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HistNerd says...

A lot of times when people don't understand or disagree with someone else's position, they create aspects within it that have never been stated in order to maintain their dislike. In this case, she brings up two very non sequitor arguments. The first one is that this atheist must support guns in schools because to her that is the opposite and equal reaction to being opposed to prayer in schools. Her second argument is that because this man is an atheist, he must be a supporter of destruction and opposed to progress.

Now, granted I don't know who the atheist in question is or a specific layout of his particular beliefs, but I do believe she would use the same pathos based non sequitor arguments against me. In which I would first respond by saying that an opposition to prayer in public schools is not synonymous with the desire to have guns in schools. If one were to believe that, than it could be argued that when our founding fathers drafted the 1st Amendment of our Constitution, they inadvertantly supported guns in schools through the Establishment Clause. It is not difficult to see that this argument does not work. My second response to her vitriole, is that as an atheist, I do not in any way favor destruction. In fact, I exalt human progress and achievement. To strive for anything less would be immoral and wrong.

Oh, yes, one last comment. Her belief that it is dangerous for children to even know that his philosophy exists. She is denying children in the state of Illinois, or anywhere for that matter, the right to figure out things for themselves. She, in essence, is denying them the right to think. To question her own belief system, to her is an attack, and she will not allow it. Hardly the founding principles of this country.

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