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‘Bullied’ By Atheists? Former SNL Star Takes Heat for Saying He Believes in God, Scriptures

Mar. 19, 2013 8:58am Billy Hallowell

Comedian Norm Macdonald found himself in atheists’ cross-hairs on Monday night after he sent a series of tweets affirming his belief in God and scripture. Non-believers, clearly appalled that he joins the majority in embracing the notion of a higher power, quickly responded to his religiosity with angst and annoyance.

Nonbelievers Go After Norm Macdonald for Saying He Believes in God, Scriptures | SNL

Comedian Norm MacDonald speaks onstage at The Comedy Awards 2012 at Hammerstein Ballroom on April 28, 2012 in New York City. Credit: Getty Images

Macdonald, who was once a cast member on “Saturday Night Live,” inevitably deleted the exchanges he had on Twitter, but not before Twitchy documented some of the back-and-forth.

The situation began when on Sunday when the comedian responded to a tweet about the PGA and bible scripture.

“Is the PGA tour becoming the bible club of pro sports norm? Cuz this guy just said on Nat. TV he read scriptures today! Wtf?,” wrote Twitter user sypher1960.

@normmacdonald is the PGA tour becoming the bible club of pro sports norm? Cuz this guy just said on Nat. TV he read scriptures today! Wtf?

March 17, 2013 6:04pm via Twitter for BlackBerry®ReplyRetweetFavorite

@sypher1960

Kevin sypher

Macdonald responded, “What’s surprising about that? Don’t most people study the scriptures?” and later added, “I think most people study the scriptures. Most people seem smart to me.”

Some atheists, non-believers — and others who rejected these words — responded. Here’s a sampling of a few of the tweets that Macdonald received (caution: language).

Aww man @normmacdonald Streelman is one of those, God, scripture, and peace pussies... Wife was a sexy but that shit ain't cool..#itsabook !

March 17, 2013 6:02pm via Echofon ReplyRetweetFavorite

@dickyboy13

Rick Nawojski

“@normmacdonald: I think most people study the scriptures. Most people seem smart to me.”. I like a good fairy tale.

March 17, 2013 6:10pm via Twitter for iPad ReplyRetweetFavorite

@Blooeybird

Dr. Meyer

@normmacdonald Religion is the worst thing to ever happen to this planet.

March 17, 2013 6:19pm via webReply RetweetFavorite

@PARecSpecs

Ryan Maino

As for the latter message, Macdonald responded, writing, “That’s about as stupid a comment as I’ve ever heard.” But at least one other critic of religion got in on the mix, writing, “Religion has also caused more human deaths than any one thing ever.”

Macdonald was less-than-persuaded, responding that heart disease is naturally a bigger killer.

“You cannot be that stupid. It is impossible,” the comedian added. “Must be joking.”

Colin Quinn, from left, Chevy Chase and Norm Macdonald appear onstage at The 2012 Comedy Awards in New York, Saturday, April 28, 2012. Credit: AP

Inevitably, Macdonald ended up removing the posts (perhaps to end the debate that came to fruition). Big Hollywood said that the comedian was “bullied into silence for being religious,” although we can’t be quite sure why he removed the messages (or even if he feels the need to be silent).

Regardless, there are still some tweets in his feed from this month that do, indeed, mention religious themes. In fact, he wrote a message about Pope Francis on March 13 and again on the 16th:

God Bless Pope Francis

March 14, 2013 1:27am via webReply RetweetFavorite

@normmacdonald

Norm Macdonald

God Bless Pope Francis.

March 16, 2013 4:39am via webReply RetweetFavorite

@normmacdonald

Norm Macdonald

Despite detractors, in the end, the comedian also had his share of supporters. As always, it’s interesting — and disheartening — to see someone take heat simply for saying he or she is religious.

But, as a public figure, Macdonald’s stance gives him more attention and influence than the average citizen — something non-believers likely lament.

(H/T: Big Hollywood)

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kev0001000
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 9:59am
What people don’t understand is that so many are claiming to be Athiest but are actually not. They are persecuting religion. An Athiest simply says that he or she does not know if there is a God and are uninterested in perusing that knowledge. But a persecuter will attack and demonize people for the color of their skin, their religion in this case, or their belief system. They use the title Athiest to hide behind so that they don’t have to show their real cause and that is to persecute anyone who does not believe as they believe. They follow a set of rules created by the left. It is good to persecute Christians but politically incorrect to persecute Muslims. They are cowards and there is nothing more to say about these individuals hiding behind the title of an Athiest.

