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Atheists Give High Schooler $1,000 Scholarship for Dressing as Jesus on ‘Fictional Character Day’

Jeff Shott, a 17-year-old sophomore at Summit High School in Spring Hill, Tennessee, is $1,000 richer thanks to the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF), an atheist group that frequently attacks faith and religion in the U.S. Shott won the scholarship money after dressing up as Jesus Christ for his school’s “fictional character day” in January.

The teenager wasn’t disciplined for wearing the costume, the Tennessean reports, but Summit Hill Principal Charles Farmer did tell him that he would need to change if his outfit became a distraction. The student did, inevitably, remove his robes and sash (he even had a hammer and nail to go along with the costume) to purportedly avoid problems with school administrators.

FFRF Gives Student $1,000 for Dressing as Jesus on Fictional Character Day

Jeff Shott dressed as a "fictional" Jesus (Image Credit: The Freedom From Religion Foundation)

The mere action of wearing what many Christians would dub an offensive costume brought Shott financial support from Annie Laurie Gaylor and her FFRF organization. As a result of his costume, the student became the first to receive the Paul Gaylor Memorial Student Activist scholarship (named after Gaylor’s father).

“We wanted to encourage him, and we know the cost of higher education. This is just a small stipend toward that,” Gaylor explained, going on to praise the sophomore for ”spunk and a light touch with his actions.”

Of course, the FFRF also had a bone to pick with the school for allegedly having a conversation for Shott about the Jesus costume. According to the organization, the student was approached by the principal, an assistant principal and a school resource officer who said that they wish he had dressed like Zeus and not Jesus.

FFRF Gives Student $1,000 for Dressing as Jesus on Fictional Character Day

Jeff Shott holding pro-atheism books (Image Credit: The Freedom From Religion Foundation)

Gaylor claims that the student contacted the FFRF and, as it typically does, the group sent a subsequent complaint letter to the district’s Director of Schools Mike Looney. The note, which claimed that the discussion and incident was a violation of Shott’s First Amendment rights, also went on to rail against an alleged classroom discussion in which a teacher said she believed in the Biblical story of Adam and Eve.

Shott describes his experience (read all of the details) on the organization’s web site:

The head principal, Dr. Farmer…came up and asked me to come to his office. The assistant principal, Ms. Lamb, and Officer Pewit, school resource officer, were waiting outside the cafeteria. Dr. Farmer asked me whom I was portraying. I told him that I was Jesus Christ. He said he had been hoping my answer would have been Zeus (or some other variation of a mythological deity).

Even though I’m typically very openly atheistic and have no problem discussing my views, I was a little distraught that all three school authority figures were addressing me at once. Dr. Farmer claimed I couldn’t have things both ways — I couldn’t complain about teachers talking about Jesus and also dress up as Jesus on Fictional Character Day.

I’d had a long talk with him earlier after my science teacher, in reply to a question about evolution, had publicly said things such as “Evolution is just a theory,” “I don’t believe it at all,” and, “We actually come from Adam and Eve.” It’s fairly clear that she openly advocates not only Intelligent Design, but straight-up biblical creationism.

While the FFRF claims that his free speech was trampled, the U.S. Supreme Court has granted schools the right to limit both commentary and expression if it impedes the learning process.

Regardless of the legalities in this scenario, the FFRF continues to enjoy rewarding potentially-offensive displays among non-believing adults and youths. This is merely another example of their anti-faith values being put into practice.

(H/T: The Tennessean via USA Today)

Comments (212)

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  • let us prey
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 12:38pm

    Coward a$$3s. Dress like Muhammad and let’s see the scimitars flying.

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    • RougeFastFingers
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 12:57pm

      I was thinking teh exact same thing.

      Too bad these yahoos don’t get it, jesus is an historical figure, not a fictional one, the debate would be wther you believe he was the messiah or not.

      Of course being half wits only out to insult people such things would escape them.

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    • Hanno
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 1:00pm

      Umm…”Jeff Shott, a 17-year-old sophomore”. What kind of moron is a 17-year old Sophomore. Aren’t most Sophomores like 15-years-old?

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    • Kaoscontrol
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:04pm

      The only thing worse than a total loser is a smug total loser.

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    • Pontiac
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:24pm

      Fictional? Really? Jesus was no less fictional than David Koresh or Marshall Applewhite.

