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	<title>Comments on: Asheville City Council Election Update</title>
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	<description>by Hemant Mehta</description>
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		<title>By: muggle</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/11/03/asheville-city-council-election-update/#comment-391325</link>
		<dc:creator>muggle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Congratulations, Cecil!

I agree with Jemund but I do also like post-theist.  That&#039;s kind of nice but it does give a false impression that theism is dead.  It&#039;s dying but not dead yet.  I do love the optimism of it, though.    ;)

For now, I&#039;m sticking with Atheist capital A but this will change if it ever gets declared a religion officially.  I will not associate myself with any concept of the evil that is organized religion.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Congratulations, Cecil!</p>
<p>I agree with Jemund but I do also like post-theist.  That&#8217;s kind of nice but it does give a false impression that theism is dead.  It&#8217;s dying but not dead yet.  I do love the optimism of it, though.    <img src='http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>For now, I&#8217;m sticking with Atheist capital A but this will change if it ever gets declared a religion officially.  I will not associate myself with any concept of the evil that is organized religion.</p>
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		<title>By: jemand</title>
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		<dc:creator>jemand</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>congrats!  


On the naming issue, I think some of us dreamers like to think we might be able to shake the baggage loose from &quot;atheist&quot; so keep using it.  If we abandon the term because of what religious people have associated with it to tarnish the name... they&#039;ll just have a blueprint for doing it to the next name anyway.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>congrats!  </p>
<p>On the naming issue, I think some of us dreamers like to think we might be able to shake the baggage loose from &#8220;atheist&#8221; so keep using it.  If we abandon the term because of what religious people have associated with it to tarnish the name&#8230; they&#8217;ll just have a blueprint for doing it to the next name anyway.</p>
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		<title>By: Jim</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/11/03/asheville-city-council-election-update/#comment-390925</link>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Congratulations Cecil!</description>
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		<title>By: cecil bothwell</title>
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		<dc:creator>cecil bothwell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I dropped from first in the primary to third in the general -- in part due to a smear campaign that included charges of &quot;godless atheist!&quot; But third was good enough (three seats up for election this year) and I was 20 percent ahead of #4.

thanks to all of the FA readers who donated to the campaign in the past week or so. I really appreciate the nationwide support.

Takma&#039;rierah, &quot;post-theist&quot; is a less inflamatory descriptor. Conservative religionists have attached so much baggage to &quot;atheist&quot; that it has lost its original meaning to the general public. Just a thought.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I dropped from first in the primary to third in the general &#8212; in part due to a smear campaign that included charges of &#8220;godless atheist!&#8221; But third was good enough (three seats up for election this year) and I was 20 percent ahead of #4.</p>
<p>thanks to all of the FA readers who donated to the campaign in the past week or so. I really appreciate the nationwide support.</p>
<p>Takma&#8217;rierah, &#8220;post-theist&#8221; is a less inflamatory descriptor. Conservative religionists have attached so much baggage to &#8220;atheist&#8221; that it has lost its original meaning to the general public. Just a thought.</p>
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		<title>By: Takma'rierah</title>
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		<dc:creator>Takma'rierah</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:18:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is an issue that I see on a personal level here, as apparently my partner&#039;s father would like to run for Beloit city council but won&#039;t because of his non-theism, even though he&#039;s well-known in the community. I hope that some day he might decide to try it anyway.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is an issue that I see on a personal level here, as apparently my partner&#8217;s father would like to run for Beloit city council but won&#8217;t because of his non-theism, even though he&#8217;s well-known in the community. I hope that some day he might decide to try it anyway.</p>
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		<title>By: Twewi</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/11/03/asheville-city-council-election-update/#comment-390492</link>
		<dc:creator>Twewi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>No on 1 lost. :(</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No on 1 lost. <img src='http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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