Since this is such a hot issue in the USA, as well as many other countries, I figured I go ahead an offer a quick solution. You might not agree with it, but you can’t argue it wouldn’t work.
So please accept this tongue in both cheeks approach to using facts and logic to solve things in a manner few would accept. But if you don’t, you can’t blame me when you keep getting into debates over the subject later…
My idea is as simple as it is effective.
The USA will only allow Atheists to immigrate to this country.
Okay, before I start to get some people’s blood up while others are finishing an incredulous chuckle, let’s just look at this logically and consider the abundance of pros and the absence of cons.
Results which appeal to the Right
- Will drastically slow immigration
Since only 7% of the world’s population are atheists this would cut out 93% of immigrants, this would be way better than a wall.
- Only 16% of Latin Americans are Atheists
Again, this would all but solve the issue the Republicans are so worked up over. https://bit.ly/2XciCQd
- It would greatly reduce the chance of any religious extremist entering the country.
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Results which appeal to the Left
- Immigrants will be more Progressive
Open minded, science oriented immigrants will only strengthen the Democratic party and help develop progressive policies which will advance the green agendas, support science programs, and help foster technological developments.
- More Atheists are Democrats
Since Republicans are 18% more likely to believe in Gods and 8% less likely to be Atheist, this policy would be help boost the Democratic Party. https://pewrsr.ch/2T4Spnt
Results which appeal to the Wildernesspunks
- New Immigrants will be nearly Crime Free
Currently .07% of the US prison population identifies themselves as atheist. So this is roughly 7 in 10,000. So every immigrant who enters the country increases the overall safety of the USA. https://bit.ly/2RUidCX
- Facts Help
When someone believes in facts and knows this is the only life we get, they are more inclined to care about our planet and think about ways to preserve it, instead of thinking it is just a magical tool given to us to use until we live a cozy eternity in a sweet special happy place.
So why am I going here?
Let’s start backwards.
- Trump is hurting the USA, some other countries, and the earth itself.
- Trump is not the problem, but a symptom of the problem.
- What is the problem?
- Roughly 1 in 3 Voting USA citizens still support his evil man and he wouldn’t have been elected and be our problem without their support.
- The majority of his supporters have been raised to believe bronze aged myths are true, should control our ethics, laws, and political policies.
- People who partake in Magical Thinking, swallow impossible lies, and easy answers, will be much more likely to swallow nearly impossible lies and easier answers.
Conclusion:
Religions sets people up to be easily tricked and controlled and are being used by evil men to further their own aims, which include, much more often than not, putting their own acquisition of wealth and power over the needs of humanity and the health of our planet.
So let’s try to move away from misguided advocates of the few myths we haven’t put behind us. Even the most pious follower of Christianity, Islam, Buddhism…etc is 99% atheist since there are far many more deities they think are false (Zeus, Odin, Hermes, Inanna etc) So they just need to add one more to the list to catch up to the heroes working to save this planet.
The USA could lead the world in so many powerful and wonderful ways. Yet, instead, we are being dragged down by people seeking to move backwards rather than forward. Truth is, we can’t go backwards. The world is different. There are more people than ever before and we are more industrialized than ever before. In most places we are more interrogated than ever before. These things won’t change barring, complete collapse or genocide, which if we were to stay on this course, could be looming in our future.
Or we can shed the heavy chaffing belt of ancient myths written for the technology and morality of another time and look toward the type of innovations in science and technology which will allow our economy, race, and earth to thrive and… with a little luck survive.
Thanks for listening.
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