      @Hanno
      Good catch. I don’t think that thousand dollars is going to get him much of an education…

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    • mtcountrygrl
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 4:28pm

      Funny! But here is the problem, believe he is God or not, he was a real person who walked the earth and was killed on a cross. Other sourses besides the Bible confirm that, so you can’t say he is a fictional character. I don’t think this young man will do well in college with that kind of logical thinking.

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    • mtcountrygrl
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 4:33pm

      Mohammad was also not a fictional character. He was a real person who walked the earth. Geez public school education. Fictional means fake, made up, does not exsist. Zeus would be fictional. But what do you expect from someone who is 17 and still a sophmore in a public school where they pass you if you can stay awake in class.

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    • cassandra
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:31pm

      Ditto

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    • dmar003
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 9:16pm

      How come he has a hammer and nails? Won’t they consider these items as weapons? How did he get those items into campus? where is a cop when you need one.

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    • Bronxgirl
      Posted on April 28, 2012 at 1:49am

      Jesus was real, whether you believe him to the Christ or not. But let’s not let an annoying little thing like a fact get into the way.

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    • Individualism
      Posted on April 28, 2012 at 9:43am

      for 1,000 dollars i would do it, just need to know what he will look like and if any of the fools try anything in my state we have a stand your ground law and its awesome.

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    • ChildOfTheKing
      Posted on April 28, 2012 at 12:58pm

      Ah let them make fun. When Jesus comes back again soon, they will see the truth, but by then, it will be way too late for them. I learn a LONG time ago that it is better to keep my mouth shut and not make fun of anything religious or sacred to others or it will come back to haunt me.

      Just ignore these people and pray for them, but in the meantime, DO NOT GIVE THEM THE TIME OF DAY. This is what they want – TO DIVIDE US ALL. As a follower of Christ, I feel sorry for them because THEY DO NOT KNOW THE TRUTH. THEREFORE, THEY WILL NOT BE FREE in Jesus Christ. Very, very sad. LOVE THE SINNER, HATE THE SIN is what I live by. God made us all. He also gave us the freedom to choose between HIM or Satan. If you do NOT follow God, you follow Satan, whether you know it or not – you have still chosen a side.

      Good people do NOT belong to Christ. Those who actually FOLLOW CHRIST AND ARE OBEDIENT TO HIM, do belong to Him. You fill in the rest, yet, know that Jesus still wants us to love those who are NOT His. Pray for those who spitefully use you – IN ANY WAY.

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    • 13monkees
      Posted on April 29, 2012 at 12:23pm

      Many of you are saying that there were many other historical sources for the existence of Jesus outside of the bible. While you can say that, there are no contemporary sources. No historians from Jesus’s time wrote ANYTHING about him. Therefore, none of these other “sources” count. There is no evidence outside of the bible that corroborates the existence of Jesus. Even the earliest gospels were written at least 20 to 30 years after his reported death. It amazes me how many people blindly believe this. Our modern media can’t get stories correct now, you expect the transcribers of the gospels, who got the stories handed down to them after many alterations, could possibly get the story straight? The fact is, there is no extra-biblical sources that prove that Jesus ever truly walked the earth.

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    • iAmLoki
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 9:38pm

      Muhammad actually existed but he was an EVIL man.

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  • RamonPreston
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 12:23pm

    I’ll bet this jerk is going to be crying out to God real soon. It’s easy to be a jerk with a full belly. A couple of weeks in a FEMA camp will show him the light. That goes for them all.

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    • MammalOne
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 12:35pm

      that goes for you too

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    • Richalu
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:31pm

      Ramon. He won’t be in a FEMA camp, unless as an ‘Instructor of Atheism’, to re-educate Conservative Christians. We’ll be the ones that are in there involuntarily.

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    • Bruce P.
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:51pm

      Ramon is showing us what he has planned for non-Christians if someone like him were to be in power, concentration camps.

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    • TheSoundOf Truth
      Posted on April 28, 2012 at 10:06pm

      Bruce Pee, again, you show your ignorance.

      I believe that bruce is a fictional character, made up simply to taunt people here.

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  • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 12:21pm

    Staged, staged, and staged. This guy looks more like Thor than he does Jesus. Don’t they have any dark haired fellows with dark beards?