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- Quiata
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 10:05am
  Minor correction: an atheist denies God’s existence, whereas an agnostic questions (leaving open the possibility). It’s an important distinction.
  
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- VoteRightDammit
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 10:24am
  Need to step back and realize —
  
  A vocal atheist is an atheist who KNOWS he is preaching a lie.
  
  * Christians have a REASON to preach: to save OTHERS.
  * Atheists have no such reason; if they are right, and we are all simply worm food after death, then there exists ZERO benefit to anyone to believe anything. So, ‘converting’ another from Christianity to atheism benefits them not a bit – they lost their comfort (not a benefit), and in the end wind up worm food anyway (not a benefit). The ONLY reason an atheist preaches is because he is so insecure and is compelled to seek support from others.
  
  So when you hear these obnoxious, loud atheists cry the sight of a cross makes them quiver, realize they are tormented, insecure beings who KNOW they are headed over a cliff but simply are too afraid to stop running forward.
  
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- JGraham III
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 10:25am
  The so called “cult of atheism” is nothing new but can be traced back to a guy named Nimrod, who is mentioned in Genesis 10. (look him up in a search engine). He is said to have been “a mighty hunter before the Lord.” A study of him is that he was a hunter of men’s hearts in order to turn them against Jehovah. His system of government, society, banking and religion were all assembled in a place called Babylon. This system pervades the whole world to this day. Atheism is merely one method being used by this “system” to turn people away from the true God. Apart from the atheist being a little nimrod, pity these poor saps because they are only pawns in a battle that has been going on since man built the first city.
  
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- Dan_o
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 10:35am
  I understand the distinction you are making between atheists and agnostics, but Kev is right. The vast majority of atheists are lying to themselves to avoid the truth. For someone to deny the God of the bible makes some sense. For someone to say they themselves are all-knowing and deny the possibility that God exists makes no sense at all. They can’t prove God doesn’t exist anymore than a believer can prove the Creator is the God of the bible.
  
  I say this as a bible believing Christian, btw. Creation is all the evidence needed and all will be judged accordingly.
  
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- Marine25
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 10:38am
  @voteright
  I speak out when religion is considered as viable evidence in public-policy debate. There is no other example of entirely unsubstantiated claims being used to determine public policy. What you do with your imaginary saviors in private is all fine and good, but stop assuming the rest of us fell for that crap.
  
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- JohnofOregon
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 10:46am
  @kev
  
  I found it interesting that the media who claims all these atheists had to report some investing numbers.
  
  Since 2000
  The number of Catholics have grown by 15 percent
  Number of Mormons have grown
  Four square church Christians have grown
  Evangelical Christian numbers are up
  World wide, the number of believers are up close to 600 million
  Buddhist are up
  Hindus are holding
  
  So what is the liberal leaders of the Republican Party up to now.
  
  Screwing things up. They do not understand these numbers.
  
  Here is an interesting one. The marriage amendment in California passed with greater than 80 percent of the lack vote and 70 percent of the Latino vote.
  
  If you are familiar with politics, that is incredible. That is a fertile ground for change.
  
  So the Republican Party wants to go gay.,……tards
  
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- TEIN
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 11:13am
  @Marine25…Then you are clueless at what the “imagery savior” was trying to teach people about themselves, society, and the principles that governed both…if I was with a group of people that found ourselves on an island and needed to establish governing law, the good ole’ Holy Bible would be the one book I would want to have because within this book of “fairy tales” are governing principles you can build a family, a city, or a nation on…
  
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- Silvertruth
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 11:13am
  Atheism is a religion. It is the belief there is no divine presence in existence, in any form. It has it’s missionaries, prophets, acolytes and churches. They aren’t named the same but they are clearly demonstrable.
  
  Agnosticism is not a religion. It is the assertion that there may or may not be a divine presence in existence. Agnostics will claim they will believe there is a divine presence when it is proven to exist.
  
  Apathy is a state of not caring about it one way or the other.
  
  Science is a method of attempting to obtain fact, see the Scientific Method.
  
  A Scientist is someone that uses the Scientific Method to attempt to obtain facts.
  
  Since the presence of a divine entity(s) cannot be proven or disproven at this point, no factual conclusion can be drawn, so anyone that claims to be a Scientist must also declare that any ‘conclusion’ of divinity they have is based on ‘faith’, either for or against divinity.
  
  Bizarre as it sounds, that proves that even Atheists are practitioners of faith.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 11:17am
  Marine25
  I speak out when religion is considered as viable evidence in public-policy debate.
  ***
  Erasmus is considered viable evidence in a public debate, but the 10 commandments are not?
  
  Interesting! Wong but interesting.
  
