A federal judge in West Virginia has ruled that the state corrections agency can’t force an incarcerated atheist and secular humanist to participate in religiously-affiliated programming to be eligible for parole.
As a Latin American, it seems to me that Christian fanaticism is so wide spread in the US it almost feels cartoonish, like the sort of general impression one gets from any cult or fundamentalist religious group. And I’m from Latin America!
It always reminds me of North Korea, or China. No matter what else you do, you must be seen to believe in the right thing or else you are some kind of evil deviant.
What the religion or belief system is actually is is about is almost irrelevant. The important thing is to believe, understanding it is entirely not required and almost frowned upon.
The United States was founded by people who were already upset they couldn’t be as fanatical/evangelical as they wanted.
No, a few North American colonies were founded by people who were already upset they couldn’t be as fanatical/evangelical as they wanted.
The United States was founded mostly by Deists and folks influenced by Enlightenment philosophy, several hundred years later.
