Every morning when I wake up, I am accosted by the ringing campus chapel's bells. As I pass the notice board, the poster for Campus Crusade for Christ is still in its rightful place, and as I walk towards class, I can still see the words in chalk on the sidewalk: "Free S'mores! Concert for Christ at 7." Every so often on T.V. is an ad for the United Methodist Church. It is a veritable assault on my senses, and I can't help but notice it because I am an atheist.
I would love to be able to avoid these things, but I can't. This is my only opportunity for a college education, so I bear it. I tolerate it. But I can't stand it. Why should I have to, though? I am at a public university.
Why is faith so deeply ingrained into society that I cannot avoid it? Why is it so prevalent that even a Yale student is capable of arguing in favor of such an absurd message? And does the MoveOn ad's censure have any consequences for atheists to worry about?
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