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 Share                                                  July 1, 2009                               

Not one of us atheists:
South Carolina Governor Sanford

We, in the atheist community, have a saying:  "Thank God, he's not one of us!"

South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford was quoted, yesterday, in the CNN story S. C. Attorney General to review Sanford's travel records as saying, regarding his decision to not resign, "I would ultimately be a better person and of more service in whatever doors God opened next in life if I stuck around to learn lessons rather than running and hiding down at the farm."

This story reminds me of a state/church separation controversy from just a few years back, in which questions were raised about the establishment of a "Christians only" wing at a Texas prison.  I responded, at the time, that it's not a problem -- no problem at all.  They could have the whole place if they'd like.


Mark Sanford,
Governor of South Carolina
and a Christian.

You never hear stories about an atheist wing at a prison.  There'd be nobody to put in there.

Similarly, you never hear any stories about atheist politicians cheating on their spouses.  We don't do that sort of thing.  We just quietly go about our ethical lives, while Christians like Governor Sanford wave around their bibles, talking about how moral they are and how we atheists supposedly can't possibly be as moral as good Christians like Governor Sanford because we don't believe that there is a god floating around in the sky.

The reality is that atheists are America's model citizens.  Too bad that more Americans aren't like us.

Wait!  Recent polls have shown exactly that, that every day, more and more Americans are realizing that God is make-believe.  In fact, atheism is the fastest growing theological perspective in America.  Thank God!

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