A New Year, A New Blog

This blog will be a tiny voice to counteract the faith-heavy voices that presently seem to dominate our society: the frequent letters to the editor urging us to turn back to God (the Christian God, of course!) as the cure for all society's ills; the suggestion that since this nation has a majority of Christian citizens, the majority should rule and make all the laws conform to Christian doctrine and practice (much like the Taliban imposed Islamic law on Afghanistan).

This blog will try to speak for that all-too-silent minority, which is one of the last minorities in our country to suffer the prejudice which used to be directed at women, non-white races, homosexuals, and immigrants. Those groups are gradually becoming accepted into society. The non-believers still are victims of prejudice. When polls indicate that voters in America would be more likely to vote for a qualified Muslim than for a qualified atheist, we see that prejudice at work. And yet non-believers are the fourth-largest group in the world, as far as religious belief goes (after Christians, Muslims and Hindus).