Sounds like a lot of fun.

I wonder what the Repugs are going to say about it. I can hardly wait to hear it.

have chosen to mock and disparage this event.

I am a big fan of one, the Bible Geek, Robert M. Price. (At least I think he's a Republican; he's certainly politically conservative.) BTW, his podcast, The Bible Geek, is highly informative.

I was wondering what the Repugs were gonna say, because many of them seem to be fundamentalist Christians of some stripe. And they do not seem to like atheists very much.

Basically, just curious.

I honestly haven't read or seen anything that would be a Republican response to this.

Though, certainly, not exclusively.

I would be interested to see a study of the political leanings of those attending the rally.

I'm leaving work a little early today to catch a flight to Baltimore tonight.

What sucks is that it looks like it's going to be a rainy Saturday.

I also think it's cool that Camp Quest is going to be there for kids who aren't necessarily interested in the speakers or music. I would have loved it if there had been something like that when I was younger (especially the fossil hunting)--then again, I'm a huge nerd.

Snoopy's bird friend was an athiest. Well, more power to him!

It wouldn't make much sense to me, really. I've been an atheist since 1965, and not once have I considered that to be something to "celebrate." It just isn't. It's a disbelief, not a belief. What's to celebrate?

The complaint I hear most from atheists is that they feel isolated and marginalized, so I think this is a good thing.

Building coalitions to support mutual goals is a good thing. Separation of church and state is a big issue right now, and I think we all benefit when any groups come together to help get the RW religious extremists out of our politics and government.

them say they feel isolated and marginalized. They're all very involved with their lives and careers and don't appear to be missing anything due to their atheism.

As far as I know, atheism as a world view or belief system has no actual mutual goals. What would such goals be based on, really?

Right now, I'm not really thinking all that much about Religion. Sometimes it's one of the subjects I think about. Just now, it's not. I posted this question here, because that was where it belonged. I'll continue to follow this thread, but the Religion Group in general is not one of my favorite places on DU.

atheists in general. But I do think they represent a sub-group within that bigger group.

It's not a group I identify with, though. Neither are the evangelical atheists out there. That's not my deal at all.

Frankly, I don't find much of interest to talk about with regard to atheism. It just is, for me. I do find it interesting to discuss theology, liturgy, and other things. though, with religious people. That's much more interesting that talking about simple non-belief. What's there to say about that?

I had an interesting half-hour conversation just this past week with the minister of a Lutheran church who presided over the funeral of one of my wife's aunts. She noticed, apparently, that I didn't participate in portions of the service, and started a conversation at the little "lunch" the church ladies put on after the funeral. Mostly, it was about Luther's Large Catechism and the differences between the Roman Catholic Eucharist Sacrament and the equivalent in the Lutheran Church. It was very interesting, and she brought up some points I hadn't thought about.

I'm odd that way, I guess.