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- EgoLacuna
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 11:21am
  @Marine
  
  I agree with you that religion has no place in making policy, nor should it serve as a viable alternative to interpreting measurable phenomenon, e.g., science. However, the way you talked about an “imaginary savior” is disrespectful, and suffers from the same type of over-reach that you are protesting. Certainly you can’t say with 100% certainty whether or not Jesus is/was a savior (especially for someone else). Rejecting religion, but then also failing to remain open minded seems like a huge waste of time, and also pretty hypocritical.
  
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- stephenb.net
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 11:45am
  Let me tell you that what Norm is going through is every day stuff for comedians. I went through it all the time until I left the clubs and started working only in Christian venues. Green rooms were filled with caustic comments made by elitist leftist comedians shocked that I read the bible. I was asked on more than one occasion if I knew what was in that book…amazing. THEY don’t know what the bible says but are quick to pull scripture out of context and tell others how terrible and hateful Christianity is. That’s show business. Robin Williams once said to me after a good set in Marin county, “They really liked your bible football bit because they don’t think that you really believe in all that s***” I said, yeah, well I do. That was the last he had to say to me. If you are planning on a career in comedy or acting, get ready for this kind of attitude to be the norm.
  
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- comforteagle
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 11:51am
  Voterrights…… I think atheists have reason to tell theists they are mistaken… what kind of person/friend would you be if you let somebody live their whole life based on a lie without ever telling them?
  
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- TheEDGE
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 11:57am
  What losers! Who would sit around all day hating something they say doesn’t exist.
  Oh, that’s right. Jesus detesting Atheists AKA Islam apologists.
  
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- RestoreCapitalism
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 12:00pm
  Indeed, there is no reason to promote atheism other than to defy God. It is a belief system, not a non-belief system. If it were non-belief, it would have nothing to say. Their aggressive outspoken attacks on believers are motivated only by hatred.
  
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- Dan_o
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 12:04pm
  StephenB, thanks for sharing that. We should all expect to be persecuted in some way for Christ. If you are a Christian and are not being persecuted (made fun of, questioned, loss of friendships, derided by family, fired, defamed, etc.), then it’s time for some serious introspection about what you are doing or not doing.
  
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- Dan_o
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 12:13pm
  Com’on Eagle, you have to do better than that. For you to say theists are living a lie means you know the truth. Can you prove it? If not, then you are also living a lie and trying to convince others to believe the same lie.
  
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- chingachgook
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 12:41pm
  This sort of says it all. Need any of us say more.
  
  “If there were no God, there would be no atheists.” – G.K. Chesterton
  I believe that Fulton J Sheen said athiests do believe in God they just hate him. (not an exact quote)
  
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- Alexandra Stormwing
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 1:31pm
  I’m not Christian; I follow a different path to relate to God. Still, I’m happy to hear what others have to say about their own faith. I’m always willing to listen. What I have a hard time understanding is the people who have complete, burning loathing towards anyone with faith in a higher power. It simply baffles me. Don’t believe? That’s fine. But to be abusive and hateful? No good comes out of that.
  
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- Nabuquduriuzhur
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 1:42pm
  True. I’ve never met an atheist who didn’t believe in God. they claimed not to, but they hated God. You cannot hate that which you don’t believe in. That hate had reached the point of a visceral reaction whenever Christ was mentioned or they saw a church. The hate normally is for one of two reasons:
  1. Because they enjoy doing something they know is wrong, and their conscience is driving them nuts, and 2. Because they have been badly hurt by someone in a church.
  
  Because atheists do believe in God, the term “nontheist” is probably better for those who genuinely don’t believe in God and thus don’t care one way or another.
  
  If one counts the religions of Socialism and Islam, which with some estimated 250+ million and 60+ million casualties respectively from war, murder, famine, etc. have the highest casualties of all religions (possibly the Thugs over the centuries, but the number is unknown), it’s still less than the major human diseases like cancer or heart disease.
  
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- Hatchimon
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 2:34pm
  @ JohnOfOregon
  “Hindus are holding”
  
  So, every time a Hindu dies, a new one is born……HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! Reincarnation joke built right in!
  
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- tncdel
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 3:18pm
  I’m not into mysticism. So I deem all religion utter nonsense. And I don’t accept the “atheist” label, for it wrongly implies “theism” is a legitimate starting point, since “a-theism” in effect means “away from a belief in god.” And it should be the reverse; namely: a belief in mysticism is “alogical” or “arational” [to distinguish it from irrational].
  
  Someone who believes in mysticism is “alogical” or “arational,” no matter how logical and rational he or she may be in other areas.
  
