Indonesian atheists find refuge online

[struggle4progress]

AFP, JAKARTA
Monday, Jan 26, 2009, Page 3

... “If someone asks me ‘do you want to pray?,’ then I pray. It’s a political prayer,” she said ...

Every Indonesian must carry an identity card stating his or her adherence to one of six official religions — Protestantism, Catholicism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism or Confucianism — and belief in “one God” is the first tenet of the official national ideology of Pancasila.

The deaths of upwards of half a million people during the suppression of the Indonesian Communist Party in the lead-up to the 1966 rise to power of former dictator Suharto have also left their mark. Propaganda during Suharto’s 32-year rule mean atheists are often conflated with communists, a stinging charge in Indonesia ...

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2009/01/26/2003434682

[ZombieHorde]

1. Interesting story, thanks for posting. K&R&nt

[trotsky]

2. "Propaganda during Suharto’s 32-year rule mean atheists are often conflated with communists"

Propaganda from the last 60 years in the USA has resulted in the same thing here.

And no, for those who will try to jump on my username, it is NOT related to the historical Trotsky.

[maxsolomon]

3. you'd do well to choose Buddhism, then

seeing how it's A-theistic.

[Book Lover]

4. Even if you don't believe in any of its precepts? n/t

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

5. The silence here is deafening. -nt