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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 12/09/2008 : 05:18:49
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ICR, in a sanctimonious spasm and whining like a short-changed whore, is little miffed about atheist displays being put up alongside nativity scenes. It seems to be happening here & there around the country. Indeed, my elder daughter is a member of American Atheist, NC, and they've put one up in Raleigh.
And the world has not ended; go figger. Atheists Get 'Shared Time' with Nativity Scene
by Christine Dao*
For not celebrating any “holy” days, atheist organizations seem especially vocal during the 2008 Christmas season.
The most recent in a series of anti-Christmas efforts is a campaign in Washington state, where a sign stating “There is only our natural world. Religion is but myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds” appears near a nativity scene in the state Capitol.1 The Wisconsin-based Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) put the ad up, along with a billboard in downtown Olympia that proclaims, “Reason's Greetings.”
FFRF co-president Dan Barker told the Associated Press, “Our members want equal time. Not to muscle, not to coerce, but just to have a place at the table.”2
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Hey, up yours, Chris. No more Mr. Nice & Silent Atheist. You've had your monopoly on the Solstice Season long enough. We're taking our share and I, for one, am not asking you to like it.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
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Hittman
Skeptic Friend
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 12/09/2008 : 16:34:05 [Permalink]
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By applying O'Really's basic logic, I should be ashamed of myself for promoting Christianity by not throwing stones every time I pass a church. (Actually, I do feel some shame.)
Wasn't Festivus a character in the TV Series, "Gunsmoke"?
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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Zebra
Skeptic Friend
USA
354 Posts |
 Posted - 12/09/2008 : 19:27:36 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Hittman
Where's my Festivus Pole? I demand a Festivus Pole.
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Ask and it shall be given.
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I think, you know, freedom means freedom for everyone* -Dick Cheney
*some restrictions may apply |
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Cry me a river