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    • MammalOne
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 1:48pm

      you know, it might be thor. long blonde hair, beard, carrying around a hammer…. but this, of course, would be utter offensive because you can’t dress up as mythological creatures on fictional character day

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  • MammalOne
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 12:20pm

    How ridiculous. Everyone knows jesus wasnt white.

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    • DetroitAtheist
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:15pm

      Noooo, clearly it was god’s will to birth himself white in the middle east! Get your facts straight!

      …

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    • Copo
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:33pm

      He was Israeli, which is within the bounds of what we would call white today. He would have been tanner than most Europeans, but not Arab. The Arabs didn‘t come up to that area until the 700’s.

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    • ChildOfTheKing
      Posted on April 28, 2012 at 1:01pm

      He IS Jewish (olive-skinned) – not white, not black, not yellow, not red.
      However, NOW that Jesus was crucified and in Spirit form, HE IS NONE OF THE ABOVE.
      There is NO COLOR in Heaven.

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    • Berbel73
      Posted on April 28, 2012 at 9:08pm

      Bigal78 I want you to go and talk to a statistician and ask him or her what the odds are of the entire universe just popping into existance and creating all of the stars and the planets and the Earth and all of the life on it. I’ll just tell you now that the percentage is so infinitesimal that it is almost an impossibility. But these over educated scientists put so much faith in their own intelligence that they will deny GOD exists even when logic and math proves otherwise.

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    • TheSoundOf Truth
      Posted on April 28, 2012 at 10:09pm

      Jesus was an indo-european, meaning, he was Caucasian.

      But if it was Gabriel who impregnated Mary, then, um, wouldn’t Jesus have similar traits to that of the Seraphim?

      I would suggest that his skin tone was probably slightly lighter, with most likely reddish hair.

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  • MammalOne
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 12:17pm

    ” an assistant principal and a school resource officer who said that they wish he had dressed like Zeus and not Jesus.”

    LOL. Everyone knows greek mythology is fake but christian mythology…

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    • deadend
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 1:24pm

      what about evelutionary mythology likr we desended from rock. A chemical reaction no more provable (or disprovable) the God created the world

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    • MammalOne
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 1:45pm

      evolution is a model which cannot be proven – but it can be disproven. It provides a framework or model which makes testable predictions about the universe. If it’s predictions fail, the theory will be rejected. it’s not a creation theory (inflation theory is, however, if you’re interested) so please stop assuming people treat it as such.
      mythology is a collection of stories about supernatural creatures. They, like theories, are also not provable or disprovable. Mythology is not an empirical model of the universe that posits the possibility of its inaccuracy and undergoes rigorous testing of its claims. It just insists on its own accuracy and this isn’t good enough for some people – especially when the stories involve 7-headed dragons and the sky having sex with the earth.

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    • DetroitAtheist
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:06pm

      Nobody has ever stated we evolved from a rock.. The mere notion is ludicrous.

      If you take 5 minutes to research evolution, you find it’s quite convincing. As in.. It’s literally a fact of life.

      If you don’t believe in it, disprove it, and get your nobel prize.

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    • Blammo
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 4:20pm

      Detroit – Don’t ever go buy a car without some help.

      If you think 5 minutes of consideration is enough to sell evolution to a thinking person, you are a very shallow thinker and ought to have help with any and all important decisions. Have you taken 5 minutes to look into the counter points to what little it took to convice you? You do, in fact, believe in a theory. A Bible believing christian has way more historical, scientific, and experiential evidence to support his beliefs than you could even imagine for yours.

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    • Pontiac
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 5:11pm

      @Blammo
      [Have you taken 5 minutes to look into the counter points to what little it took to convince* you?]
      I don’t think he meant a literal 5 minutes… Perhaps you should take more than 5 minutes to look at the counter points to those laughable creationist counter points.
      http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UUljE1ODdSF7LS9xx9eWq0GQ&feature=plcp
      http://www.youtube.com/user/Potholer54debunks/videos

      [A Bible believing christian has way more historical, scientific, and experiential evidence]
      lol. Nope.

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    • BigAl78
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:06pm

      @Blammo
      Oh really? Is that so? I just must have missed all the evidence of the Bible being true. I’m sure that any day now reputable scientists are going to find evidence of the entire population of the world minus a single family and a few animals being wiped out in a planet-wide flood. Yep, the evidence of mass murder by a supposedly loving God is right around the corner.

