Atheists Protest Mother Teresa Stamp.

[Cooper]

www.cwnewz.com/content/view/891/2/

"The U.S. Postal Service has announced that a prominent atheist organization in America is attacking Mother Teresa as unworthy of being honored with a memorial stamp."

[LisaM22]

www.cwnewz.com/content/view/891/2/

"The U.S. Postal Service has announced that a prominent atheist organization in America is attacking Mother Teresa as unworthy of being honored with a memorial stamp."

well then I want a FSM stamp

it has long been a policy of the gov not to produce religious stamps, why would anyone try to sneak this in?

[LisaM22]

I swear, people don't have enough to do with themselves sometimes. You don't like Mother Teresa, then don't purchase a stamp with her likeness on it. :rolleyes: She was more than just a religious icon, she was a great humanitarian who happened to be a Catholic nun.

Buy one with Mickey Mouse or just go for the Liberty Bell and be done with it.
if people don't like separation of church and state... why don't they just move somewhere that is a theocracy

[LisaM22]

There have been stamps that depict George washington kneeling and praying, stamps with nativity scenes, stamps with madonna and child, and IIRC, an Apollo 8 stamp with the words "In the beginging God..." Not sure why Mother Teresa is suddenly a problem.

sure, let's add the Jesus of Scientology "tom cruise" stamp, who cares, lets just have every religion push their stamp, it's all or none - you allow one faith to push their propaganda, you allow them all

would we all of a sudden get mail persons claiming their religion would not let them deliver a letter with a pro-choice stamp on it

let's just keep religious myths off our stamps

[LisaM22]

There are stamps that depict Hanukkah, Christmas, Easter etc. I dont much care since no one is forced to purchase any particular stamp. I dont care for Elvis, so would never purchase Elvis stamps, but I would also never think of saying no one should be allowed to buy one.

Christmas and Easter are secular holidays to most, so not a issue

but when it comes to choice, how about we add the same choice for our money, let's allow all religions to add their propaganda to our money

[LisaM22]

"U.S. POSTAGE STAMP CELEBRATING MUSLIM HOLIDAY TO BE ISSUED BY UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE"

http://www.usps.com/news/2001/philatelic/sr01_054.htm

yep. looks like the usps no longer has a religious restriction on their stamps, could not believe it when I saw this one with a picture of god on it

http://www.zazzle.com/f_s_m_postage-172117750723330429

[LisaM22]

I find that offensive, myself

well the door is open now, just don't buy it

[LisaM22]

A system that has been farmed out to individual users. Anyone can apply for, and get, a home postage system that allows them to design and print their own postage.

the government sets the rules for what can and can not be on a us postal stamp

[LisaM22]

We will have to disagree. IMO there is a HUGE difference between govt produced and sold stamps, and home printed stamps.

what is to disagree about, are you saying the government does NOT set the rules for what can and can not be on a us postal stamp

[Keegan]

There is a Buddha stamp approved by the USPS.

http://www.zazzle.com/great_buddha_stamps_postage-172463048545226217

[tiptop]

LOL, even if I didnt like someone on a stamp it would not keep me from buying one if I needed it for something. The post office is slowly becoming a thing of the past. Many people pay their bills online. And once again stamps are something being collected and pasted in books for hobby or future profit. If the post office doesnt think of something clever soon, they will soon be either out of business or running on near-zero profit margin.

[Lynden1000]

As an atheist, I think this is utterly ridiculous.

I don't care if Mother Theresa appears on a postage stamp, and I'm surprised (or then again, maybe not) that there really are people in the world who would actually be bothered by such a thing. Some people have to create drama if enough isn't present in their lives.

[crocdog1]

yep. looks like the usps no longer has a religious restriction on their stamps, could not believe it when I saw this one with a picture of god on it

http://www.zazzle.com/f_s_m_postage-172117750723330429

The PO office allows the public to design and create their own postage stamps.

You would not be able to purchase this stamp at a PO.


http://www.zazzle.com/stamps

Just My Humble Opinion

[LisaM22]

if anyone can create or buy any up postal stamp they want, then really there is no issue, I am sure we will be seeing many stamps coming up with things that offend one religion or another, kinda like bumper stickers for cars - lol

[LisaM22]

Like I said, Mother Teresa was a great humanitarian who just happened to be a Catholic nun. I would think a person could admire Mother Teresa for her works and still not give a flyin' fig for her particular choice of "religion".

She was a woman to be admired. The work she did for the orphans of India went above and beyond the call of duty, religious or otherwise. I simply don't care if she was a Catholic or an athiest. :shrug: I'll bet the babies she helped save and nurture didn't care, either.

I have nothing against Mother Teresa, she did many good works, if she was a true christian still seems up for debate with some

[crocdog1]

I have nothing against Mother Teresa, she did many good works, if she was a true christian still seems up for debate with some

I speak not of the debate of the stamp, but in regards your post.

IMO, Mother Teresa expressed the kind of Christianity Jesus Christ tried to teach all of us who say we are Christians.

[Cooper]

I swear, people don't have enough to do with themselves sometimes. You don't like Mother Teresa, then don't purchase a stamp with her likeness on it. :rolleyes: She was more than just a religious icon, she was a great humanitarian who happened to be a Catholic nun.

Buy one with Mickey Mouse or just go for the Liberty Bell and be done with it.

I agree. She was way more than a religious icon. What a wonderful example she was...a woman who spent her life helping those who held no value to others.

[Cooper]

I speak not of the debate of the stamp, but in regards your post.

IMO, Mother Teresa expressed the kind of Christianity Jesus Christ tried to teach all of us who say we are Christians.

She was an example to humanity and those of all faiths.

[crocdog1]

She was an example to humanity and those of all faiths.

I stand corrected.

You are right.

[birdwatch]

well then I want a FSM stamp

it has long been a policy of the gov not to produce religious stamps, why would anyone try to sneak this in?
What is FSM?

[Jay]

Like I said, Mother Teresa was a great humanitarian who just happened to be a Catholic nun. I would think a person could admire Mother Teresa for her works and still not give a flyin' fig for her particular choice of "religion".

She was a woman to be admired. The work she did for the orphans of India went above and beyond the call of duty, religious or otherwise. I simply don't care if she was a Catholic or an athiest. :shrug: I'll bet the babies she helped save and nurture didn't care, either.


Mother Teresa was one of the most beautiful persons who ever lived, she was a Saint as far as I am concerned.

When her last days on Earth were approaching, someone asked her how she felt about dying and she replied, as best I can remember, "I am not dying, I am going home"!!

[Cooper]

I'm not Catholic and I've always admired her. That's why I have trouble understanding the opposition to her countenance on a stamp. What does her religion have to do with what she did and the legacy she left? :confused:

I agree completely.

[JohnA]

well then I want a FSM stamp

it has long been a policy of the gov not to produce religious stamps, why would anyone try to sneak this in?
as a athiest I want a
madalyn murray ohair stamp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madalyn_Murray_O%27Hair

[Hey Paula]

Mother Teresa achieved worldwide acclaim and recognition for being a global humanitarian. Her good deeds and compassion for the poor and suffering are nonsectarian, and as such are deserving of being commemorated.

IMO