No Jebus, no kids. Too bad.

[Cain]

FREEDOM OF RELIGION, NOT FREEDOM FROM RELIGION, MORANS!

Interestingly, this position that a religion must have a Supreme Being to be a religion actually means Buddhists and some types of Hindus cannot adopt either.  I would be also interested to see how many Christians etc who have argued "atheism is a religion" now agree with this ruling - without seeing any contradiction.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

The quote doesn't mention religion. It mentions worship of a Supreme Being.
Sure, Buddhism is a religion, but they don't count. No Supreme Being.

I've also seen some Christians online describing themselves as not having a religion, since religions are man-made and the Bible isn't and that Bible Believing Christians (you know, as opposed to Christians who don't believe in the Bible... whoever they are) don't have a religion, just God worship.

[Iason Ouabache]

The quote doesn't mention religion. It mentions worship of a Supreme Being.
Sure, Buddhism is a religion, but they don't count. No Supreme Being.

I've also seen some Christians online describing themselves as not having a religion, since religions are man-made and the Bible isn't and that Bible Believing Christians (you know, as opposed to Christians who don't believe in the Bible... whoever they are) don't have a religion, just God worship.

Itz notta religion itsa relationship!!1!


Which, of course, means that we can start taxing their churches.

[Bruno]

Um, someone just pointed out to me that this article is dated December 7, 1970.

There should be a rule that anything on the internet older than 1998 automatically be displayed in sepiatone.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Um, someone just pointed out to me that this article is dated December 7, 1970.

There should be a rule that anything on the internet older than 1998 automatically be displayed in sepiatone.

The fact that none of us bothered to look at the date says terrible things about our society.

[Cain]

Oh, so now people from the past don't have any rights?

Timeists 

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Oh, so now people from the past don't have any rights?

Timeists 

butbutbut... They don't!

[AFK]

They should've seen it coming. 

[Cramulus]

Clearly that Judge knows nothing about atheists, since everyone knows atheists believe in a Supreme Being.  Most people call him Satan.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Itz notta religion itsa relationship!!1!


Which, of course, means that we can start taxing their churches.

...can we? That would give the teabaggers something!

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Um, someone just pointed out to me that this article is dated December 7, 1970.

That's what I get for copypasta'ing too fast. 

[Nephew Twiddleton]

That's what I get for copypasta'ing too fast. 

The problem is, is that it's totally believable that it was a current event.

[Telarus]

That's what I get for copypasta'ing too fast. 

Roger, you're familiar with the SubG custody case, right? Damn, that dragged on for years.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Um, someone just pointed out to me that this article is dated December 7, 1970.

There should be a rule that anything on the internet older than 1998 automatically be displayed in sepiatone.

Hahahaha

That's a relief!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

The fact that none of us bothered to look at the date says terrible things about our society.

It does, as a matter of fact. Because that was in no way too strange to seem surprising.