  And I have far more respect for someone not into mysticism who does what is moral, just and right, simply because that person recognizes the merits of those values, than I do someone who does what is moral, just and right simply because they fear hell or think it will gain them another gold brick for their “mansion in the sky.”
  
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- RetiredUSMC
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 3:41pm
  This is waht happens when you vote fanatic liberals into office. You get what you voted for. Maybe the next voting cycle will get some of real Americans to the polls, if they’re not too busy eating and sleeping.
  
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- dissentnow
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 3:42pm
  I’m an atheist and i am embarrassed and ashamed at how my fellow atheists behave. They are just as closed-minded and collectivist as they claim the theists are. In fact, i find them to be far more obnoxious than the average person of faith. I guess that it is just the libertarian in me, but i just want to be left alone. I don’t care what you do or what you think or what you believe, just as long as you leave me alone.
  
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- searcher619
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 3:50pm
  @kev0001000
  
  “What people don’t understand is that so many are claiming to be Athiest but are actually not. They are persecuting religion. An Athiest simply says that he or she does not know if there is a God and are uninterested in perusing that knowledge.”
  
  Correction. Atheists believe there is no god or anything spiritual. It’s Agnostics like myself who say there is no way to know either way and reserve judgement.
  
  Atheism is a religion as well. Religious belief is the belief in something in the absence of any verifiable facts. In other words 100% based on faith. since it is impossible to prove thee is no such thing as God, gods, or an afterlife, any claims to know that these things do not exist is 100% faith based and so is also a religion.
  
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- Taxpayer550
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 3:57pm
  An atheist makes the positive affirmation that there is no God! They are not waffling over whether or not there is a creator. They are saying that there is absolutely, positively, no God. Anything less than that is an agnostic. When someone states that they are an atheist because “there’s not enough evidence to point to a Creator of the universe”, or “A Creator hasn’t revealed enough of Himself”, then that person is NOT an atheist, but an agnostic. Their statement of belief (or non-belief) contains a contingency, therefore allowing for a certain amount of doubt on their part. Any doubt on their part indicates that they haven’t really reached a conclusion.
  
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- comforteagle
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 4:04pm
  Dan-o….. first off, you cant prove a negative. example would be you cant prove unicorns dont exist because i could just say you havent looked in the right places…. second, the same thing could be said for theists if you use your logic…. the person asserting something has the burden of proff. “atheist” should not be a word, just like we dont have a word for people who dont believe i fairies and aliens. but if you like using names, call me an atheist, afairest, abigfootest, and adan-o….. ha ok i made that last one up.
  
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- comforteagle
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 4:09pm
  Taxpayer….. there are two types of answers, one being metaphysical and one being epistimilogical. a person can be an atheist metaphysicly while being agnostic epistimilogicly. One answer answers the question of what you beilive reality is(metaphysics) , while the oher answers the question of the limits of human knowledge
  
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- Dan_o
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 4:13pm
  Taxpayer said, “They are saying that there is absolutely, positively, no God”, which goes back to my first post. The atheist deems himself God claiming to know all. There’s really no honest or logical way to be an atheist.
  
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- comforteagle
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 4:17pm
  Searcher… i like the quote that atheism is a religion like baldness is a haircolor
  
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- comforteagle
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 4:24pm
  Dan-o read my post again. I explained he difference between episimilogical answers and metaphysical answers. i also explained the burdon of proof and that “atheist” shouldnt be a word. have you found something wrong with what i have said?
  
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- SendTheMeteors
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 4:32pm
  You know you are a Fundamentalist Christian if:
  
  “You vigorously deny the existence of hundreds of gods claimed by other religions, but feel outraged when someone denies the existence of yours.”
- Mulder1
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 4:49pm
  The Left hates Christianity and wants to destroy it, but they are allied with Islamic Jihad, although Islam is a much greater threat to our constitutional freedoms than Christianity is.
  
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- dontbelieveme
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 4:50pm
  God is laughing at this whole discussion. You know you need to get out of your basement when you make straw man arguments about fundamentalist Christians…
  
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- Dan_o
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 4:51pm
  COMFORTEAGLE, knowledge about, or lack of, does not change the metaphysical. So does that mean you are ready to admit you don’t know, epistemologically speaking of course, if there is a God?
  
