Ask Jesus into your heart/

Reading Jeanette Rutledge’s letter she implored for non-believers of a God to ask Jesus into their hearts. That is fair. If Jesus is the son of a deity and God exists then it is worth a test to actually see if Jesus exists. I, as a non-believer have done this before and I will try it again based on the suggestion of Ms. Rutledge. Now, as an atheist I am not against God, I don’t believe a God or a certain God exists so I can’t be against a being I don’t think exists. I am also not against the Holy spirit or even Jesus. But, to be perfectly fair I think Christians and other theists should read such publications as the Humanist, Free Inquiry, the magazine or Church & State. Many of these magazines are online. There are articles by such writers as former evangelical Christian Dan Barker, who turned atheist. I think this is only a fair approach for both sides to step into the shoes of one another. Atheists can take a moment to pray and see if it works and Christians can take a moment to read the writings of atheists on the question of morality, arguments dealing with the existence of a deity etc.


Letter of God in the Pledge

Marvin Weber in his letter stated that the phrase "under God" as not being in violation of the First Amendment. He states, "The First Amendment prevents establishment of an official, government-sponsored religion. Merely mentioning God doesn't sponsor any religion." Really? Monotheism is the belief in a God. Hence even the mentioning of a God is the sponsoring of the religion of monotheism. But, nobody really believes that God was inserted into the pledge to further the belief in general of monotheism. It was the Judeo-Christian God. When President Eisenhower signed "Under God" into the Pledge he heralded it for its' support of the Judeo-Christian God. No non-theists want a Pledge that states, "One nation, under no God". They just want government neutrality and let the marketplace of ideas decide the question of a God existing or not. A God that exists doesn't need government endorsement and if he doesn't why endorse him?