I apologize. Here is the link to the article with the video
Is America losing faith?
Atheism on the rise but still in the shadows
Going public with atheism It is not just about a few students at a college in the South. It can bite you in the ass wherever you roam. 95% of Americans are believers, 80% Christian, and 46% so far gone that they believe the Earth is 6000 years old and we once had dinosaurs as pets. So DO NOT put your ATHEISM on display on FACEBOOK or anywhere a prospective employer, family member, or friend can see it.
It was not that long ago that instead of not hiring you or shunning you, free thinkiers were hung as witches, heretics burned at the stake or exiled into the wilderness. In many places in the world today atheists are publicly beheaded.
Another Rack Jite True story!
I once got drafted. It is one of those things that only happens once per person, like birth and death. With my gym bag and teddy bear in hand I appeared at the Milwaukee draft center to be taken away, or else. I filled out some forms and played with the pencils, but before the swearing in where I pledged to die defending a corrupt totalitarian democracy from a corrupt totalitarian socialist state halfway around the world, I had to get my dog tags stamped out.
As I sat waiting with my teddy bear a big old tough looking 1st Sargent came by and took the chair next to me. He dangled my new oily smelling dog tags from their chain in front of me and asked if I knew what “fragging” meant. I told him I did not. He explained that it is the process of fellow soldiers using the chaos of combat to shoot fellow soldiers in the back. Though a historic and prevalent problem especially for line officers, enlisted men often used the process to get rid of other enlisted men they had some sort of grievance with.
The 1st Sargent tossed my dog tags into a nearby wastebasket and told me to change the last line where I had put “N/A” after RELIGION. I argued for my intellectual honesty and integrity a bit. He then told me when I got to Vietnam I would be shot in the back within weeks by some Southern cracker if they too notice my dog tags. Southern crackers who, he also added, I would soon be up to my Yankee armpits in basic training, many of whom would have dominion over me in something he called the chain of command. He also yanked my teddy bear from me and threw it in the wastebasket. My new and improved dog tags read RELIGION ROMAN CATHOLIC.
Often I hear the argument that every president and every person ever elected to the House and Senate all say they believe in God and Bless This and Pray That. True enough. But that is only what they SAY. The vast majority of non believers know not to admit it. We may not burn or hang non believers anymore, but we sure as Hell will not vote for one. Every politician in American hoping to get elected knows that. Those running for president also know that they must accept executions as Jesus friendly. Really! Wow hey…Here in the United States of Duh.