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- comforteagle
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 5:06pm
  Dan-o…. you got it buddy, i am an agnostic atheist. im agnostic episimilogicly and atheist metaphysicly. Atheism is a lack of belief in god, not a certainty statement…
  
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- jimmymac1
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 5:22pm
  Well enough said. I would only add that every atheist I ever met still lives just like all of the rest of us, what is that about if you don’t believe. I think they are still trying to convince themselves. Personally I don’t care so quit telling me instead sort out your own life
  
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- JohnofOregon
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 5:38pm
  @hatchimon
  
  Good one :)
  
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- JohnofOregon
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 5:42pm
  @meators
  
  You also know that you are a fanatical communist when you insist on everyone replacing their beliefs with government and the ideology of worshiping those leaders.
  
  All hail Obama
  
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- azitdad
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 7:23pm
  It’s funny because you will never see an athiest call persecute a Muslim. Religon = Christianity. They never bother to do a body count from Islam.
  
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- David_Webb
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 8:17pm
  @voterightdammit – Exactly right!
  
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- swoods08
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 8:47pm
  Twitter will be the downfall of this great nation. Sure its a great tool to push information, but now it gives any A$$ a voice and spreads so much hate. Hey athiests, we backed off on questioning your beliefs, get the heck off ours!!!
  
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- birthright
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 10:22pm
  Hey TNCDEL, how do you define moral behavior? Upon what do you base morals? Who says? Pretty much you are going to paraphrase some of the ten commandments to answer those. So, the real question is why you reject the other commandments. My evidence for the existance of God and His importance to my life is that when you actually follow the ten commandments your life is improved. I’m not claiming a follower is wealthy, powerful, or any of that kind of better. No matter what happens, the follower of God is happier. Why else would Huss and Jerome sing while they burned to death rather than recant their beliefs. And before you go on about “Christians” doing the burning of Huss and Jerome, Christians are those who follow in Christ’s footsteps, not everyone who says they are a Christian. Perhaps you should read Jesus’ words for yourself.
  
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- BAPDCO
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 11:26pm
  KEV0001000: You need to be better informed. Atheists deny the existence of any diety. AGNOSTICS claim they “don’t know” if dieties exist. Got it?
  
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- LDSmommy
  Posted on March 20, 2013 at 6:52am
  Pardon me while I fall over for agreeing with SENDTHEMETEORS!
  
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- BayuzhiZERO
  Posted on March 20, 2013 at 9:32am
  Bapdco:
  Not necessarily.
  
  An agnostic can believe in one God or another, but not be a member of an organized religion.
  
  An example: I am an Agnostic Christian. I do not follow a particular sect or church (Catholicism, Baptist, Seventh Day Adventist, etc), but I do believe that Christ is the Savior; and that Jesus is the Christ.
  
  I grew weary of church-related politics and the infighting you often find in many churches. I also do not believe one must go to a specific building to pray on the Sabbath. So I have my beliefs, I don’t push them on others unless they are amenable (not likely where I live, sadly), I remain at home (I am incapable of driving (health issues)) and observe the Sabbath; and finally, I keep my beliefs between God and I.
  
  Please understand the difference.
  
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- smv803
  Posted on March 20, 2013 at 10:20am
  Stand by our God Norm MacDonald……He is the reason for your success! Without Him, we are all worthless! Sodom and Gomorrah will be nothing compared to what will happen today for those that turn from our Lord and Savior.
  
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- Silvertruth
  Posted on March 20, 2013 at 10:41am
  BAYUZHIZERO-
  
  Your position would make you an unaligned Christian, not an Agnostic. There are many practitioners of personal faith that do not use or require a formal worshipping structure. Many ‘faiths’ on this planet are this way by their very nature (Buddhism, Shintoism, etc.). Some of those faiths also have formal structures but either the majority or a large minority stay personal with their practice of the faith.
  
  This was somewhat rare in Christianity until the Born Again movement came about. It could be argued that many Born Again Christians are personal believers that may or may not be formally attending a worship structure.
  
  Most Christians (as well as Hebrew and Islamic worshippers) like the sense of community, the support of others that share their belief system. The dark side of that same coin is the denial of anyone else that does not share that belief system and the degree of not sharing is entirely arbitrary. To a Hebrew or a Muslim, a Mormon is a Christian. To a Catholic or a Born Again Christian, Mormon’s are not and the reason is entirely arbitrary because clearly Mormon’s accept Christ as the Savior, accept the Bible and New Testament as scripture, so the fundamental hurdle is met, but some later, arbitrary one is not.
  
  This arbitrary nature of religions, internal to themselves, is what turns many people like you off of structured worship. It is a dark side of religion that must be dealt with for them to advance.
  
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- deeberj
  Posted on March 20, 2013 at 1:06pm
  A true athiest does not hate religion or religious people. The angry ones I think really do have some sort of belief in God, and hate Him, and lash out at people.
  
