Atheist has faith in power of dialogue

[rug]

Jun, 2012 12:00 AM
BY DANIEL TRAN

WHEN he lost his religion, Rod Bower's Sundays suddenly opened up.

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He saw an advertisement for the group and had been thinking about going along.

"When you get involved in discussions whether it's online or wherever, it's pretty easy to see that there's a lot of misunderstanding between religious people and non-religious people. There's a lot of them-and-us stuff going on.

"A lot of us are concerned about that and want to see that sorted. I guess I'm one of those.

"http://www.monashweekly.com.au/news/local/news/general/atheist-has-faith-in-power-of-dialogue/2585001.aspx

Australia is way ahead of the U.S. in many ways.

[valerief]

1. Canada, Australia, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom have single-payer health insurance programs.

Once you have that, anything is possible.

[laconicsax]

2. "Australia is way ahead of the U.S. in many ways."

That's because they got the convicts while the US got the religious nuts.

[rug]

3. The U.S. also has a disproportionate number of assholes.

[laconicsax]

4. That's bound to happen in a more conservative population. n/t