      And you do realize evolution is one of the most widely accepted theories among the scientific community right? I’m still waiting for that peer-reviewed report by a creationist in a respected scientific journal.

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    • Blammo
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:54pm

      Pontiac – You are a good speller

      BigAl – You do realize that the scientific community are a bunch of fools, don’t you?
      They are very brainy fools, much better educated than I will ever be, but fools none the less.
      Even though they are running out of support for the theory of evolution, especially Darwinism, they will continue to hang on to the theory until they have another alternative to God/ creationism. Anything but God and the Bible.

      By the way – Piltdown Man – still in the text books? Even though text books, unlike the Bible, change anually. Big hoax, no?

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    • From Virginia
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:18pm

      Christian mytology? Christ was a real man and recorded by the Romans. Romans recorded everything – that’s why we know so much about them

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    • BigAl78
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:41pm

      @Blammo
      They’re fools are they? Well you can thank science for that computer or smart phone you’re typing on. Hell, you can thank them for modern medicine, advanced communications, jet travel, modern building design and construction, the car you drive, pretty much anything you use on a daily basis, really. For a bunch of fools, they’ve done a pretty good job of advancing and improving human life.

      And as for the Piltdown Man, yes it was a hoax. But it was ultimately proven to be a hoax by evolutionary scientists, and it is not listed as evidence for evolution in any reputable science textbook. The evidence for evolution is massive, however, while the evidence for creationism and a 6000 thousand year old earth is… well there is none. Here’s a few sites that will give you some basic info on evolution:
      http://www.teachthemscience.org/evidence
      http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/comdesc/
      http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/search/topicbrowse2.php?topic_id=46
      And I found these just with a ten second Google search. Evolution is also seen on a daily basis. It’s the reason we have to get new vaccines every year, and natural selection is the driving force behind why more and more African elephants are being born without tusks (due to the influence of poachers on the elephant population). Evolutionary theory also made many predictions that proved to be true (which any solid theory should be able to do). Some predictions can be seen here:
      http://chem.tufts.edu/AnswersInS

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    • BigAl78
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 9:01pm

      If I post twice, I apologize. My connection is poor and I’ve had some difficulties with commenting. But to the point.
      @Blammo
      1) You admit that scientists are smarter and more educated than you, yet somehow they are the fools? Is it because many are atheist/agnostic? It’s no coincidence that the smartest people on the planet who devote their lives to studying the natural world tend to largely be non-religious.

      2) Evidence of evolution is dwindling? I wasn’t aware of that! Evidence of evolution is actually quite substantial. Here are some sites that will show you the basics of evolution and its evidence:
      http://anthro.palomar.edu/evolve/evolve_3.htm
      http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/comdesc/
      evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/search/topicbrowse2.php?topic…
      And that’s just after a ten second Google search!

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    • BigAl78
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 9:13pm

      @ Blammo, continued
      3) Scientists’ mission is not to avoid God or piss off Christians. They come to the conclusions they do because of observable evidence and repeatable experiments. And the evidence all points to evolution. Thousands of thousands of scientists have come to the same conclusion, because all the evidence points that way!

      4) The Piltdown Man was indeed a hoax, a hoax disproved by evolutionary scientists. It was the result of some schemers who just wanted to get famous. It absolutely does not disprove evolutionary theory. And the Piltdown Man is not used as evidence of evolution. There’s mountains of other reliable evidence.

      5) Textbooks constantly changing is a good thing. They are updated as new evidence emerges and new facts of the natural world are discovered. They change because knowledge advances! And the Bible has actually gone through many revisions. It was passed along through many stories, written down by many people, and translated by many more people. Then more people picked and chose the parts they liked and presto, you have the Bible. But the Bible was written down long ago, and it gets its substance from stories, not real world evidence. It doesn’t change much anymore, but I fail to see how that’s a good thing. How much pertinence does a book thousands of years old have on modern day life?

