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Sally… we’re beginning to “like you, really really like you” a bit less these days. As the aging screen diva reaches her “fading star” years, she is getting more and more desperate for attention. Pulling a Barry Manilow, Field went political at the Oscars, invoking the Almighty in a less than complimentary way over the war in Iraq.

Specifically, Field said, “And, let’s face it, if the mothers ruled the war, there would be no (expletive) wars in the first place,” according to cbs2.com. Fox cut away for most of the offending comment.

(It was the G-D cuss word.)

It was an uncomfortable moment that even the best in leather home theater seating couldn’t have eased.

Now, I have an atheist friend or two who would argue that censorship only happens when people who don’t believe in God “speak out on our beliefs.”

I guess the problem I have with that is this: since when did speaking out your own beliefs become no higher-minded than disparaging the beliefs of others? No one’s saying Sally Field and others don’t have a right to speak their mind. Clearly, they are doing so on an increasingly frequent basis.

I admit I’m not an atheist myself, but I thought atheists DIDN’T believe in God. And if that’s the case, why is his name coming out of their mouths so frequently? Why invoke the name of someone you don’t believe exists? It’s a bit silly, really.

For example, I happen not to believe that there was a literal, historical King Arthur. Now, I could be wrong about that, but I simply consider King Arthur a cross between myth and fiction, not someone who lived, breathed and pulled a sword out of a stone to become king of England and establish an idyllic kingdom of Camelot that met around a round table.

I guess your could say I’m an Arthurian atheist. As such, however, I don’t spend time going around using expressions like “Arthur damn it!” when I stub my toe. I also don’t host talk shows where I call every believer in an historical and literal King Arthur “offensive and dangerous” because of their views on King Arthur; I don’t boycott blogs where they appear and make comments.

I just disagree with them, but my beliefs are not invested in impugning and offending THEM. My beliefs are invested in my own alternative views on King Arthur. And I generally show respect to Arthurian believers, even though I don’t agree with their conclusions.

Is it that different? And if atheists DON’T believe in God, why IS it different? I mean, really, if the atheists are right and there is no God, what’s to get worked up over? Heck, I’d even rush an injured Arthurian believer to the hospital if they needed it, or help them move into a new apartment if they needed it.

A bit of civility goes a long way.

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