Atheists in the state of Washington

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The story from Olympia Washington is that an atheist group won the right to place a placard next to a traditional Christmas creche.

The placard reads:

At this season of the winter solstice may reason prevail. There are no gods, no devils, no angels, no heaven or hell. There is only our natural world. Religion is but myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds.

Lets look at this statement by statement:

1. "At this season of the winter solstice may reason prevail." -- OK, that's fine. If there is a group who wants to celebrate the winter solstice so be it.

2. "There are no gods, no devils, no angels, no heaven or hell." -- Well now, I think there were gods of a sort honored during the winter solstice celebrations. Even Wiccan celebrates the holiday as the rebirth of the Great God, who is viewed as the newborn solstice sun. So the atheists are quite wrong on this statement in its connection to their first point.

3. "There is only our natural world." -- and cannot a sense of the Creator, as defined and understood by the individual, be part of the "natural world"?

4. "Religion is but a myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds" -- Not much evidence here to show how minds are hardened and enslaved, or if they are always made so, or just sometimes. In short nothing much more than a direct attack on Islam, Judaism, Christianity, Shinto, etc. etc. Why would a government in the state of Washington permit this last point at all?

Oh yeah - its next to a creche -- the government must have wanted to permit a direct attack on Christianity.