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    • Pontiac
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 10:33pm

      @Blammo
      [Even though they are running out of support for the theory of evolution, ]
      Perhaps you would like to cite your source on that? I would of course expect the URL not to contain “christ” or such in the url if you want to be taking somewhat seriously. While your head is spinning trying to come up with a source, or a non-reply to obfuscate the original statement, do find the time to watch some of the enlightening video‘s I had linked so we don’t have to waste our time rebutting some other tired old creationist bilge. Thanks.

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    • holy ghostbuster
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 11:35pm

      @ From Virginia – where exactly did the Romans record the alleged resurrection of Jesus?

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    • Blammo
      Posted on April 28, 2012 at 12:10am

      Psalms 14:1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God…

      I didn’t make it up.

      Billions of years ago there was nothing.
      Nothing exploded and made the basic matter from which everything evolved.
      Monkeys and apes are a little behind.
      The missing link is a clay person built around a pigs tooth. (oops I backslid… sorry)

      Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. (don’t start there though…)

      1 Corinthians 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

      John 3:7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. (start there)

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    • Blammo
      Posted on April 28, 2012 at 12:35am

      I suppose you guys really want to have a discussion about it.
      My lack of attention to your thoughtful posts must be frustrating.
      Let’s face it though. I picked a one side and you picked the other.
      You could tell me of some amazing evidence that surely proves evolution.
      I could google it and tell you of some amazing evidence that, to me, seems to negate your evidence.
      You tell me not to site sources that support my beliefs.
      I think how silly that rule is, since you seem to be able to site sources friendly to your views.
      These exchanges could continue as long as we were willing to participate.
      I remember a Bible verse…

      Proverbs 29:9 If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.

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    • Pontiac
      Posted on April 28, 2012 at 12:17pm

      [Psalms 14:1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God…]
      Ah yes, the ye olde christian intellectual cop-out followed by:

      [Billions of years ago there was nothing.]
      [Nothing exploded and made the basic matter from which everything evolved.]
      A complete misunderstanding of any scientific theory of the big bang which does not say there was “nothing” from “nothing”. (Blammo then continues on skipping through scriptures in an apparent meltdown of his brain…)

      [I suppose you guys really want to have a discussion about it.]
      Not really. You could just watch some video’s I linked and others. And then we would likely never hear your tired old creationist objections like “nothing from nothing” again.

      [I could google it and tell you of some amazing evidence that, to me, seems to negate your evidence.]
      Yes, seems to, but doesn’t. That’s why you wont go into it because we have evidence that demolishes it. Perhaps you did watch some video‘s and read some links we posted and know you’re on the loosing end of this discussion you’re now desperately avoiding.

      [You tell me not to site sources that support my beliefs.]
      [I think how silly that rule is, since you seem to be able to site sources friendly to your views.]
      Yes, how silly it is for us to use science and not something based on a dogmatic emotion based belief system from the bronze age. *pout*

      And oh yes, more scripture to cover his retreat…
      ►1500char limit reached

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    • ChildOfTheKing
      Posted on April 28, 2012 at 1:08pm

      Pontiac: Mmmmm. It doesn’t bother ME that you are ignorant OR that you do not believe in MY JESUS. I won’t force you to and NEITHER WILL GOD. However, we all will DIE someday, won’t we? Where will you go? INTO NOTHINGNESS? Reincarnation? Where? Maybe you’ll just go to sleep and never awake? PROVE IT TO ME. Second thought. Don’t bother. I already know where I will go, to be with my Lord and Savior forever – ETERNITY without Satan, without ANY evil, WITHOUT PEOPLE WHO DO NOT FOLLOW CHRIST NOW.

      It’s OK that you feel the way you do, in this country. This country permits you that. I permit you that. God permits me that. Afterall, it was GOD who gave us freedom. NOT MAN. Not Muhammad. Not Mao. Not Obama. Not Che. TRUE FREEDOM AND LIBERTY COME ONLY THROUGH JESUS CHRIST AND HIS FATHER, GOD. Without it, you will always be enslaved TO SOMETHING other than truth. So, go ahead. Mock my Jesus and know that I am praying for you to BE FREE once again.

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    • Pontiac
      Posted on April 28, 2012 at 4:23pm

      [However, we all will DIE someday, won’t we? Where will you go?]
      What do I care where I go? I only care of what I accomplished and if mankind was actually advancing. Not throwing it away under the assumption something better will happen after you die. Because that completely obliterates any reason to “think” and to “achieve” anything in this one short life we have.

