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Originally Posted by jammies
It matters a great deal; the tolerant society I see around me can become the precursor to a truly emancipated culture, or it can become yet another in a long line of cultures of belief. Your claim is akin to saying that it doesn't matter whether the doctors or the inmates rule the asylum, as either way someone is locked up in the cells.
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Provided reasonable rights are afforded to all citizens it really doesn't matter what agenda the persons in charge are running.
I challange your tenant that a truly emancipated culture could ever occur. There will always be believers in some sort of faith based system so these people won't be truly emancipated it an athiest centric culture.
I think that what we want are ethical doctors. An athiest ruling group will have all of the same incentives to maintain power as a religious run they will just find different means to do it. Just because someone doesn't believe in something doesn't inherently make them a champion of human rights and freedom.