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Originally posted by James
Whats funny, is that not only would you need to be atheist to have a problem with this, but be a kind of militant atherist.
I mean if you are just a non-believer, then the words are just words bereft of importance and only have meaning from an aesthetic point of view.
A little like the pledge of allegiance. Ok you don't believe in God, maybe there is no God, so what does it matter if you say the words?
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We've discussed this on GC a couple times before and while some non-Christians don't have a problem with it, some do. You definitely would not have to be a militant atheist to feel uncomfortable. I'm not going to call someone wrong for sticking with their religious beliefs.
I'm sure a number of the people here would feel a little bit uncomfortable if they were forced to, say, swear on the Koran during their ritual?