      [Maybe you’ll just go to sleep and never awake? PROVE IT TO ME.]
      Well I certainly cannot prove that without existing in any shape or form other than a corpse. Perhaps YOU should prove something is on the other side seeing as you have a better chance of sending a message with your emotion based belief system. Just make it a clear message that can be verified by science and not one based on what some other lunatic zealot says.

      [I already know where I will go, to be with my Lord and Savior forever – ETERNITY without Satan, without ANY evil, WITHOUT PEOPLE WHO DO NOT FOLLOW CHRIST NOW.]
      If you’re so sure of yourself and that your religion (out of all religions) is correct then you need not waste anymore time here. Go posthaste. Personally I think an eternity with your “lord an savior” would be tearfully boring.

      ►cont…

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    • Pontiac
      Posted on April 28, 2012 at 4:24pm

      [Afterall, it was GOD who gave us freedom.]
      To speak for god is to speak as god. It’s clear why you choose to believe what you do. Your arguments are feeble without an omnipotent sky bully to back them up because they are not backed by logic or reason. Just emotion.

      [I am praying for you to BE FREE once again.]
      Give it a rest. I can no more believe in your religion than you can believe in leprechauns. Maybe in my old age when dementia sets in, but that would hardly count.

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    • Blammo
      Posted on April 28, 2012 at 7:16pm

      Do you want me to watch every video? One of those playlists contains over 80 videos.
      Do I have to read every single word contained in the posted links?
      It’s not like I have never heard any of the arguments before.
      Why does the Bible not have to change?
      Shouldn’t there be tons of crazy things in the Bible that can easily be proven false?

      Why do scientists keep trying to fabricate a “missing link”?
      Shouldn’t there be all kinds of missing links to find?

      I did watch some of the videos in the playlist.
      Do you realize the first one was claiming a guy named Hovind agrees with evolution?
      In other words, he’s right, but that is evolution he’s talking about.
      Semantics? Is that the difference between creationism and darwinism? I think not.

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    • TheSoundOf Truth
      Posted on April 28, 2012 at 10:12pm

      Show me the Missing Link.

      The “missing link” is a myth. It….does….not…exist.

      I am out.

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    • 13monkees
      Posted on April 29, 2012 at 1:36pm

      Blammo, evolutionary scientists do not think there is a “missing link” as you creationists keep thinking. Please, please, please, learn something prior to posting. There are thousands of transitional forms between our evolutionary ancestors and us. We are actually a transitional form between us and whatever we evolve into.

      The piltdown man is actually a testament to the integrity of evolutionary biologists. It proves that science polices itself quite well.

      Also, you speak about us not accepting your “sources.” We don’t because they are not tested. We also would never accept bible verse as any kind of proof. Using the bible to prove the existence of your god is like using a comic book to prove the existence of superman.

      Your side has no evidence at all. You say we don’t? There is more evidence for evolution than there is for gravity! Every science supports the theory of evolution. Every one of them points to the same story.

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    • Blammo
      Posted on April 29, 2012 at 5:18pm

      Monkey,

      Romans 1:20-21 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

      Read it carefully. You are without excuse.

      You say my sources are untested. Some of them may be, but not all. There are bible believing scientists you know? Hovind isn’t the only creationist out there. There are also scientists who believe in intellegent design. Not necessarily bible believers or even christians, but they believe they have proof of intellegent design.

      Some scientific sources are also untested. You don’t actually believe all that global warming nonesense, do you?

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  • lukerw
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 12:17pm

    An Atheist… rejects Organized Religion (Biblical Reading, Study, & Teaching)… and rejects the Thinking of Most People in the World upon Divinity. So, it is Ironic… that Any Atheist would be involved with Education (Thinking & Teaching)!

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    • RamonPreston
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 12:27pm

      No, atheists don’t reject religion, they reject God. It’s okay to pray to any other “god.”

      Even canabalism is a religion. So, Dahmer was within his first amendment rights. :)

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  • Carol1955
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 12:10pm

    This group is a pack of cowards; it’s easy to pick on Christianity, in fact it’s becoming a national passtime. Why don’t they show what they are really made of and mock Mohammed. But the pansies don’t have the guts to mock Islam nor the guts to say they are really the “freedom from Christianity” group. They deserve only scorn for their hypocrisy and cowardice. They take nothing away from the followers of Christ but only show themselves to be fools and cowards.

