I guess it really does depend where you go. He’s from CA where everyone is pretty liberal. Christians are so bad here either. It really does seem to depend on location……

whoops, I meant to say Christians aren’t so bad here where I live either, it’s pretty liberal……..

But seriously… 21 others! A total of 22 out of 435 congresspeople are not religious! It’s not even close to representing atheists in the general population (between 10-20%, depending on which survey you look at), but it’s a start… and maybe one day we’ll reach a Tipping Point and our elected officials will come out and be honest about what they really (don’t) believe.

Don’t hold your breath. The tipping point that matters is the number of non-religious or at least tolerant people in the congressperson’s constituencies. If even 100% of them were closet atheists, they won’t get honest about it until the majority of the people in their districts are okay with that. Not likely in this century.

Let’s see if Stark and the mysterious 21 others oppose legislation that undermines church-state separation or gives inappropriate advantages to George the Usurper’s favored religious special interests. What counts is how they vote, not what personal stances they reveal.

Obviously you understand what all I have to tolerate until I explode.

You’re in Missouri? So am I. Currently living in Cape Girardeau and (sadly) in a district that is thoroughly Republican and (a sad claim to fame) the home of Rush Limbaugh. I would agree with you. You definitely have to SHOW them that God doesn’t exist (I’m Christian but my husband is definitely non-theist) for them to agree with you and many of knee-jerk reactions to atheists.

@Hemant but not about the topic per-se

I suggested that my Sunday School class read your book as part of a book club to see what someone coming to our church that is not religious would think about us and they balked at it because of the title. I think it’s mainly a knee-jerk reaction but those are sometimes the worst to me.