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- Quester55
  Posted on March 20, 2013 at 7:43pm
  TO;QUIATA – Ever look up the definition of Agnostic in an old (1940′s) Dictionary, ?, It Describes an, ” Agnostic “, As a DUMB-BELL!!!
  ATHEIST are nothing less than HYPOCRITES! They Want the Believers in GOD, To Leave them alone, On the Surface. However They reserve their Rights to Persecute Any & All, JEWISH/CHRISTIAN BELIEVER’S, they may chose , For ANY reason they Chose!
  But do they really HATE US for OUR FAITH, or is it that they have read the BIBLE & It Scares The HELL OUT OF THEM!!!
  
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- bonesiii
  Posted on March 20, 2013 at 11:57pm
  Just wanna point out in response to one of those tweets — what has caused more death than anything is sin. All rejection of the perfect ways of living that the all-knowing God who is Love, created us, offers us free salvation, etc. — all such sin is what causes death.
  
  Self-labeled “atheists” are going to have to own up to this at some point. Instead they try to just play word games and throw hate around (and they wonder why the world has so much violence…). Label all listening to a certain being “religion” and then define anything that involved violence also as “religion” (despite actual history), and voila, you’ve redefined religion as the causer of violence, when in reality, listening to the God who is perfectly Loving causes us to be the exact opposite! And if you’re going to reject Him, you’re more likely to commit violence too.
  
  This really is pretty obvious. Macdonald’s reaction is spot-on. Kinda wish he would have explained it a little, rather than just reacting — but I think it was just an honest reaction to seeing someone exposing their incredible idiocy.
  
  I hope he realizes that there’s a whole propaganda army of ‘atheists’ out there indoctrinating their followers to mindlessly parrot that pap all the time. Not a coherent thought ever seems to occur to them — they just say what they’re taught to say… over and over and over… It’s strange, but it’s the world as it is for now.
  
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oneillptgd
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 9:57am
Don’t expect ignorant FOOLS to understand anything beyond ‘their’ ability to accept. Just like the boy in the plastic bubble. His experience dictates his false interpretation of the world. Plato had a story of these fools who only saw a reflection of the world on the wall of a cave. Sounds like those people.

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ComradeJ
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 9:47am
The Religion of Atheism (religion of pieces II)TM strikes again.

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- Welcome Black Carter
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 11:26am
  So the athiest ends up in he77 with satan who knows for a FACT Jesus is the only way to salvation??
  Irony…
  
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- ComradeJ
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 3:03pm
  @Welcome Black Carter
  
  Answering a wrong post or just engaging in some Red Herring?
  
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- searcher619
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 3:58pm
  Welcome Black Carter:
  
  What are you talking about?
  
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- Don
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 11:04pm
  You MUST be speaking of the atheist right?
  
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Waterlylys
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 9:43am
Such intolerance from the supposed tolerance-loving crowd. They are as bad as the hypocrites they decry. Maybe worse because they decry hypocrisy and then turn around and become that very thing. Well, God bless their puny little hearts anyway.

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- OccamsSword
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 1:42pm
  Exactly !!!
  
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- searcher619
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 3:59pm
  Atheists never claimed to be tolerant. They never even claimed to have much class either.
  
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TheGrtDcptn
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 9:42am
Stand Strong Mr. MacDonald…

Ephesians 6:11-20 ‘Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people. Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.’

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SamIamTwo
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 9:39am
Honestly and statistically, ATHEISM is the worse thing to happen to this planet…more killed by ATHEISTs and all religions combined.

Hateful, small minded little mad men and women. They show themselves ever-time they attack someone for who they really are…

And God asks that we pray for them…call me a sinner cause it is hard to pray for these people who God still loves…I am a worm.

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- Xyskalla
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 12:21pm
  You are a sinner whom Christ gave His life for. You are precious.
  
  It’s hard to love those who hate us, but that’s what Jesus did, and we only love Him because He first loved us. And He calls us to be like Him. I find that it helps when we’re honest with God and confess to Him, “I don’t want to obey You. I don’t want to love these people, I don’t want to try, and I don’t know how to change my heart. Only You can do that, so cleanse me and change me.” And then try praying for them again :)
  
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GreggC
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 9:38am
@dickyboy13 (Rick Nawojski), @sypher1960 (Kevin sypher), @Blooeybird (Dr. Meyer), @PARecSpecs (Ryan Maino) – All college frat boys and a product of our “wonderful” college education system…. what a bunch of doofusses!!!!

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- georgette
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 9:57am
  Mr. Macdonald has built his house on solid ground……….his detractors have chosen to build on sand.
  