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    • American Soldier (Separated)
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 12:44pm

      Christianity dominates America, to the point where we have to fight to get equal representation or prevent favoritism. If an Islamic group took the time and put up religious displays on public property, I guarantee you an Atheist group will protest that. The thing is, they aren’t doing that. Christians are the only ones that are doing that here in America right now. Muslims in America aren’t putting up their religious symbols on public property.

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    • From Virginia
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:24pm

      @ASS – Not true. There are all kinds of displays for Eid and Ramadan. No protests by atheists. No counter-signs. No lawsuits even though they put their religious footbaths in colleges and airports. Even though their employees (even state and federal employees) and students insist on breaks 5 times a day. Not a single lawsuit about church and state there. Soooooooooo, you’re wrong!

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  • ChiRho4Life
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 12:09pm

    Mock now…pay later.

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  • kentuckypatriot
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 12:06pm

    Wait for it………….. here come the atheists out of the woodwork to comment on this story..

    Here’s my comment:
    How dare you mock my Lord! And to give this loser kid money for doing so? How pathetic

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  • Silversmith
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 12:01pm

    I think a better choice would have been to dress as Obama. We can’t seem to corroborate anything about who he says he is. It really only leaves the conclusion that he actually IS a fiction.

    Silversmith

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    • ggswede
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 1:32pm

      Ha, Ha,Ha, boy, ain’t that the truth ! Heard his social security number is registered to a ; Harrison J. Bouvel ? Also heard reports of him actually being born in Kenya.That he himself admitted it ? Would sure like to find the location on the internet that might prove it .

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    • barber2
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 1:52pm

      GG: just look up Barry Soetoro…enough about Kenya..not even the issue..

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  • COFemale
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 12:01pm

    Where was his free speech impeded. He was questioned by school administrators. Did they make him take it off? It seems he volunteered to remove the robe himself. I do not find it offensive that he walked around in a robe, even for “fictional character” day. If FFRF really think that sends digs into Christians, I think they be surprised. Now some will be offended, but I think most will shrug it off.

    Pick our battles. This isn’t one of them.

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    • brother_ed
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 12:21pm

      @COFEMALE

      I’ll second that.

      It’s all just playground chest poking. Satan and his minions are working at a fever pitch to instigate and provoke an attack. Don’t fall for it.

      This kid has a right to express his opinion, as misguided and hateful as it may be. This is such a great country that you even have the right to be wrong.

      I for one am not offended, though I am saddened. I have a testimony of the Savior and someone’s lack of testimony does not affect my salvation.

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    • AmazingGrace8
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:31pm

      Agree. I read the story & YAWNED.

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  • Sol Invictus
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 11:59am

    my science teacher, in reply to a question about evolution, had publicly said things such as “Evolution is just a theory,” “I don’t believe it at all,” and, “We actually come from Adam and Eve.”

    Home school, if you have kids at this school – home school NOW. How has this “science” teacher kept their job??!

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    • cgnick
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 9:10pm

      It is Tennessee that kind of nonsense is encouraged there by the masses.

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  • Silversmith
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 11:58am

    So the atheists bought themselves an insult. And they used a teen ager to deliver it.

    How Classy

    Silversmith

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  • elosogrande
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 11:58am

    Why don’t we simplify things? If you promote atheism or a religion in a public school, you go to jail for a year. If you promote a political ideology in a public school, you go to jail for a year.

    (If a public school employee molests a child, he or she goes to jail…forever.)

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  • Chromo200
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 11:58am

    Let us see how successful he will be when he grows up. As far as I am concerned he has no idea why Jesus came to this world and what Christianity is about.

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  • mjk1981
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 11:50am

    Most 17-year-olds are already in their Senior year. Obviously this prodigy was held back a few years. . .

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    • From Virginia
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:31pm

      Yep! You’re right. Thinking back I was 17 half the year and 18 the second – which was cool cuz I could write my own notes. My poor brother, OTOH, was 17 the whole year and graduated at 17 – he turned 18 2 days later. Depends on your b-day.

