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Comments by Happy_Atheist123


1. Atheists to celebrate at Darwin Day in Coconut Creek

Comment #122279 by Happy_Atheist123 on February 5, 2008 at 4:33 am

I was really excited about this celebration in Coconut Creek when I heard about it on NPR. I just moved to the area, and thought it might be a fun place to go make new friends!

Then I read all of these posts and I'm confused...
I suppose it would be detrimental to the acceptance of evolution in America to further the belief that only atheists believe in evolution. Of course, if you believe the bible then you really CAN'T believe in evolution (but most people pick and choose what they want to believe anyway). But, I do suppose that my "belief" in evolution is for completely separate reasons from my disbelief in a god(s). However, why can't I go to a celebration that combines the two? Like I said, now I have no idea if I should go or not. Thanks a lot, guys!!!!

2. This deadly religious resistance to vaccinations

Comment #96905 by Happy_Atheist123 on December 11, 2007 at 4:35 am

I've seen the same thing here in America. A man that I worked with decided to not vaccinate his newest born child for religious reasons. All of his friends encouraged him to follow his belief system. Well, his daughter came down with meningitis which would have been prevented by her routine pneumococcal vaccination. She has suffered permanent brain damage and last I heard, she was a vegetable. I feel so bad for his family. His religious friends continued to tell him that he made the right decision.

A similar thing is going on with the new HPV vaccine (which I have recieved). Although there is a weak but valid moral debate about this, there is a lot of disinformation. One of the "friends" of the man mentioned above insisted to me that the HPV vaccine would cause brain damage and a whole generation of young girls would grow up with brain damage. Of course, he recieved this information from his church. Needless to say, I'm not suffering any of this horrible brain damage that he told me would happen after I recieved the vaccine.