you satanism, when you die, you will know the truth.

JESUS CHRIST is the saviour of the world: He is the way, the truth and the life

Seun:
Should we have such a law in Nigeria?

Darkkarma:

Sorry, I understand where you're coming from, heck, everyone is entitled to "freedom of speech" but I can't blame you really., you have your own beliefs, others have theirs, I'm not against atheism, it's an individual choice, but if someone decided to make a decision, the least you could do is have a little respect for it. How certain are you that your own beliefs are the ultimate, that your own god, whoever or whatever that may be or may not is the supreme?? WHAT IF the one you just insulted turns out to be the true one?? It's such a pity, a keyboard, , Computer system, display screen and an internet connection is all one needs to display their ignorance these days, No brains needed.
100% sure your device is 9999% smarter than you'll ever be.
( Oofense Intended!!)

To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.
G.K. Chesterton

He had just about enough intelligence to open his mouth when he wanted to eat, but certainly no more.
P.G. Wodehouse