Question of the Day # 36
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How many men and women do you know who carry around pictures of their FOO (family of origin) and/or their spouse in their wallet? How many Christians wear crosses and t-shirts with "John 3:16" on them? How many Americans wear the flag on their shirt?How many individualists publicly display their values? What possible effects could public displays of individualist values have on "public" perceptions of those values?
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Well, displaying symbols of your values publically could influence or offend people who see them. Other than that, I don't know.
This isn't on topic, but I have something I'd like to inform you militant atheists of. A new religious document has been found, which has some consequences for religionists. Source: http://secularoutpost.blogspot.com/2006/04/gospel-of-judas-found.html
Public display of values immediately causes me to judge the individual publicly professing this thing or that.
As a rather militant atheist, seeing crosses and the like makes me suspicious of the individual, and less likely to interact with him/her.
As somebody who frowns upon jingoism, I have a similar reaction to those who advertise their patriotism. As George Carlin once observed, "Symbols are for the symbol-minded." I just can't get wrapped up in the whole flag/ribbon/Pledge of Allegiance thing. To me, a flag is a piece of colored fabric to which people assign value rather randomly.
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I have news for aspergian humanist: the "gospel of judas" was found (?) in the 1970's. It's coming out now because it has been 'translated' and will be unveiled on the christian right National Geographic Magazine channel on Sunday...just before easter, but, hey, no coincidence there!
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