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  • KeystoneState
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 11:50am

    Atheists are nothing but another one of the many tentacles of the current democommie machine which is why they continue to impose their agenda. I don’t collect baseball cards, but I don’t have a vendetta against those that do, that being said, if you truly don’t belive in anything, (well except of course big tyrannical government), leave those of us that do alone, because it shouldn’t matter to you anyway. I’m thinking that if I was a true atheist, that I simply walk past a Sunday mass and just be glad that I didn’t have to dress up, bathe, brush my teeth, fix my dreadlocks, iron my tiedyed shirt or hemp shorts, shine my berkenstocks, or put out my doobie, and be content knowing that my foodstamp card still buys slurpys and bbq’d chips on the weekends, but that’s just me.

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    • akletzien
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 5:32pm

      Im anthe atheist, hate glenn Beck, the blaze, and all things conservative or religious. But this made me truly LOL

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  • Itsjusttim
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 11:43am

    Those Atheists sure don’t like Jesus. It’s funny the way people despise the truth, and the heat makes them dance like puppets.

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    • Donttredonme
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:12pm

      these Christians really hate Muhammad…its funny they cant handle the truth, and when hell comes a‘ callin’ I;m sure you too will start to dance.

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  • tzion
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 11:41am

    I don’t have that much of a problem with the costume, especially since, though Jesus himself was real from the historical standpoint, what he dressed up as was the popular view of Jesus’ appearance which is fictional in origin. But I really don’t see why he should get money for this. I’d almost go as far to say this is a form of active discrimination in favor of Atheists which, while probably legal, certainly is not about helping the student. This was the FFRF deciding to rub people’s face in it because some atheist decided to actively insult them. I don’t see people praising anyone for actively antagonizing atheists.

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    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 11:45am

      Apparently, all it takes to antagonize these atheist is for the religious to just exist.

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  • biohazard23
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 11:40am

    $1000 should buy him a lot of Clearasil.

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    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 11:48am

      Probably not enough.

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    • DetroitAtheist
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:10pm

      Ohhh burn!

      What a child. Grow up.

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    • biohazard23
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:35pm

      @DetroitAtheist, God bless your itty bitty little heart and your noticeably absent sense of humor.

      Have a blessed day! :)

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    • Obama_Sham
      Posted on April 28, 2012 at 12:37am

      LOL @ Detroit Athiest

      You come here and bash / mock other peoples beliefs then you have the cajones to tell the OP to “grow up”…

      Such genius…

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  • Optimist4now
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 11:36am

    If this juve doesn’t believe in God, then he cannot believe in the Laws of Nature’s God and therefore should not be allowed to hide behind them.

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  • truthb4fiction
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 11:34am

    $1,000.00 Going price for a Soul? Or just the going rate for a dip @#%&. What would the price be for a Mohammad costume for celebrate “I married a 9 year old” day?

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  • TSUNAMI-22
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 11:34am

    They should have “fictional president day” so I could dress up like Obama, or even “fictional American day” so I could dress up like an OWS person.

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  • kickagrandma
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 11:31am

    JESUS, forgive us when we hurt YOU, LORD.
    HEAVEN will be filled with little Ethan’s (the little boy in another story on The Blaze).
    hell will be filled with those like this sad, empty soul.

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    • Sol Invictus
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 12:02pm

      I’ve read your comments before Grandma – you’re going DOWN!

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    • barber2
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 1:49pm

      SOL: always “nice” to hear the inspiring words of one of our atheist anarchists who do their nasty best on the Blaze. I’d tell you to have a nice day, but with your attitude, know that would be impossible….anger is ugly..stay away from mirrors…

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    • Sol Invictus
      Posted on April 28, 2012 at 3:59am

      @Barber2
      Not an atheist or an anarchist, but I’ll let that pass. Just a follower of Grandma “post and run away” who really does spout spite. Sweet old Grandma is always threatening eternal damnation to anyone who disagrees with her. One day maybe the rest of her coven will join in – or maybe one day she will start a discussion on here!

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  • Dr. Sax
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 11:24am

    Pray for this kid.

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    • Scott15sb
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 11:34am

      Amen, and I will.

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    • LibertarianForLife
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 11:51am

      Since praying has done so much elsewhere.

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    • kalypso69
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 1:16pm

      Ah since Libert. Doesn‘t believe in prayer and it’s works we should all just forget about it. Um No. We shall even pray for your shriveled soul.

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