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Vision Harry
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 9:37am
For someone who has been baptized, he sure has a dry, dry, dry sense of humor. Gotta be doing right if so many lefties are PO’d. Way to go Normie

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- Quiata
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 9:47am
  As the saying goes, “You know you’re over the target when you start taking flak.”
  
  Go Norm!
  
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individualrights1st
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 9:35am
This new cult of atheism is actively recruiting the “non-thinking Christians” to their cause. So then we end up with a world full of non-thinking atheists? Who will their new leader be? Sounds pretty scary to me.

“Duh, I’m an independent thinker ’cause I’m an atheist now and I will join with atheist worship groups, ridicule Christians, and broadcast to the world that I am an atheist so everyone knows how smart I am.”

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- Vision Harry
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 9:58am
  What you call a non thinking christian, I would respectfully change to an overly stimulated christian.
  We fill our lives with so many things from dusk to dawn,including music, TV, work, sports, etc., that we never leave time for the still small voice of the Holy Ghost, to whisper the truthfulness of a loving, living God, whom only wants to bless our lives.
  
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- individualrights1st
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 10:04am
  “non-thinking Christians” Their words – not mine. Thinking people aren’t easily recruited to either side.
  
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Sargeking
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 9:34am
In the army I never found any atheist that came under fire in a foxhole. LOL!

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individualrights1st
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 9:28am
“Religion has also caused more human deaths than any one thing ever.” No –throughout history, governments are the number one cause of unnecessary deaths. That is the common denominator. It’s when religion is the government that they contribute to the death tolls.

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- sam1064
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 9:33am
  more specifically communism which last time I checked is atheistic in its philosophy. that does not mean atheists support human suffering and supports killing humans, however the fruits of this kind of political philosophy is very clear. Religion even radical Islam has not killed as many people as Communism has. Also what most atheists seem to forget, the person whom most Christians follow (Jesus Christ) eschewed the kind of violence that takes human lives. He could have destroyed the Roman Empire if he wanted to he did not.
  
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- jcldwl
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 9:40am
  I agree but you forget that to the left government is their religion. They worship it. Religion is a much different thing than Christianity. Christianity is a faith and following of Christs teachings. There is a big difference between that and religion.
  
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- David-FL
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 9:40am
  Also, many have [used] christianity to justify killing tens of millions. However, the religion of Jesus, the religion of the Bible, has never killed a single soul. Not one.
  
  Don’t attribute the actions of murderers, cloaking themselves in “christianity”, to Jesus. No.
  
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Gonzo
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 9:27am
I always liked Norm. Thanks for not backing down!

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- GhostOfJefferson
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 9:46am
  Same. And he’s always been pretty clearly a non-Leftist, even back in his prime heyday.
  
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- Zipit
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 10:05am
  Ditto! What’s today? http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X1OKuLHp4FE&feature=fvwrel
  
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- termyt
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 11:43am
  I will now be slightly less annoyed by his safe auto commercials for a week or so.
  
  He’s never really gotten more than a smirk from me, just not my brand of humor, but it’s good to see he is not afraid to take a stand in an industry that does not appreciate that stand.
  
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- Zipit
  Posted on March 20, 2013 at 9:27am
  TERMYT! Safe auto commercial’s ???????
  
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Vision Harry
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 9:26am
Can’t the lefty loonies keep their stories straight? Religion doesn’t kill people, guns kill people.

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- Quiata
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 10:02am
  Nice. ;^)
  
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toomuchgovt
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 9:25am
As more and more pple cease to be individuals and divide up into subcultures and tribes the more we will be of this. I refuse to be a victim or call anyone a bully, if that is what they believe in their heart fine, in my heart Jesus lives. Watching the Bible has affirmed one thing, I need to read the Bible from start to finish for myself.

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jakartaman
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 9:24am
You don’t believe – Fine keep your self important arrogant **** to yourselves and leave me alone to believe in something a lot more smarter and powerful than the liberal elite.

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starman70
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 9:22am
Thank you Mr. MacDonald for standing tall in the face of persecution by the atheistic element. It’s hard to be a Christian in the entertainment business because so many in that business deny and even defame God, The bible and Christianity in general.

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13th Imam
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 9:21am
What is it about non-believers that makes them so nasty? And they claim religion is bad?

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David-FL
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 9:20am
Don’t take it personal Norm. Their anger is really directed at the Creator and or Lord, Jesus Christ.

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soldierofthecross
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 9:18am
Romans 1:28– And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to those things which are not convenient.

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SquidVetOhio
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 9:17am
Norm MacDonal is quite possibly the funniest man alive.

