Comments on: Asheville, NC Atheist Runs for City Council Seat; Opponents Use His Beliefs Against Him

By: Cthulhu

Cthulhu — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:59:10 +0000

Trinity it would be nice if what you said was true because then you wouldn’t have politicians flashing around saying that they are Christians when they run for office. Not only that, but many of the GOP candidates think that by stating they are Christian and believe in the bible they not only will get votes, but are also morally superior to those that they are running against. If you have heard the rhetoric lately then you know that they are preaching that they need to take “their” country back. Whatever “their” country is.

By: Lianna Costantino

Lianna Costantino — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:15:39 +0000

Sadly, what “trinity” says should be true but it is not. And it is always Christian politicians trying to entangle church and state and yelling from the rooftops that they are Christian and then going about not behaving very Christ-like.

By: Lianna Costantino

Lianna Costantino — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:13:35 +0000

I am an agnostic Pagan, and I support you all the way, Mr. Bothwell!

By: trinity

trinity — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:46:48 +0000

Atheist or not … Why must you tell the people that you are an atheist candidate. One does not do that in politics,what your beliefs are and how you and the world was created is your inner issue and not how you should portray yourself to others. What is important, is where your morals and values stand; and only this is the making of a good person.

By: N.C. Constitution Bars Atheists from Public Office – group of redneck morons thinks that the ban is valid. « The Legal Satyricon

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:12:32 +0000

[...] is a city councillor in Asheville, North Carolina. That in itself is not remarkable, but Bothwell ran as an openly-atheist candidate.. Well, ol “Ain’t no gawd Cecil” dun tickery won the dag gum election. It seems [...]

By: cecil bothwell

cecil bothwell — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:19:57 +0000

But I’m curious… Was that part about utility bills being open for your neighbor’s viewing a lie or the truth?

Sorry for the lag time, have been busy.

My proposal is to adopt a plan used by utilities in California which informs rate payers of the AVERAGE bill of their neighbors with the same size homes. It has been found that people cut their use by about 2 percent per year, simply because they want to do better than their neighbors.

By: Alan

Alan — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:23:00 +0000

I know cecil Bothewell but did not know he was atheist. I would vote for him but live outside the city limits. I did endorse him in a letter to the editor because I think he might help gay righets and/or contreception funding, either of which would reduce fertility thus massively helping the environment. Bothwell understands overpopulation and the importance of municipal contraception to the planet. I think I know Cecil Cantrell too if he is the guy I’m thinking of with a show on URTV Asheville.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:48:53 +0000

I donated $10. Please keep us appraised of this race, Hemant!

By: Anonymouse

Anonymouse — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:36:47 +0000

AVL shoutout! We live here, too! We haven’t received this in the mail thus far.

By: benjdm

benjdm — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:47:03 +0000

I’d like to chide you politely for the comment about religion being the cause of problems...It’s just a lot easier to sell your war using religious language.

The claim is that religion causes a lot of problems - not that all problems would go away if religion went away and not that all problems are caused by religion. As such, even you seem to support it. So does the research. It's an accurate statement.