Is This the Best They Can Do?
Recently the Freedom From Religion Foundation felt they needed to get their message out there during the holiday season. Along with the Nativity scene and the "holiday tree" (Pleeeese! - It's a Christmas tree!), they put out a simple sign to somehow balance the festive mood. "There is only our natural world. Religion is but a myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds, " the placard outside the Washington state capitol proudly reads. The picture to the right is one I found on the web. It may be the whole message of which the newspaper only caught a part. But is that the best they can do? Only a negative message during an otherwise positive season? Only a negation on what is not and never an affirmation of what there is to celebrate? How sad. I would have thought they might at least have celebrated their faith in humankind's ability to solve the world's problems. Or maybe their optimism in the boundless human spirit to do...