Why are athiests always so angry? Here’s an idea, if you don’t like Norm’s Tweets….. unfollow him. See how easy that was? And for the millionth time, can we stop with the “religion has killed more people…. blah blah blah”. Like Norm said, how many people have cancer and heart disease killed? Or better yet, old age?

I would like to meet 1 atheist who wasn’t so extremely pious and zealous in their “non-belief”. Would to God that Christians were as zealous.

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- naughtycal
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 9:27am
  Isn’t funny that those who scream for tolerence and open mindedness. Are the most intolerent and close minded when it comes to idea and ideologys they disagree with.
  
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- CABERNETQHS
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 9:29am
  They are influenced by evil. No rest for the wicked. Norm probably sleeps well at night.
  
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searching for the Truth
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 9:13am
Well Norm, if it means anything – I’m certainly proud of you.

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justangry
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 9:10am
“As always, it’s interesting to see someone take heat simply for saying he or she is religious.”

It also interesting to see non believers take the heat for their beliefs. Especially the non-militant nonbelievers who’d stand up with any person of faith for their rights to religious freedom. No, Billy? Of course that NEVER happens. Especially on the comments section here….

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- barber2
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 9:19am
  Respectful disagreement seems to be a thing of the past . The totally nasty, outrageous comments of those who only follow the Rules For Radicals styled ” guidelines ” are extremely offensive and hurtful.
  
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- Zipit
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 9:33am
  ANGRYLITTLEGIRL! I never give you any heat for being an ANGRYLITTLEATHEIST! I give you a hard time for being an ANGRYLITTLEIDIOT……….. Just as this post makes you out to be!
  
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- momrules
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 9:51am
  Good Morning JUST………..There are those like you and several others that post here that will stand with we believers. Then there are those that become enraged and vile when God, Jesus Christ and the Bible are mentioned. Their hatred is plain and they overwhelm the voices of the unbelievers that, for whatever reason, just don’t believe.
  
  I keep you in my prayers Just.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 12:17pm
  @ Just Angry
  I am surrounded by non-believers. I don’t attack them. Personally, I have seen only one problem with Christians knocking on the door and being pushy. It took an hour to get rid of them. It was a lot of uh-huh, uh-huh and them not getting anywhere. That 1/3rd of s century ago. I have more problems with militant atheists than militant Christians.
  
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- justangry
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 1:04pm
  @Walkabout, I don’t mind people trying to convince me they’re right. It’s not that haven’t been exposed to Christianity my entire life. I don’t even know any non believers personally.
  
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ares338
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 9:08am
This is whyI hate atheists. Not for what they don’t believe in…I could give a SHlT less if they don’t believe in God or any religion anywhere. My point is that they don’t allow other people their own beliefs. They are perpetually angry. They are mostly ineffectual.

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- justangry
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 9:11am
  Your collectivism is showing…
  
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- starman70
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 9:18am
  These Atheists base their entire lives on hate, the very opposite if what Jesus taught, LOVE. In order to deny God’s love, they MUST spew hate and disdain for anyone who holds Biblical beliefs. That is the satanic way. These people have been influenced by Satan whether they know it or not.
  
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- ares338
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 9:21am
  I collect bullets….are they showing?
  
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- Hammerdown
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 9:25am
  1 Corinthians 2
  10 these are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit.
  
  The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. 11 For who knows a person’s thoughts except their own spirit within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. 12 What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us. 13 This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities with Spirit-taught words.[c] 14 The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.
  
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- justangry
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 9:48am
  @ares338, Eeww… I’m a scared…
  
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- circleDwagons
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 9:55am
  Ares338. I do not know what god you “worship” but it is not the One True God. Jesus came to save all. Hate comes from the evil one. We are called to love our enemies and to be good neighbors.
  
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- paperpushermj
  Posted on March 20, 2013 at 11:25am
  I find after conversations with Atheist that to many are just following the fad of being Anti-Religion. When pressed to dig deeper as to where their thinking comes from,after they have exhaled their jingoist phrases there is no there there. As usual of to many today their thinking is an inch deep and a mile wide.
  
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RIGHTHOOK
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 9:08am
Confirms why I elect to excise most TV from my daily routine. It is corrosive and the people that adhere to shows like SNL are conflicted and lost……….as goes Hollywood in general.

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wingedwolf
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 9:04am
How is someone expressing their belief in God bullying?

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- One Man Mormon Blues Band
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 9:20am
  When it is laced with profanity, personal attack, inappropriate remarks about his wife, and makes outrageous and unprovable claims.
  
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